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Decker, M.; Wirtz, A.; Baral, S.; Peryshkina,A.; Mogilnyi, V.; Weber, R.; Stachowiak, J.; Go,V.; Beyrer, C. Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV
among Moscow female sex workers. 2012: Sex Trans Infect.


Baral S, Burrell E, Scheibe A, Brown B, Beyrer C, Bekker LG. HIV Risk and Associations of HIV Infection among men who have sex with men in Peri-Urban Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2011;11(1):766.

Chariyalertsak S, Kosachunhanan N, Saokhieo P, Songsupa R, Wongthanee A, Chariyalertsa C, Visarutratana S, Beyrer C. 2011 HIV Incidence, Risk Factors, and Motivation for Biomedical Intervention among Gay, Bisexual Men, and Transgender Persons in Northern Thailand. PLoS ONE.6(9):e24295.

Mateen FJ, Rubenstein LR.  Government Policies in Violation of Human Rights as a Barrier to Professionalism.  JAMA. 2011 Aug;306(5):541-542.

Baral S, Adams D, Lebona J, Kaibe B, Letsie P, Tshehlo R, Wirtz AL, Beyrer, C.  A Rapid Assessment of Population Demographics, Sexual Practices, HIV Risk Status, and Human Rights Contexts among Men who have Sex with Men in Lesotho.  JIAS. 2011 July 4;14:36.

Rubenstein, L. Sharrock, Justine. 2010. Tortured: When good soldiers do bad things. Bioethical Inquiry. March 2011.

Sollom R, Richards AK, Parmar P, Mullany LC, Lian SB, et al. Health and Human Rights in Chin State, Western Burma: A Population-Based Assessment Using Multistaged Household Cluster Sampling. PLoS Med. Feb 2011; 8(2): e1001007.

Fay H, Baral S, Trapence G, Motimedi F, Umar E, et al. Stigma, Health Care Access, and HIV Knowledge Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana. AIDS and Behavior. Dec 2010: 1-10.

Beyrer C, Wirtz AL, Baral S, Peryskina A, Sifakis F.Epidemiologic Links Between Drug Use and HIV Epidemics: An International Perspective. JAIDS. Dec 2010; 55: S10-S16.

Mullany LC, Lee TJ, Yone L, Lee CI, Teela KC, et al. Impact of Community-Based Maternal Health Workers on Coverage of Essential Maternal Health Interventions among Internally Displaced Communities in Eastern Burma: The MOM Project. PLoS Med. 2010;7(8).

Rubenstein LS, Xenakis, SN.  Roles of CIA Physicians in Enhanced Interrogation and Torture of Detainees. JAMA. August 2010;304(5):569-570.

Beyrer C, Malinowska-Sempruch K, Kamarulzaman A, Kazatchkine M, Sidibe M, Strathdee SA.  Time to act: a call for comprehensive responses to HIV in people who use drugs. Lancet. July 2010;108-120.

Jurgens R, Csete J, Amon J, Baral S, Beyrer C. People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights. Lancet. July 2010;97-107.

Beyrer C, Baral SD, Walker D, Wirtz AL, Johns B, Sifakis F. The Expanding Epidemics of HIV Type 1 Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Diversity and Consistency. Epidemiol Rev. 2010 Jun 23. [Epub ahead of print]

Biggs SL, Dell EM, Dixon VL, Joffres MR, Beyrer C, Wilson K,Orbinski JJ, Mills E. Health and historical levels of freedom. Global Health. 2010 May;6(11).

Beyrer C. Global prevention of HIV infection for neglected populations: men who have sex with men. Clinical Infectious Disease. 2010 May 15; 50 Suppl 3:S108-S113.

Suwanvanichkij V, Murakami N, Lee C, Leigh J, Wirtz A, Daniels B, Mahn M, Maung C, Beyrer C: Community-Based Assessment of Human Rights in a Complex Humanitarian Emergency: The Emergency Assistance Teams-Burma and Cyclone Nargis. Conflict and Health. 4(1):8.

Beyrer C, Trapence G, Motimedi F, Umar E, Iipinge S, Dausab F, Baral S: Bisexual concurrency, bisexual partnerships, and HIV among Southern African men who have sex with men (MSM). Sex Transm Infect. Epub April 2010.

Rubenstein L, Bittle MD. Responsibility for protection of medical workers and facilities in armed conflict. Lancet. 2010 Jan;375(9711): 329-340.

Baral S,Kizub D, Franck-Masenior N, Peryskina A, Stachowiak J, Stibich M, Moguilny V, Beyrer, C. Male sex workers in Moscow, Russia: a pilot study of demographics substance use patterns, and prevalence of HIV-1 and sexually transmitted infections. AIDS Care; 2010 Jan; 22(1) 112 — 118. (e-pub ahead of print).

