HIV Health and Wellness

Vietnam: From conventional to disruptive: upturning the HIV testing status quo among men who have sex with men in Vietnam

Since 2002, the Vietnam Ministry of Health (MOH) has led a large‐scale HIV prevention, testing, and treatment programme primarily focused on reaching people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW), and, only more recently, men who have sex with men (MSM)

Nigeria: Uptake of HIV self‐testing and linkage to treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria

We conducted an implementation science research (IS) project, assessing the acceptability, feasibility and operationalization of a distribution model whereby key opinion leaders (KOLs) distribute self‐test kits to MSM in Lagos.

Think global, act local: the experience of Global Fund and PEPFAR joint cascade assessments to harmonize and strengthen key population HIV programmes in eight countries

In all countries affected by the HIV epidemic, key populations (KPs) bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infection and face formidable barriers to accessing services for HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care.

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UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets

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New HIV infections are rising in around 50 countries, AIDS-related deaths are not falling fast enough and flat resources are threatening success. Half of all new HIV infections are among key populations and their partners, who are still not getting the services they need