MSM

MSM, STDs and HIV: What Are We Missing?

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by William Smith, National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)

April 27, 2011 - 11:18am (Print)

Across the United States and worldwide, MSM continue to be a group disproportionately affected by STDs and HIV, but we still need better data and better tools to guide prevention efforts.

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The Persistence of Syphilis and Issues of Health Equity in America

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by Peter Leone

April 25, 2011 - 9:55pm (Print)

On the horizon is a greater integration of services and population level outcomes with health rather than individual disease case numbers as the sole measure of success or failure.  And syphilis reminds us of why this is so utterly necessary. 

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"Got STD Testing?:" Meeting the STD and HIV Testing Needs of Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

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by Kenneth Katz

April 11, 2011 - 8:23am (Print)

It’s rare that my MSM patients know which STDs they ought to be screened for, and how often. Men who have sex with men don’t get screened often enough for diseases like syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV.

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Smart Investments in AIDS and Global Health: Building on What Works

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by amfAR

December 1, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic has transformed

global health financing and programming, demonstrating the

potential to make substantial progress against diseases in low-

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Federal HIV Prevention Officials Speak Freely on Science, Marginalized Groups, and Funding

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by Julie Davids and David Munar, CHAMP and AIDS Foundation of Chicago

August 27, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

There were tantalizing hints at this week's HIV prevention conference that CDC may be ready to seek significant changes in federal prevention policy and programs.
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AIDS 50 Times Higher In Gay/Bi-Men Than Other Groups

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by Walt Senterfitt, CHAMP

August 25, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Recent data indicate that HIV and AIDS affect gay and bisexual men at rates grossly disproportional to other groups. Why did it take CDC so long to ask these questions and what will we do to answer them?
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Guest Blogger: UN Meeting on AIDS Must Include "All"

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by Ariana Childs Graham

June 10, 2008 - 12:00pm (Print)

Live-blogging from the UN meeting on AIDS: HIV stigma fuels the invisibility of many populations afflicted by this disease - when we say we want to reach "all" groups of people, we should mean it.
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What About the Boys? Young Men at Risk

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by Debra Hauser, Advocates for Youth

March 14, 2008 - 8:51am (Print)

Yesterday the CDC finally released data it had long held internally that demonstrates an alarming increase in the number of HIV/AIDS cases among young African-American men who have sex with men (MSM).

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