The amfAR GMT Initiative Mentoring Model: Strengthening Organizational Capacity and Impact Through Local Expertise

The amfAR GMT Initiative Mentoring Model: Strengthening Organizational Capacity and Impact Through Local Expertise
This report provides examples of the capacity-strengthening activities employed by the mentors and their impact on five grantee partner organizations, one from each of the regions in which the GMT Initiative provides support: Africa, the Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It also outlines variables that grassroots GMT organizations can use to measure their own organizational growth.
Year of publication: 
2015

GMT Fact Sheet: Acute HIV Infection

GMT Fact Sheet: Acute HIV Infection
Designed for peer educators/navigators and community activists, this fact sheet offers current information regarding acute HIV infection among gay men, other MSM, and trans individuals. It is available in English, French, and Spanish. 
Year of publication: 
2015
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Guia GLAM – America Latina y el Caribe Guia de Activismo para mejorar el acceso a lubricantes seguros y compatibles con preservativos en America Latina y el Caribe

Guia GLAM - America Latina y el Caribe Guia de Activismo para mejorar el acceso a lubricantes seguros y compatibles con preservativos en America Latina y el Caribe
El kit de herramientas GLAM proporciona antecedentes sobre la situación del acceso lubricante en América Latina y las estrategias para la sociedad civil para asegurar el abastecimiento sostenible de seguro, lubricante compatible con preservativo. 
Year of publication: 
2012
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Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation for Gay Men and Other MSM: Financing and Implementation of HIV Programs Targeting MSM

Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation for Gay Men and Other MSM: Financing and Implementation of HIV Programs Targeting MSM
The report provides a comprehensive analysis to date of HIV-related funding and programming for MSM. 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 eight epidemiologically diverse 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: 
2012

Lessons from The Front Lines: Trans Health and Rights

Lessons From The Front Lines: Trans Health and Rights
The report, available in both English and Spanish, examines data on access to health services and legal protections for transgender individuals in different settings, and details how societal stigma and institutionalized discrimination come together to create nearly insurmountable challenges for these populations and the organizations that serve them. More importantly, however, the report describes how grassroots organizations have confronted, responded to, and in some cases solved, many of the myriad challenges that confront them. The organizations profiled have achieved their successes through a combination of personal courage, determination, teamwork, and employing bold and creative strategies.
Year of publication: 
2014

Fundraising Toolkit: A Resource for HIV-Related Community-Based Projects Serving Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Individuals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Fundraising Toolkit: A Resource for HIV-Related Community-Based Projects Serving Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Individuals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This amfAR resource is intended for HIV-related community-based projects serving gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender individuals in low- and middle-income countries.
Year of publication: 
2011