This volume presents the first global economic analysis undertaken to explore the emerging epidemics of HIV among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries. Using a scenario-based approach, the book systematically reviews the available data to investigate and characterize these epidemics and propose evidence-based and rightsaffirming responses. These responses, which are demonstrated here to be cost-effective, constitute both a public health priority and a clear human rights imperative. Written to help governments, public health agencies, donors, and communities better understand and respond to the HIV epidemics among these often hidden and stigmatized populations, The Global HIV Epidemics among MenWho Have Sex with Menbrings together reviews of epidemiology and the HIV prevention literature; a novel approach to evaluating interventions in prevention, care and treatment; and modeling, costing, and human rights assessments. The book uses a mathematical model to assess the potential country-level impact of interventions, focusing primarily on Kenya, Peru, Thailand, and Ukraine as examples. In all four countries, greater investment in prevention, treatment, and care for men who have sex with men is shown to improve overall HIV epidemic control. Press Release | Summary | Purchase | Full Report (PDF 4.48MB) [link]
The Center is proud to release this new book, edited by Center director Chris Beyrer and Hank Pizer of Health Strategies Inc., and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
Aimed at a professional audience, the book is the first methods-oriented text to bring together population-based assessment tools and human rights investigations.
Leonard Rubenstein, director of Physicians for Human Rights and author of the book’s foreward, writes, “It deepens our understanding of the ‘doing’ of public health and human rights and demonstrates in concrete ways how that work can help us move toward a more just world.”
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Edited by David Celentano and Chris Beyrer, the book brings a global perspective to the HIV pandemic by tracking epidemiological trends, correcting misperceptions, and examining the varied roles of local, government and international response in countries such as Brazil, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Cambodia and India.
It offers the latest data on infection rates, details of risk reduction and care programs, analysis of evolving social attitudes regarding HIV and prospects for new forms of treatment.
Just released in September 2008 by Springer Verlag Read the Lancet review Touted as "a powerful testimony of the capacity to unite care with practical action," Dr. Beyrer's book traces the course of the HIV epidemic through seven Southeast Asian countries, systematically chronicling the cultural and political influences of this devasting disease. The book covers the broad spectrum of issues surrounding the HIV epidemic and takes a close look at country-specific, high-risk groups, prevention and treatment programs, policies, and public health response. 
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