Investing in HIV prevention for men who have sex with men : Averting a 'Perfect Storm'

In 2009, the USAID - Health Policy Initiative in the Greater Mekong Region and China (HPI/GMR-C), the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) formed an advocacy coalition to address issues of resources for HIV programming for men who have sex with men. HPI/GMR-C took the lead to conduct a study to estimate the amount of funding needed to scale up HIV prevention services for men who have sex with men over the period 2010 2014 for the GMS: Burma, Cambodia, China (Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces), Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam. As part of this process, an advocacy tool to estimate resource allocation needs over a 5-year period was developed, which uses local data on population size estimates of men who have sex with men, local costs of the core components of the Comprehensive Package of Services, and service coverage targets. This policy brief focuses on key findings and issues emerging from that study.