(Bangkok)  World Aids Campaign and Hivos organise the first Asian-Pacific regional MSM and transgender & HIV Youth consultation in Bangkok. From 1-3 September 40 youths representatives from 14 counties are gathering in the Thai capital to discuss their issues in regard to HIV and Aids.

Hivos devotes extra attention to groups with an increased risk of infection. MSM and transgender Youth is the group where the number of infections is steeply on the rise, they are seriously at risk of contracting HIV, but have very little possibilities to bring their issues in the spotlight. Current HIV programmes are not adequately targetting this population, mainly because the issues are not really known.

Voice for youth
World Aids Campaign and Hivos have now brought the youth representatives together to share and learn from each other's experiences and to formulate recommendations on how the issues of MSM and TG Youth can be better addressed in HIV programmes. After this event Hivos and WAC will use the recommendations to support the youth better.

Read the complete article, including the report from the meeting by Paul Jansen, including participants' recommendations, on hivos.nl.

[Editor's note: Hivos is a current and founding donor partner of APCOM. Paul Jansen serves on the APCOM Board as a Donor representative.]