Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries in this Section

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayhotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, (Tanzania, United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Some MSM Identities

Shoga, Gay, Ibbis, Yoos

Sex between Males*

• Kenya: 700+ men selling sex to men in Mombasa ¹

MSM and HIV*

• Kenya: 11% of MSM surveyed at VCT sites ²
• Senegal: 21.5% of MSM surveyed in Dakar³

Prevention Materials for MSM

• Triangle Project: Media
  
  

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

• 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa 2008, Dakar (coming soon)

  MSM-related abstracts from Sub-Saharan Africa presented at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa 2008 in Dakar.

This Month's Featured Document

Off the Map: How HIV/AIDS Programming is Failing Same-Sex Practicing People in Africa

Off the Map explores the ways in which governments, donors, and NGOs are denying a basic set of human rights protections to same-sex practicing Africans, and the denial on efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic.  A publication of the International Gay and lesbian Human Rights Commission.

• Off the Map

Opportunities

• Eastern and Southern Africa: "Criminalization of HIV Transmission" forum: Submit a paper or participate as a key discussant (pdf)
• Vacancy: HIV and Human Rights Training Officer (pdf)
  

eForums and Email Groups

• LGBTI Health Africa\Sante LGBTI Africain: “The health of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans and Intersexual Peoples in Africa is marginalised, and has been like so for long. There are problems including HIV, STDs and STIs, Mental health and many others. We recognise that there has been much that has been done all over the continent, and many people are working on the issues. This group seeks to bring the many people that are doing this work together, to share concerns and also brainstorm solutions.”

Links

• Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights, Ghana (CEPEHRG)
• Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK)
• Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)

 

* At this point very few national-level surveys have been done in on these topics; this data is taken from studies with limited sample sizes and may not accurately reflect national figures.
1. Geibel S et al. (2007). ‘Are you on the market?’: a capture–recapture enumeration of men who sell sex to men in and around Mombasa, Kenya. AIDS, 21(10):1349–1354.”
2.Angala P, Parkinson A, Kilonzo N, Natecho A, Taegtmeyer M. Men who have sex with men (MSM) as presented in VCT data in Kenya. XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2006 [abstract MOPE0581].
3. Wade AS, Kane CT, Diallo PAN, Diop AK, Gueye K, Mboup S, et al. HIV infection and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in Senegal. AIDS 2005; 19:2133-2140.