Report: Men who have sex with men and transgender populations Multi-City Initiative Bangkok, Jakarta, Chengdu, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon
City Scans and Action Planning Meeting
Hong Kong, 7-9 December, 2010
Executive summary
In response to the alarming growth in HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender persons (TG) in Asia, a broad coalition of United Nations partners, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its cooperating agencies, national AIDS programs, city governments and MSM and transgender community-based organizations joined together in a unique partnership called the MSM and TG Multi-City HIV Initiative. The overall goal of the Initiative is to contribute to the scale up of effective, comprehensive and rights-based HIV responses for MSM and transgender persons in the six cities: Bangkok (Thailand), Chengdu (China), Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) (Viet Nam), Jakarta (Indonesia), Manila (Philippines) and Yangon (Myanmar). The focus on these large cities recognizes that it is in urban locations where HIV infection among MSM and transgender persons is concentrated.
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