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- Responding to the needs of MSM and transgender populations
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The inclusion of MSM and transgender groups in planning and decision making is a key element in ensuring an effective and sustained community-based response to HIV among these groups, as this report explains.
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- Female sex workers use of sexual health services in Nepal
- ( L. Ghimire;W.C.S. Smith;E.R.V. Teijlingen / BioMed Central , 2011)
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Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health ...
- HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among at-risk groups in Lebanon
- ( Z. Mahfoud;R. Afifi;S. Ramia / International AIDS Society , 2010)
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Preventing HIV among at-risk groups can help to curb the spread of HIV to the general population. The objectives of this paper is to measure HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among female ...
- HIV among MSM in the Middle East and North Africa
- ( G. Mumtaz;N. Hilmi;W. McFarland / PLoS Medicine , 2011)
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionately higher burden of HIV infection than the general population. The objective of this review is to demonstrate the evidence on the epidemiology...
- HIV and AIDS research findings from the Middle East and North Africa
- ( W. McFarland;L.J. Abu-Raddad;Z. Mahfoud / International AIDS Society , 2011)
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Of all areas of the world, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) may engender the most perceptions and misperceptions about the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the face of a scarcity of accessible data....
- School-based peer education intervention for HIV prevention in Yemen
- ( B. Al-Iryani;H. Basaleem;K. Al-Sakkaf / BioMed Central , 2011)
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Yemeni youth are experiencing increased pre-marital sex, peer pressure to engage in risky behaviour, and changing lifestyle norms. This article describes an evaluation of a school-based peer educat...