Toney JH, Fasick JI, Singh S, Beyrer C, Sullivan DJ Jr. Purposeful learning with drug repurposing. Science. 2009 Sep 11; 325(5946): 1339-40. 
 
Beyrer C, Patel Z, Stachowiak JA, Tishkova FK, Stibich MA, Eyzaguirre LM, Carr JK, Mogilnii V, Peryshkina A, Latypov A, Strathdee SA. Characterization of the emerging HIV type 1 and HCV epidemics among injecting drug users in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Sep;25(9): 853-860.
 
Hofmeyr GJ, Haws RA, BergstrA m S, Lee AC, Okong P, Darmstadt GL, Mullany LC, Oo EK, Lawn JE. Obstetric care in low-resource settings: What, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Oct;107 Suppl 1;S21-S44, S44-S45.

Baral S, Trapence G, Motimedi F, Umar E, LIpinge S, Dausab F, Beyrer C. HIV prevalence, risks for HIV infection, and human rights among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana. PLoS One. Mar 2009:4(3).

Teela KC, Mullany LC, Lee CI, Poh E, Paw P, Masenior N, Maung C, Beyrer C, Lee TJ. Community-based delivery of  maternal care in conflict-affected areas of eastern Burma: Perspectives from lay maternal health workers. Soc Sci & Med. 2009:1–9.

Saavedra J, Izazola-Licea JA, Beyrer C. Sex between men in the context of HIV: The Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture in Health and Human Rights.  JIAS. 2008;11:9.

Khiemalo-Sakutukwa G, Morin SF, Fritz K, et al. Project Accept (HPTN 043): A community-based intervention to reduce HIV incidence in populations at risk for HIV in Sub-Sahara Africa and Thailand. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008;48:422-431.

Mullany LC, Lee CI, Yone L, Paw P, 0o EKS, Maung C, Lee TJ, Beyrer, C. Access to essential maternal health interventions and human rights violations among vulnerable communities in eastern Burma. PLoS Med. 2008 Dec;5(12):e242.

Beyrer, C. Hidden yet happening: the epidemics of sexually transmitted infections and HIV among men who have sex with men in developing countries. STI. 2008 Nov:84(6).

Mills EJ, Checchi F, Orbinski JJ, Schull MJ, Brukle FM, Beyrer C, Cooper C, Hardy C, Singh S, Garfield R, Woodruff BA, Guyatt GH.  Users' guides to the medical literature: how to use an article about mortality in a humanitarian emergency.  Confl Health. 2008 Sep:2(9).

Mullany LC, Lee CI, Paw P, Shwe Oo EK, Maung C, Kuiper HK, Masenior N, Beyrer C, Lee TJ. The MOM Project: Delivering maternal health services among internally displaced populations in Eastern Burma. Reproductive Health Matters. 2008 May 16;16(31):44-56.

Beyrer C, Lee TJ. Responding to infectious diseases in Burma and her border regions. Confl Health. 2008 Mar 14;2(1):2.

Baral S, Sifakis F, Cleghorn F, Beyrer C. Elevated risk for HIV infection among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries 2000-2006: Results of a meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2007 Dec; 4(12):e339.

Beyrer C, Baral S, Shaboltas A, Dukhovlinova E, Masharsky A, Verevochkin S, Latkin C, Heimer R, Hoffman I, Kozlov A. The Feasibility of HIV Vaccine Efficacy Trials Among Russian Injection Drug Users. Vaccine. 2007 Oct 10;25(41):7014-7016.

Baral S, Sherman SG, Millson P, Beyrer C. Vaccine Immunogenicity in Injecting Drug Users: A Systematic Review. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Oct;7(10):667-674.

Mullany L, Richards A, Lee C, Suwanvanichkij V, Maung C, Mahn M, Beyrer C, Lee TJ.  Population-Based Survey Methods to Quantify Associations between Human Rights Violations and Health Outcomes Among Internally Displaced Persons in Eastern Burma. In Press, Journal of Epidemiol and Community Health. 2007 Oct;61(10):908-914.

Beyrer C. Burma and The Challenge of Humanitarian Assistance. Lancet. 2007 Oct 27;370(9597):1465-7.

Orbinski J, Beyrer C, Singh S, Mills E.  Violations of  Human Rights: Health Practitioners as Witnesses. Lancet. 2007 Aug;370(9588):698-704.

Beyrer C, Villar JC, Suwanvanichkij V, Singh S, Baral S, Mills E.  Neglected Diseases, Civil Conflicts and the Right to Health. Lancet 2007 Aug;370(9587):619-627.

Beyrer C.  HIV Epidemiology Update and Transmission Factors: Risks and Risk Contexts. Clinical Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 1;44(7):981-7.

