Addressing the specific concerns of HIV among men who have sex with men and transgender persons is one of the UN family’s key priority areas. This requires joint and collaborative efforts by governments, civil society, donors, development partners, and perhaps most importantly men who have sex with men and transgender persons living with HIV.
In order to define a rights-based, comprehensive response to HIV among these highly marginalized and stigmatized populations, APCOM, in partnership with UNDP, WHO, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ASEAN and USAID convened the “Regional Consensus Meeting on Developing a Comprehensive Package of Services to Reduce HIV among Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender Populations in Asia and the Pacific” in Bangkok, from 29 June to 1 July 2009, to review and endorse a comprehensive package of services and programmes to support HI V prevention, treatment and care.
APCOM hopes the report from the Consensus Meeting and the accompanying evidence-based “priority HIV and sexual health interventions in the health sector for men who have sex with men and transgender people in the Asia Pacific” will serve as essential resources for national AIDS authorities and community-based organizations to design and scale up effective responses to HIV among these populations at the national and local level.
