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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): 853-60.
 
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 Aug 29.

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: 422-31.

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):7014-6.

Baral S, Sherman SG, Millson P, Beyrer C. Vaccine Immunogenicity in Injecting Drug Users: A Systematic Review. Lancet Infect Dis 2007 Oct;7(10):667-74.

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 Epidemiology and Community Health 2007 Oct;61(10):908-14.

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. The 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. The Lancet 2007 Aug;370(9587):619-27.

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...

Russia needs new HIV strategy Center Director, Dr. Beyrer, Michel Kazatchkine (Global Fund) and other HIV experts discuss the current Russian strategy and suggest proven options for HIV prevention programs.  Read the AP interview. 
Request for input on HIV programming for sexual minorities: We are conducting a review of all relevant programming for sexual minorities for a report to be delivered to the World Bank as a call to action to increase funding for evidence-based and comprehensive HIV prevention programming for TG, WSW, and MSM. If you have produced a report, or are aware of a well written report that describes the access to HIV prevention programs for sexual minorities, please consider sharing your findings. Contributions will be appropriately acknowledged and cited.  For more information, please go to the following link of your language preference: English, French, Spanish, Portugese

Center Events: Rebuilding Health Services After War: Why Invest in Health Service in the Wake of War? with Len Rubenstein, Nov. 10 (flyer
Other Events: Redefining Impact: Plos Medicine at 5 years (Nov. 11 at 12:15pm at JHSPH W1214) flyer.

New York Times OpEd: Len Rubenstein discusses the role of health professionals in interrogations and the future of American policy.  Read
Human Rights, Risk for HIV, and MSM in Malawi IPS covers the findings from Dr. Baral's work with CEDEP in Malawi and discusses the important societal contribution of these results.  Read
Lancet interview Dr. Baral discussed his findings with the Lancet's editor, Pamela Das, and explains the global aspects of the HIV epidemic among MSM. Listen Details and findings from Dr. Baral's research on HIV prevalence, risks, and human rights among men who have sex with men in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana were recently published in PLoS. Read
After the Storm: Voices from the Delta The joint report by EAT-Burma and CPHHR was just released on February 27, 2009, in Bangkok.  The only independent, community-based assessment documents the human rights violations that occurred in Burma during the response to Cyclone Nargis and continue today.  Full Report  Executive Summary  Go to our Burma Cyclone Response page to learn more.

Health Crisis in Zimbabwe Dr. Beyrer and colleagues from Physicians for Human Rights recently traveled to Zimbabwe to conduct an assessment of the current health crisis in Zimbabwe. The report, Health in Ruins: A Man-Made Disaster in Zimbabwe, was released on January 13 in South Africa and New York. Go to our special Zimbabwe update page for updated information.  Read the recent NPR interview with Dr. Beyrer or listen to the interview.

World News: International AIDS Society Urges Strong and Swift Opposition to Proposed Anti-Homosexuality Legislation in Uganda (Read) Obama Lifts AIDS Travel Ban (Read)

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