library themes: Program implementation

UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines

UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines
Language shapes beliefs and may influence behaviors. These guidelines to UNAIDS’ preferred terminology have been developed for use by staff members, colleagues in the program’s 10 cosponsoring organizations, and other partners working in the global response to HIV.
Year of publication: 
2011
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WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services

WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services
This document provides a new recommendation to support HTS by trained lay providers, considers the potential of HIV self-testing to increase access to and coverage of HIV testing, and outlines focused and strategic approaches to HTS that are needed to support the new UN 90 –90 –90 global HIV targets. 

The majority of information on gay men and other men who have sex with men and transgender people can be found beginning on page 69.

Year of publication: 
2015
Media: 
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Prevention and Treatment of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender People

Prevention and Treatment of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender People
These guidelines include evidence-based recommendations, the summary and grading of evidence, implementation issues, and key research gaps. The document presents good practice recommendations that focus on ensuring an enabling environment for the recognition and protection of the human rights of MSM and transgender people.
Year of publication: 
2011
Media: 
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Respect, Protect, Fulfill: Best Practices Guidance in Conducting HIV Research with Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Rights-constrained Environments

Respect, Protect, Fulfill: Best Practices Guidance in Conducting HIV Research with Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Rights-constrained Environments
This guidance* has been developed for both researchers and community-based organizations in rights-constrained environments. The guidance is intended to help both researchers and community organizations to:

Better design and conduct meaningful research on HIV among MSM in challenging social, political, and human rights contexts;
Provide a check list of factors for researchers and community organizations to consider in the design, conduct, and implementation of research studies;
Offer lessons learned through case studies of research and community partnerships, recent successes, and challenges.

The guidance is also available in French, Russian, and Spanish.

*A 2015 update of this publication is available. 

Year of publication: 
2011
Media: 
Download Respect-protect-fulfill.pdf (1.45 MB)

Respecter, proteger, honorer

MSM Orientation de la recherche
Cette orientation a été élaboré pour les chercheurs et les organisations communautaires dans les milieux de l’homme sont limitées. Le guide vise à aider les chercheurs et les organismes communautaires à :

une meilleure conception et de mener des recherches sur le VIH significative chez les HSH dans des contextes difficiles des droits sociaux, politiques et humaines;
Fournir une liste de contrôle des facteurs pour les chercheurs et les organismes communautaires à prendre en compte dans la conception, la conduite et la mise en œuvre des études de recherche;
Offrir des leçons apprises à travers des études de partenariats de recherche et communautaires, les récents succès et les défis cas. 

Year of publication: 
2011
Media: 
Download MSM-research-guidance-French.pdf (2.37 MB)

The amfAR GMT Initiative Mentoring Model: Strengthening Organizational Capacity and Impact Through Local Expertise

The amfAR GMT Initiative Mentoring Model: Strengthening Organizational Capacity and Impact Through Local Expertise
This report provides examples of the capacity-strengthening activities employed by the mentors and their impact on five grantee partner organizations, one from each of the regions in which the GMT Initiative provides support: Africa, the Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It also outlines variables that grassroots GMT organizations can use to measure their own organizational growth.
Year of publication: 
2015
Media: 
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Guia GLAM – America Latina y el Caribe Guia de Activismo para mejorar el acceso a lubricantes seguros y compatibles con preservativos en America Latina y el Caribe

Guia GLAM - America Latina y el Caribe Guia de Activismo para mejorar el acceso a lubricantes seguros y compatibles con preservativos en America Latina y el Caribe
El kit de herramientas GLAM proporciona antecedentes sobre la situación del acceso lubricante en América Latina y las estrategias para la sociedad civil para asegurar el abastecimiento sostenible de seguro, lubricante compatible con preservativo. 
Year of publication: 
2012
Media: 
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