Respect, Protect, Fulfill: Best Practices Guidance in Conducting HIV Research with Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Rights-constrained Environments

Respect, Protect, Fulfill: Best Practices Guidance in Conducting HIV Research with Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Rights-constrained Environments
This guidance* has been developed for both researchers and community-based organizations in rights-constrained environments. The guidance is intended to help both researchers and community organizations to:

Better design and conduct meaningful research on HIV among MSM in challenging social, political, and human rights contexts;
Provide a check list of factors for researchers and community organizations to consider in the design, conduct, and implementation of research studies;
Offer lessons learned through case studies of research and community partnerships, recent successes, and challenges.

The guidance is also available in French, Russian, and Spanish.

*A 2015 update of this publication is available. 

Year of publication: 
2011

Respecter, proteger, honorer

MSM Orientation de la recherche
Cette orientation a été élaboré pour les chercheurs et les organisations communautaires dans les milieux de l’homme sont limitées. Le guide vise à aider les chercheurs et les organismes communautaires à :

une meilleure conception et de mener des recherches sur le VIH significative chez les HSH dans des contextes difficiles des droits sociaux, politiques et humaines;
Fournir une liste de contrôle des facteurs pour les chercheurs et les organismes communautaires à prendre en compte dans la conception, la conduite et la mise en œuvre des études de recherche;
Offrir des leçons apprises à travers des études de partenariats de recherche et communautaires, les récents succès et les défis cas. 

Year of publication: 
2011

MSM Orientación Investigación

MSM Orientación Investigación
Orientación para mejores prácticas en la conducción de la investigación en VIH con hombres gays, bisexuales y otros hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH) en entornos con derechos limitados.
Year of publication: 
2011

Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation for Gay Men and Other MSM in Southern Africa

Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation for Gay Men and Other MSM in Southern Africa
This report provides a comprehensive analysis to date of HIV-related funding and programming for MSM in six Southern African countries (Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabawe and Swaziland). The report also suggests actionable steps to improve the HIV response among MSM. A careful examination of MSM-related policies through donor and multilateral agencies reveals improved efforts but persistently inadequate investments and limited accountability for better results. On-the-ground consultations in the six countries highlighted some models for success combined with persistent, widespread stigma in all contexts and a lack of even the most basic HIV prevention services for MSM in most. The research in this report confirms that countries that criminalize same-sex sexual practices spend fewer resources on HIV-related health services for MSM, do less to track and understand the epidemic in their nations, and are more likely to repurpose donor funds intended to fight the epidemic among MSM. However, criminalization is only one obstacle to effective HIV programs for MSM. Stigma and discrimination in all contexts play equally important roles.
Year of publication: 
2013

The Economic Cost of Homophobia and the Exclusion of LGBT People: A Case Study of India

The Economic Cost of Homophobia and the Exclusion of LGBT People: A Case Study of India
What does exclusion cost? This documents illustrates preliminary findings of a case study that developed and tested an economic model to measure the cost of excluding sexual minorities, especially the LGBT community. The model examines workplace discrimination, health disparities in HIV, suicide, and depression, and concludes that they could cost societies billions of dollars.

Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment for Men Who Have Sex with Men

Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment for Men Who Have Sex with Men
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) to identify barriers and facilitators of PrEP uptake among MSM globally. The MSMGF took this as an opportunity to strengthen understanding of the structural-, community-, and individual-level factors that influence access to services for MSM more broadly, placing challenges to access within the context of lived experiences and concerns of MSM. Toward this goal, the MSMGF developed a global multilingual online survey to examine barriers and facilitators to service access for MSM around the world. 

This report first describes the methods and results of the online survey, followed by the methods and results of the focus group discussions. These sections are followed by a discussion section that explores the barriers and facilitators revealed by quantitative data in the survey, as well as the broader context of these barriers and facilitators as revealed in the focus group discussions. The report ends with a look forward at future directions.