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HIV/AIDS: men who have sex with men

Asia

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • PrEP use and willingness cascades among GBMSM in 15 Asian countries/territories: an analysis of the PrEP APPEAL survey [2025]

Asia-Pacific

• WHO South-East Asia Region
  • Priority HIV and sexual health interventions in the health sector for men who have sex with men and transgender people in the Asia-Pacific Region [2010]

Australia

• AIDS and Behavior
  • Patterns of Social Support and LGBTQ + Community Involvement Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia and Their Effect on HIV-Related Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis [2025]

• Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Changing Levels of Social Engagement with Gay Men Is Associated with HIV Related Outcomes and Behaviors: Trends in Australian Behavioral Surveillance 1998-2020 [2022]

• Australian Family Physician
  • Optimising healthcare for men who have sex with men: A role for general practitioners [2016]

• HIV Medicine
  • Associations between country of birth, migration status and engagement in HIV care among gay and bisexual men living with HIV in Australia, 2019-2022 [2025]

• Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Substantial Decline in Use of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Following Introduction of COVID-19 Physical Distancing Restrictions in Australia: Results From a Prospective Observational Study of Gay and Bisexual Men [2021]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Preferences for models of sexual health service delivery among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia: a discrete choice experiment [2025]
  • Increasing event-driven HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia: results from behavioural surveillance 2019-2023 [2024]
  • Cost-effectiveness of screening for anal cancer using regular digital ano-rectal examinations in men who have sex with men living with HIV [2016]

• PLoS ONE
  • The estimated number of potential PrEP users among gay-identifying men who have sex with men in Australia [2018]

Bangladesh

• BMC Public Health
  • Risk factors for HIV infection in Males who have Sex with Males (MSM) in Bangladesh [2007]

Belgium

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Estimates of the HIV undiagnosed population in Belgium reveals higher prevalence for MSM with foreign nationality and for geographic areas hosting big cities [2019]

Benin

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis in real life: experience from a prospective, observational and demonstration project among men who have sex with men in Benin, West Africa [2023]

Brazil

• AIDS
  • Increasing HIV prevalence rate among men who have sex with men: results of a comparison of two national surveys [2024]

• BMC Public Health
  • Predictors of HIV testing adherence among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study [2025]

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Mapping projects for expanding rapid HIV testing in key populations, Brazil, 2004-2021 [2024]

• Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • "But the category of exposure also has to respect identity": MSM, classifications and disputes in AIDS policy [2022]

• Global Public Health
  • Barriers and facilitators for HIV rapid testing among transgender women and gay and other men who have sex with men in Brazil: A scoping review [2024]

• JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Intention to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Age Groups of Brazilian Men Who Have Sex With Men: National Cross-Sectional Study [2025]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Socio-economic status and adherence to HIV preventive and therapeutic interventions: exploring the mediating role of food insecurity among men who have sex with men and transgender and non-binary persons from Brazil [2025]
  • The cost-effectiveness of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men and transgender women at high risk of HIV infection in Brazil [2018]
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis for men and transgender women who have sex with men in Brazil: opportunities and challenges [2015]

• Medicine
  • HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Brazil: results of the 2nd national survey using respondent-driven sampling [2018]
  • Comparing HIV risk-related behaviors between 2 RDS national samples of MSM in Brazil, 2009 and 2016 [2018]

• PLoS ONE
  • Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among cisgender gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Brazil: Evaluating the role of HIV-related stigma dimensions [2024]

Brazil, Portugal

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Sexual Exposure to HIV Infection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Multicentric Study [2021]

Burkina Faso

• BMC Public Health
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men: results of the first integrated biological and behavioral survey in Burkina Faso, West Africa [2019]

Cambodia

• PLoS ONE
  • A scoping review of HIV epidemiologic, sociocultural and programmatic studies related to transgender women and men who have sex with men in Cambodia, 1999-2019 [2021]

Canada

• Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology
  • Cost effectiveness of ‘on demand’ HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for non-injection drug-using men who have sex with men in Canada [2015]

• CMAJ Open
  • Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among urban Canadian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional analysis of the Engage cohort study [2021]

• JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • HIV Prevention and Treatment Interventions for Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in Canada: Scoping Systematic Review [2024]

Canada, United States

• Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Recent and projected incidence trends and risk of anal cancer among people with HIV in North America [2024]

Caribbean

• Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • HIV among men who have sex with men in the Caribbean: reaching the left behind [2021]

Central Asia, Eastern Europe

• WHO European Region
  • A hidden epidemic: HIV, men who have sex with men and transgender people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: regional consultation, Kyiv, Ukraine 22-24 November 2010. Meeting report [2011]

