See our faculty and student presentations:

The Global Epidemics of HIV Among MSM in 2010: Epidemiology, Responses, and Human Rights
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Presented by: Chris Beyrer
Opening plenary session of the MSMGF Pre-Conference event, Be Heard
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Why aren't we making more progress in the AIDS response? Overcoming obstacles to a human right response to HIV
Tuesday 20 July 2010,
Panel Discussion with Chris Beyrer
Brief description: Panelists will discuss how they tackled a particular obstacle and provide suggestions about how obstacles can be overcome. They will engage the audience in a participatory discussion of what is needed to move a rights-based response forward.

The impact of criminalization of same sex practices on HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Senegal: results of a qualitative rapid assessment
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Tonia Poteat, Daouda Diouf, Stefan Baral, Marieme Ndaw, Fatou Drame, Cheikh Traore, Andrea Wirtz, Chris Beyrer
Format: poster presentation
Brief description: The poster presents results of a qualitative study of the impact of enforcing laws criminalizing same sex practices on HIV prevention work among MSM in Senegal.

Access to care for HIV-positive drug users in a slum community of Bangkok, Thailand
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Usanee Janngeon, Voravit Suwanvanichkij, Manik Chhabra, Vu Minh Quan, Mongkol Phowee, David Celentano, Chris Beyrer
Format: Poster
Brief description:  HIV positive residents of Bangkok's Klong Toey Slum community who have a history of drug use are less likely to be able to access HIV treatment, are eligible for fewer public HIV treatment programs, and have poorer clinical outcomes compared to their community counterparts who have never used drugs.  Significant barriers exist which preclude such populations disproportionately affected by HIV to accessing appropriate treatment programs.
Poster

Men who have sex with men (MSM), Physicians, and Non-government Organizations (NGOs): Finding agreement on the HIV risk environment and service provision for MSM in Russia 
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Alena Peryshkina, Darya Kizub, Irina Deobald, Niconle Masenior, Andrea Wirtz, Vladimir Moguilnyi, Ilona Kostetskaya, Frank Sifakis, Chris Beyrer
Qualitative research conducted in Moscow, Sochi, and Kazan Russia demonstrates inconsistency in access to care and prevention services for MSM and in understanding sexual health risks among MSM and service providers. 
Poster

An epidemic scenario based approach to assessing global HIV epidemics among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC)
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Chris Beyrer, Stefan Baral, Frank Sifakis, Andrea Wirtz, Ben Johns, Damian Walker, Irisi Semini, Robert Oelrichs
Description: Development of "Epidemic Scenarios" to allow for more precise understanding of HIV epidemics among MSM and their relationship with the general population.
Poster

Factors associated with injection drug use cessation among injection drug users (IDUs) in Chennai, India
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Darshan Sadarshi, Shruti Mehta, Sunil Solomon
Brief description:  In a cohort of male IDUs from India we observed a very high rate of injection cessation after voluntary counseling and testing.  However, those likely to be at highest risk for HIV appear to be the least likely to stop.
Poster

The Lancet Series: Global HIV epidemic among people who use drugs
Tuesday 20 July 2010,
Chris Beyrer, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Steffanie Strathdee, and Lancet authors
Format: Symposium Session
Brief description: The Lancet has commissioned a Series on the global HIV epidemic among people who use drugs. The Series consists of seven original state-of-the-art reviews, and a number of invited commentaries. Following the principle of “nothing about us without us,” each paper includes the voices of people who use drugs—these include community participants and leaders from China, Ukraine, Thailand, Malaysia, and the USA.
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UNAIDS Satellite Session: How can HIV prevention be used to develop health systems and how can health systems be used to get greater traction for HIV prevention?
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Chris Beyrer
Co-authors: Stefan Baral, Damian Walker, Frangiscos Sifakis, Robert Oelrichs
Presentation of the Center's collaborative work with the World Bank work on the epidemiology and modeling work of  the HIV epidemic among MSM in LMIC

Community Development Workshop: Safe Sex Skills and Knowledge Development among Men who have Sex with Men in Low and Middle Income Countries
Wednesday 21 July,
Stefan Baral, Tudor Kovacs, Daouda Diouf
 
This session is intended to provide orientation and share experience on how to develop protocol for qualitative services for marginalized groups. A special focus will be put in providing participants with the evidence-base for combination structural and individual level interventions preventing HIV for men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries. Given multiple levels of HIV risk,effective interventions for men who have sex with men must be multi-modal including both individual level interventions  as well as those that address the structural contexts for HIV risk. Little has been published on effective community-led models of HIV prevention for MSM in LMIC including peer education models, health promotion strategies, structured media strategies, and the engagement of key government and religious leaders. Currently, the peer-reviewed evidence for interventions targeting MSM has been mainly produced in high income settings with some key strategic data from lower income settings including Senegal, Peru, and Thailand. This workshop will provide and opportunity to describe lessons learned from developed quality control protocol as well as functional models of the provision of programmes even in difficult social, legal, and economic circumstances. The goal is to share lessons learned from the peer-reviewed literature with that learned from community-led MSM programming in low and middle income countries.

Buprenorphine use is associated with a higher risk profile than methadone use in a community-based cohort of injection drug users in Baltimore, MD
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Shruti Mehta, Greg Kirk
Brief description: We found that over time buprenorphine uptake relative to methadone uptake has increased in this cohort and was associated with a riskier profile including active injection drug use, incarceration, homelessness suggesting that buprenorphine may expand access to opiate substitution to even riskier users.
Poster

MSM Bridging Session: Know Your Epidemic - Know Your Response: MSM and their Needs in Middle and Low Income Countries
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Stefan Baral with Nyambura Njoroge, Joel Nana, Shivananda Khan, and Robert Carr
The session will cover  new data in epidemiology of HIV among MSM in LMIC and perspectives of risk, human rights, and steps forward from the community.
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