ReviewLancet (London, England)2012
From personal survival to public health: community leadership by men who have sex with men in the response to HIV.
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- From community engagement to lived experience leadership: a systematic review of HIV services among men who have sex with men.Health promotion international · 2026Pooled it
- Better Together?: A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions that Build or Strengthen Social Ties.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Implementation strategies to improve HIV care cascade outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review from 2014 to 2021.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of selected human rights programs to improve HIV-related outcomes from 2003 to 2015: what do we know?BMC infectious diseases · 2019Pooled it
- Measuring stigma affecting sex workers (SW) and men who have sex with men (MSM): A systematic review.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Community-academic partnerships in HIV-related research: a systematic literature review of theory and practice.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2015Pooled it
- Crowdsourcing HIV Test Promotion Videos: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial in China.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2016Trial
- Effective communication and public engagement strategies to counter misinformation about infectious diseases.Immunology and cell biology · 2026Review
- Consistency of Condom Use with Lubricants and Associated Factors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ghana: Evidence from Integrated Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Examining Experiences of Gender Identities, Roles, and Relations among Men with Same-Gender Sexual Histories: Implications of Gender Nonconformity on Access to Quality Healthcare in Urban Ghana.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Predictors of HIV testing adherence among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Exploring the experiences of leprosy stigma among patients and healthcare workers in Norte de Santander, Colombia.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Consistent and Correct Use of Condoms With Lubricants and Associated Factors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men from the Ghana Men's Study II: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Being yourself is a defect: analysis of documented rights violations related to sexual orientation, gender identity and HIV in 2022 using the REAct system in six eastern European, Caucasus and Central Asian countries.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
- LGBQ-affirming clinical recommendations for compulsive sexual behavior disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Review
- Overcoming Stigma: The Human Side of Monkeypox Virus.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Exploring the intersections of sexual stigma, poverty and mental health in HIV-negative gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the United States.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- Ensuring access to justice: the need for community paralegals to end AIDS by 2030.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Article
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- Leveraging the HIV response to strengthen pandemic preparedness.PLOS global public health · 2023Review
14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Community leadership and participation by gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) have been central to the response to HIV since the beginning of the epidemic. Through a wide array of actions, engagement of MSM has been important in the protection of communities. The connection between personal and community health as drivers of health advocacy continue to be a powerful element. The passion and urgency brought by MSM communities have led to the targeting and expansion of HIV and AIDS research and programming, and have improved the synergy of health and human rights, sustainability, accountability, and health outcomes for all people affected by HIV. MSM are, however, frequently excluded from the evidence-based services that they helped to develop, despite them generally being the most effective actors in challenging environments. Without MSM community involvement, government-run health programmes might have little chance of effectively reaching communities or scaling up interventions to lessen, and ultimately end, the HIV pandemic.
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