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BEYOND NUMBERS - Getting to Zero:

The forces driving HIV among MSM and transgender people in Asia Pacific

25th August 2011

Pre-conference of 10th ICAAP in the APEC Room of BEXCO Conference Centre (Busan, South Korea

09:00 AM for Community Forum and 11:00 AM for APCOM MSM Forum (same room)

The material to be covered in the Beyond Numbers - the 2011 APCOM MSM/LGBT Forum - will build on work from the most recent APCOM-involved regional and global initiatives that have specifically looked at factors affecting HIV among men how have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people, and others, in Asia Pacific, such as:

  • High-level Technical Consultation on HIV-Sensitive Social Protection for Impact Mitigation in Asia and the Pacific (April 2011 w/UNDP) in Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • Asia Pacific Regional Dialogue of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law (February 2011 - UNDP) in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Populations Multi-City HIV Initiative (December 2010 – USAID/UNDP) in Hong Kong
  • WHO Global Consultation on MSM and TG (Sept 2010), in Beijing, China

In addition to the outcomes from meetings of the United Nations, in which APCOM participated:

  • United Nations High Level Meeting (June 2011) in New York
  • UNESCAP Resolution 67/10 (March 2011) in Bangkok
Space may be limited at the venue so please RSVP (full name and email address) to ACPOM at beyondnumbers@apcom.org as soon as possible. Advance registration is not required for this event but is strongly suggested.

 

See the complete Agenda of the Beyond Numbers MSM/LGBT Forum (PDF).