Assessment of HIV in MSM

Introduction1

Discussion2

Definition of MSM2

Sexual Risk and Sexuality2

Assessment of HIV Infection in America3

Method Used in the Study4

MSM in China5

HIV Intervention of Black MSM6

HIV Infection among MSM in Middle and Low Income Countries8

Conclusion9

References11

Assessment of HIV in MSM

Introduction

From the starting of this epidemic in the1980s, the men who have sex with men (MSM) have been affected by HIV in a disproportionate manner. the risk of getting the infection is high in these people and there has also been an increase in the HIV infection in the MSM mainly in the industrialized countries data is also emerging from the Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa regarding the new HIV epidemic among the MSM (WHO, 2011).

The analysis of the surveillance data in the middle and low income countries revealed that the MSM have 19.3 times more chances to be infected by HIV as compared to the general population (Baral et al, 2007). the HIV prevalence in the MSN ranges from 0 percent to 32.9 percent and the rates are more than 20 percent in countries such as Zambia, Trinidad, Thailand, Myanmar, Mexico, Jamaica and Bolivia. The incidence of HIV among the MSM ranges from the 1 to almost 14 per hundred person years. The studies from the sub-Saharan revealed that the prevalence of HIV in the MSM ranges from 6 percent to 31 percent and it is 21.7 per 100 person years in the MSM in the Coastal Kenya (Van et al, 2009). In Asia, the chances of MSM being infected by HIV are 18.7 times more than the other population and the prevalebce of HIV ranges from 0 percent to 40 percent. in the case of Latin Amaeica, it has been estimated that more than 50 percent f the HIV infections are due to the anal intercourse wjich in unprotected between men (Dukers et al, 2007).

Increasing the level of services for the main populations that are at a higher risk for the infection of HIV at a global level especially in the concentrated epidemics is very important to stop and reverse the epidemics at the level of population. a significant challenge in reaching these peple is that they are mostly criminalized, stigmatized and marginalized. The needs of population are mostly ignored by the society and also remain unattended by the health services despite being highly vulnerable (WHO, 2011).

This term paper is focused on understanding the different methodologies that are used in assessing the prevalence of HIV in different studies.

Discussion

Definition of MSM

It is a public health construct that is used for defining the sexual behavior of males that have sex with other males irrespective of the identification with any community or the motivation to engage in sex (UNAIDS, 2006). MSM is a term that covers a large range of contexts and setting in which this form of sex takes place. The most significant distinction is the one between the men that share the non-heterosexual identity and the men that regard themselves as being heterosexual but due to many reasons engage in ...