Vulnerable groups
Resources about groups of people identified as being more likely to be affected by HIV and AIDS, including injecting drug users, mobile populations, men who have sex with men, transgender people, older people, sex workers, and orphans and vulnerable children. Also covers issues including poverty, harm reduction and the sex industry.
- Why Islam matters in the prevention of HIV in Asia and the Pacific
- M. Hendricks / Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health, 2013
- This discussion paper examines why Islam matters in prevention efforts for HIV, what Islam and Muslim scholars say about MSM and transgender people, as well as how this impacts on the lives of MSM and transgender people and their acce...
- Setting the scene: assessing and planning with harm reduction partners
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2013
- Community Action on Harm Reduction (CAHR) is an project spanning China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Malaysia that aims to expand coverage to more than 230,000 people who inject drugs, their partners and children, with a wide range of ...
- Top 10 in 2011: Key Global Policy Developments Concerning MSM & HIV
- G. Ayala 2012
- Inside this report, you will find a snapshot summary of the top 10 key policy developments over the past year that relate to the HIV response among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) worldwide. Ranked by the Global Foru...
- Best practices guidance in conducting HIV research with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in rights-constrained environments
- American Foundation for AIDS Research, 2011
- 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: ...
- Sex Work and the Law in Asia and the Pacific
- United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- The report is intended to provide an evidence-base for: policy makers working in government, regional and multilateral organizations; parliamentarians; members of the judiciary; civil society organizations; donor agencies; and sex wor...
- MSMGF Technical Bulletin: Serosorting and Strategic Positioning
- 2012
- This technical bulletin focuses on two HIV risk reduction strategies known as serosorting and strategic positioning. The bulletin gives an overview of both the strategies and includes information and current research on the community ...
- MSMGF Technical Bulletin: Treatment as Prevention (TasP)
- 2012
- This technical bulletin gives an overview to what treatment as prevention (TasP). Treatment as prevention (TasP) is a HIV prevention intervention where treating an HIV-positive person with antiretroviral medication is used to reduce t...
- Regional legal reference resource: protective laws related to HIV, men who have sex with men and transgender people in South Asia
- A. Mango / International Development Law Organisation, 2013
- This document was produced by the South Asian Roundtable on Legal and Policy Barriers to HIV held in Kathmandu in November 2011. It documents key protective laws focused on HIV, MSM and transgender people in five South Asian countries...
- Trans people across the world face substantial barriers to adequate health and health care
- K. Baker / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2013
- Trans people worldwide experience substantial health disparities and barriers to appropriate health care services. This report presents a number of case studies submitted by organisations from several countries, offering examples of e...
- MSM Country Snapshot Series: MONGOLIA
- 2012
- This snapshot provides information on the current situation for HIV and LGBT rights and advocacy in Mongolia. Mongolia hosts one of the region’s smallest HIV epidemics. It remained hidden until around 2007 when serological surve...
- Why Islam matters in the prevention of HIV in Asia and the Pacific
- M. Hendricks / Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health, 2013
- This discussion paper examines why Islam matters in prevention efforts for HIV, what Islam and Muslim scholars say about MSM and transgender people, as well as how this impacts on the lives of MSM and transgender people and their acce...
- Setting the scene: assessing and planning with harm reduction partners
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2013
- Community Action on Harm Reduction (CAHR) is an project spanning China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Malaysia that aims to expand coverage to more than 230,000 people who inject drugs, their partners and children, with a wide range of ...
- Top 10 in 2011: Key Global Policy Developments Concerning MSM & HIV
- G. Ayala 2012
- Inside this report, you will find a snapshot summary of the top 10 key policy developments over the past year that relate to the HIV response among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) worldwide. Ranked by the Global Foru...
- Best practices guidance in conducting HIV research with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in rights-constrained environments
- American Foundation for AIDS Research, 2011
- 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: ...
