The Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) is engaged in the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (10th ICAAP), in Busan, Republic of Korea, at the BEXCO International Convention Centre.

Building on from the successful 200 Forum at the 9th ICAAP in Bali, Indonesia, APCOM will be hosting a day-long pre-conference meeting on the 25th August, 2011: BEYOND NUMBERS - Getting to Zero: The forces driving HIV among MSM and transgender people in Asia Pacific.

The meeting promises to be a vibrant interactive platform for exchanging information and strengthening partnerships between APCOM coalition members, which includes community members from all 10 APCOM sub-regions/regional groups, and those from the government sector, donors, technical experts and the United Nations system. The meeting is designed to ensure that the most pressing issues at national and sub-regional levels are well covered by the key themes to be explored.

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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.