Best practices guidance in conducting HIV research with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in rights-constrained environments

This guidance tool has been developed for both researchers and community-based organisations in rights- constrained environments. The guidance is intended to help both researchers and community organizations to:

• better design and conduct meaningful research on HIV among MSM in challenging social, political, and human rights contexts
• provide a check list of factors for researchers and community organizations to consider in the design, conduct, and implementation of research studies
• offer lessons learned through case studies of research and community partnerships, recent successes, and challenges

This guidance expands upon existing documents (e.g., Good Participatory Practice: Guidelines for Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials [UNAIDS/AVAC, 2011]  and the guidance document, Ethical Considerations in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials [UNAIDS/WHO, 2007]).