Sub-Saharan Africa Archive

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa: "The Realities of ‘Choice’ in Africa: Implications for Sexuality, Vulnerability, and HIV/AIDS" - Dr. Chi-Chi Undie's Plenary Address and Panel Discussion at 4th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights (pdf)
• Africa: Epidemiology of HIV among MSM in Africa: Implications for Rectal Microbicides (IRMA Global Teleconference Slides) (pdf)
• Africa: The Influence of Gender Identity on Risk Behaviour: A Closer Look at Men who have Sex with Men in Africa
• Africa: Responding to the HIV-related needs of MSM in Africa: A guide to facilitating a consultation workshop with stakeholders
• Africa: Stigma driving AIDS crisis among African gays: Lancet
• Africa: Securing the voice of African men who have sex with men within HIV and AIDS development policy and programming in Eastern and Southern Africa (powerpoint)
• Africa: UNAIDS compilation of key papers on men who have sex with men in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Africa: Got Lube? Jim Pickett discusses lube access and use among MSM in Africa
• Africa: Consultancy Africa Intelligence Brief: Men who have sex with men: A neglected HIV risk population in Africa
• Africa: Materials now available from Pathogenesis Satellite Session, "Rectal Microbicide Development - An African Perspective"
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
• Africa: Closet Case: How Intolerance against MSM Fuels Africa's AIDS Crisis
• Africa: Right to healthcare inseparable from right to life
• Africa: Prevention efforts and infection patterns mismatched
• Africa: Men becoming visible: more light shed on men who have sex with men in Africa and India
• Sexual Orientation, Violence and AIDS in Africa (pdf)
• Homophobia fuelling the spread of HIV
• MSM-HIV Prevalence Study and Advocacy Meeting
• Editorial: Men Who Have Sex With Men and Their HIV Epidemics in Africa

Eastern Africa

• Uganda: Preliminary results from epidemiological survey on MSM and other risk groups (pdf)
• Kenya: New strategy targets most at-risk populations
• Kenya: HIV prevention strategy that ignores anal health - "simply incomplete"
• Kenya: Include gays in HIV campaigns, Kenya Medical Research Institute says
• Kenya: Why HIV spreads faster among gays
• Kenya: IRIN PlusNews looks at the new MSM survey in Kenya
• Kenya: Gays in rural Kenya in need of HIV and AIDS services
• Malawi: Religion and Homophobia Fan HIV Epidemic in Malawi
• Kenya: Gay body decries harsh laws in HIV infections
• Malawi: High-risk sex among invisible MSM
• Kenya: Gay sex-worker discusses the sex-trade in Kenya and his work to protect his community from HIV
• Rwanda: Research puts Rwandan gays under spotlight
• Kenya: Stop ignoring us, say high-risk groups
• Kenya: Government targets MSM for HIV prevention
• Kenya: PEPFAR Country Director blogs on MSM Panel at the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Securing the Voice of MSM in Eastern Africa (blog)
• Kenya: IDAHO - Report from Nairobi
• Malawi, Namibia, Botswana: HIV Prevalence, Risks for HIV Infection, and Human Rights among MSM
• Tanzania: Researchers Trial Safe Sex Phone Messaging
• Malawi: CEDEP challenges government on hiv and aids
• Burundi: A belated start to HIV prevention for gays
• Kenya: Principles for an Effective HIV Prevention, Care & Treatment Response for Most At-Risk Populations in Kenya (pdf)
• Kenya: Nairobi Star: "14,000 Kenyan Gays Get HIV" (page 1, page 2) (pdf)
• Fighting HIV in Ghana requires addressing homosexuality
• Understanding the STI/HIV Prevention Needs of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Kenya (pdf)
• Same-Sex Sexual Behavior, HIV, and Health Care in Uganda (pdf)
• 'Are you on the market?': a capture-recapture enumeration of men who sell sex to men in and around Mombasa, Kenya (pdf)

Western Africa

• Senegal: Homophobic stigma hampers Senegalese AIDS fight
• Nigeria: Research shows dire need for MSM-specific HIV information and services
• Togo: Men in the Middle: Reaching Non-Gay Identified MSM
• Nigeria: Men, Sexuality and Health in the Context of HIV & AIDS (pdf)
• Meeting the Sexual Health Needs of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Senegal (pdf)
• MSM and HIV in Ghana: Influencing Factors
• Senegal: HIV-positive gays face double stigma
• Discrimination, Stigma Against MSM Hindering HIV/AIDS Programs in Senegal
• Understanding the STI/HIV Risk and Prevention Needs of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya (pdf)

Southern Africa

• Zimbabwe: UNDP Study Targets Sexual Minorities
• Zambia: Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia wants guidelines on tackling HIV among MSM
• Namibia: Gay, Lesbian Rights March to Mark Inauguration of New Sexual Minorities Project
• South Africa: HIV Rates High Among Gays In Soweto Township
• South Africa: Full book now available for free download: From Social Silence to Social Science: Same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa
• Namibia: HIV Prevalence among men who have sex with men in Windhoek
• Southern Africa: New Report: Rights Not Rescue: Female, Male, and Trans Sex Workers' Human Rights in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
• South Africa: From Social Silence to Social Science: Same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa (Full book available for free download)
• South Africa: HIV prevalence among South African MSM twice as high as general population (pdf)
• South Africa: Health Center Set to Bridge Service Gap for Gays
• South Africa: 'Hidden HIV Epidemic' Among Gay Men
• Malawi, Namibia, Botswana: HIV Prevalence, Risks for HIV Infection, and Human Rights among MSM
• South Africa: Sexy new HIV prevention campaign for gays
• South Africa: South African Treatment Program Targets Gay Men
• South Africa: MSM HIV Prevalence in Cape Town and New Prevention Strategies (pdf)
• Siyayinqona Beat It: Episode 9: Hate Crimes (video)
• HIV Testing and Stigma among Black South African MSM
• HIV risk behaviours among black MSM in Johannesburg, South Africa
• MSM Research Highlights Safe-sex Education Needed in Malawi