- Sex Work and the Law in Asia and the Pacific
- United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- The report is intended to provide an evidence-base for: policy makers working in government, regional and multilateral organizations; parliamentarians; members of the judiciary; civil society organizations; donor agencies; and sex wor...
- MSMGF Technical Bulletin: Serosorting and Strategic Positioning
- 2012
- This technical bulletin focuses on two HIV risk reduction strategies known as serosorting and strategic positioning. The bulletin gives an overview of both the strategies and includes information and current research on the community ...
- MSMGF Technical Bulletin: Treatment as Prevention (TasP)
- 2012
- This technical bulletin gives an overview to what treatment as prevention (TasP). Treatment as prevention (TasP) is a HIV prevention intervention where treating an HIV-positive person with antiretroviral medication is used to reduce t...
- Regional legal reference resource: protective laws related to HIV, men who have sex with men and transgender people in South Asia
- A. Mango / International Development Law Organisation, 2013
- This document was produced by the South Asian Roundtable on Legal and Policy Barriers to HIV held in Kathmandu in November 2011. It documents key protective laws focused on HIV, MSM and transgender people in five South Asian countries...
- Trans people across the world face substantial barriers to adequate health and health care
- K. Baker / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2013
- Trans people worldwide experience substantial health disparities and barriers to appropriate health care services. This report presents a number of case studies submitted by organisations from several countries, offering examples of e...
- MSM Country Snapshot Series: MONGOLIA
- 2012
- This snapshot provides information on the current situation for HIV and LGBT rights and advocacy in Mongolia. Mongolia hosts one of the region’s smallest HIV epidemics. It remained hidden until around 2007 when serological surve...
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Reseach, policy and advcacy organisation. EGPAF brings together leading international scientists to conduct basic, clinical, and operations research as part of its global efforts to eliminate pediatric AIDS.
- The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
- The MSMGF is a coalition of advocates working to ensure an effective response to HIV among MSM. Coalition includes a wide range of people, including HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men directly affected by the HIV epidemic, and other experts in health, human rights, research, and policy work.
- Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM)
- APCOM is coalition of governments, UN partners, donors, technical experts, non-government and community-based organisations, networks and groups that are directly working with men who have sex with men and HIV. Through increased participation and representation by MSM in regional and global bodies and conferences, APCOM seeks to scale up and increase attention to the needs of MSM in general and HI...
- The Graying of AIDS
- Resources on HIV/AIDS and the elderly
- Program on the Global Demography of Aging
- Research centre on demographic change and ageing
- Research Network on AIDS and Older Persons in Africa and Asia
- AIDS and the elderly - research network in Africa and Asia
- Paulo Longo Research Initiative (PLRI)
- The Paulo Longo Research Initiative (PLRI)is an alliance formed by sex workers, researchers and human rights advocates to generate and consolidate research about sex work, analyse policy and strategically communicate findings of evidence for policies and programmes that improve the lives of male female and transgender sex workers. Grounded in the perspectives of the global sex workers rights movem...
- Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW)
- The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) was formed in 1994 by members of some of Asia’s first organizations to work on health and human rights with sex workers, Empower Thailand, Sweetly Japan, Pink Triangle Malaysia, the Scarlet Alliance Australia and Sonagachi. Since 1994, APNSW has represented sex workers in various policy and educational forums, promoting the participa...
- Population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS
- The population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS project was funded by the ESRC and ran from August 2005 until November 2006. Hosted at University of Sheffield. Website includes briefing notes: Project Outline Briefing Note 1 Methodology Briefing Note 1a Elderly Headed Households Profile Briefing Note 2...
- Kwa Wazee
- Organisation working with the elderly to promote pension programmes in Tanzania. Kwa Wazee, which started in November 2003 with a very small number of beneficiaries, has since aradually extended to over 300 grandmothers, who were caring for over 400 orphans by the end of 2005. Feedback from the elderly beneficiaries, as well as by observers in their neighbourhoods, shows that even the m...
