The Global Fund New Funding Model and Country Dialogue: Involvement of MSM and Transgender People in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Eurasian Coalition on Male Health
Report prepared by: Marcus Oda
Original Report:  bit.ly/1HKajzM

Executive Summary

The report assesses the engagement of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in the country dialogue and other national HIV/AIDS planning processes in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia(EECA). Using desktop review of available documents on national HIV programs and informal monitoring reports from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Ukraine, the report examines country coordinating mechanisms, national HIV/AIDS programs, as well as the structural barriers that prevent the active participation of the MSM and transgender communities in country dialogue processes in EECA.

Full text of report at link below:  bit.ly/1HKajzM