Beyrer C, Kawichai S,  Hyder JA, Borwornsin S, Srirak N, Natpratan C, Celentano DD, Khamboonruang C. Patterns of HIV and syphilis infection in Northern Thailand 1998-2001. J Int STD & AIDS 2007;18(3):179-83.

Masenior N, Beyrer C.  The U.S. Anti-Prostitution Pledge: First Amendment Challenges and Public Health Priorities. PLoS Medicine. 2007 Jul. 24;4(7):e207.

Leiter K, Suwanvanichkij V, Tamm I, Iacopino V, Beyrer C.  Human Rights Abuses and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Experiences of Burmese Women in Thailand. Health & Human Rights. 2006 December.9;2:88-111

Beyrer C, Suwanvanichkij V, Mullany L, Richards A, Franck N, Samuels A, Lee TJ.  Responding to AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma:  Dilemmas of Policy and Practice.  PLoS Med. 2006 Oct. 10;3(10) e393, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed0030393.

Lee TJ, Mullany LC, Richards A, Maung  C, Beyrer C.  Mortality rates in conflict zones, Karen, Karenni, and Mon states in eastern Burma. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2006; Jul;11(7):1197-1227.

Stachowiak JA, Tichonova F, Strathdee SA, Stibich M, Mogilnii V, Beyrer  C.
Marked ethnic differences in HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2004. Drug & Alcohol Dep. 2006;82(S1):S7-S14
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Stachowiak JA, Sherman S, Konakova A, Krushkova I, Peryshkina A, Strathdee S, Beyrer C. Health risks and power among female sex workers in Moscow. SIECUS Rep. Spring 2005;33(2):18-25.

Leiter K, Tamm I, Beyrer C, Wit M, Iacopino V.  No Status:  Migration, Trafficking and Exploitation of Women in Thailand. Health and HIV/AIDS Risks for Burmese and Hill Tribe Women and Girls. Physicians for Human Rights. June 2004; Special Report, Boston, MA.
 

In the News...

New Report: Protection of Health Care in Armed and Civil Conflict: Opportunities for Breakthroughs. Written by CPHHR faculty member Len Rubenstein. Read.
Just Released! "Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV among Moscow female sex workers" has been published online. Congratulations to Michele Decker and entrie the team! Read.
Breaking News! WHO Executive Board passes resolution to increase protection of health workers and facilities in armed conflict. Read More.
Just Released! CPHHR's World Bank report on men who have sex with men made The Global Forum on MSM & HIV's 2011 top ten Key Global Policy Developments Concerning MSM and HIV! Read.
Congratuations! CPHHR Director Chris Beyrer was awarded an honorary doctorate from Chiang Mai University in northern Thailand on January 19, 2012. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presented the award during the commencement ceremonies. Read. Photos.
Just Released! “Time to Act: A Call for Comprehensive Responses to HIV in People Who Use Drugs” is now available in Chinese, Farsi, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Click here for the documents.
Report:  Myanmar National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS 2011-2015. Click here for more information and access to the full report.
New employment opportunity: The Center is growing and in need of a Biostatistician. Please follow links for details and the application.

Just released! Against the Odds: Helping Mothers and Babies Survive in Eastern Burma. In 2005, 4 ethnic health organizations in eastern Burma launched the Moblie Obstetric Maternal Health Workers (MOM) Project to address high maternal mortality and morbidity. Click here for informatrion on the unique approach and its impact in health services in eastern Burma. 


Breaking News! Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Burma on Thursday, December 1st. Sign petition here to show your support for change. With your help, this could be the greatest opportunity in a generation to bring about geniune democracy and human rights in Burma!

Congratulations! The Center's Leonard Rubenstein to be awarded APHA's Levy-Sidel Award for Peace, presented November 2011.

Just released! The CPHHR collaborative report with the World Bank and UNDP, The Global HIV Epidemics among Men Who Have Sex With Men, has been released for the UN General Assembly's High Level Meeting on AIDS.  Read more: Full Report Research Brief Press Release The Lancet's Review


A requiem for the fallen from the early days of AIDS: a review of the documentary film "We Were Here" by David Weissman, written by CPHHR Director Chris Beyrer and published in The Lancet. Read

Meet the Challenge: Thanks to a generous gift from the Ludwig family, the Center has received a $100,000 matching grant for the Center's faculty and research development.  Help us meet this challenge and support international work for health and human rights.  Donate 
CPHHR report makes the Top 10! The CPHHR's report for the World Bank, the Global HIV Epidemic among MSM, is listed among Top 10 Key Global Policy Developments Concerning MSM & HIV Read
Profile Chris Beyrer: advocate for social justice and health as a human right Profile
Lancet Series HIV and People who Use DrugsSee contributions from CPHHR and other JHSPH faculty Press Release Series 

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