Central Asia, Europe

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • HIV and men who have sex with men - Monitoring implementation of the Dublin Declaration on partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia: 2018 progress report [2020]
  • Thematic report: HIV and men who have sex with men [2017]
  • Thematic report: Men who have sex with men, 2014 progress report [2015]

China

• AIDS Research and Therapy
  • A systematic and meta-analysis of heterosexual behaviors and HIV prevalence among Chinese men who have sex with men [2021]

• BioMed Research International
  • Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women in China: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2015]
  • HIV Prevalence Trends, Risky Behaviours, and Governmental and Community Responses to the Epidemic among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China [2014]
  • Modelling HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China [2013]

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • HIV self-testing adoption and post-test linkage to care among men who have sex with men in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey [2024]
  • The prevalence of HIV among MSM in China: a large-scale systematic analysis [2019]
  • A mathematical model of biomedical interventions for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China [2018]
  • Predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation: a cross-sectional study among Chinese HIV-infected men who have sex with men [2015]
  • High prevalence of HIV infection and unprotected anal intercourse among older men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2014]

• BMC Public Health
  • Economic evaluation of short message service intervention for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China: a modelling study [2024]
  • Correlates of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis cessation among men who have sex with men in China: implications from a nationally quantitative and qualitative study [2024]
  • Distributions and trends in sexual behaviors and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in China [2012]

• China CDC Weekly
  • A Pilot Program of Pre-Exposure and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Promotion among Men Who Have Sex with Men — 7 Study Sites, China, 2018–2019 [2020]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: A Systematic Review [2022]

• JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cascade Stages Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With Sexually Transmitted Infections in China: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Survey Study [2024]

• Journal of Infection and Public Health
  • Association of HIV infection, other sexually transmitted infections or their coexistence with mpox among men who have sex with men: A national questionnaire-based study in China using propensity score matching [2025]

• Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Technology-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2025]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Preference for daily versus on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and correlates among men who have sex with men: the China Real-world Oral PrEP Demonstration study [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence of Unprotected Anal Intercourse among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: An Updated Meta-Analysis [2014]
  • Effectiveness of HIV Risk Reduction Interventions among Men who have Sex with Men in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2013]

• Scientific Reports
  • Frequent implementation of interventions may increase HIV infections among MSM in China [2018]

Czech Republic

• EuroSurveillance
  • HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in the Czech Republic, 2016: high time for targeted action [2017]

Denmark

• Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Testing the hypothesis that treatment can eliminate HIV: a nationwide, population-based study of the Danish HIV epidemic in men who have sex with men [2016]

East and South Asia

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Prevalence of sexualized drug use and risk of HIV among sexually active MSM in East and South Asian countries: systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

Eswatini

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • A cross-sectional assessment of the burden of HIV and associated individual- and structural-level characteristics among men who have sex with men in Swaziland [2013]

Europe

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Links between transactional sex and HIV/STI-risk and substance use among a large sample of European men who have sex with men [2019]
  • HIV serostatus knowledge and serostatus disclosure with the most recent anal intercourse partner in a European MSM sample recruited in 13 cities: results from the Sialon-II study [2017]

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • EMIS-2017 – The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey [2019]
  • Use of smartphone application advertising for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area [2017]
  • Use of online outreach for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area [2017]
  • Use of YouTube for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area [2017]
  • Use of Twitter for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area [2017]
  • Use of Google AdWords for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area [2017]
  • Use of Facebook for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area [2017]
  • Effective use of digital platforms for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the European Union/European Economic Area: An introduction to the ECDC guides [2017]
  • Understanding the impact of smartphone applications on STI/HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the EU/EEA [2015]
  • HIV and STI prevention among men who have sex with men [2015]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Trends in HIV surveillance data in the EU/EEA, 2005 to 2014: new HIV diagnoses still increasing in men who have sex with men [2015]
  • A systematic review of evidence to inform HIV prevention interventions among men who have sex with men in Europe [2015]
  • The effectiveness of behavioural and psychosocial HIV/STI prevention interventions for MSM in Europe: A systematic review [2009]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Preference towards HIV Self-Testing above Other Testing Options in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Five European Countries [2021]

• Lancet
  • Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study [2019]

Germany

• AIDS Research and Therapy
  • Underlying factors related to HIV/AIDS prevention: investigating the willingness to take pre-exposure prophylaxis among men-who-have-sex-with-men in Germany [2021]

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • STI in times of PrEP: high prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and mycoplasma at different anatomic sites in men who have sex with men in Germany [2020]

• BMC Public Health
  • Recency and frequency of HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Germany and socio-demographic factors associated with testing behaviour [2015]

• EuroSurveillance
  • HIV, STI and renal function testing frequency and STI history among current users of self-funded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, a cross-sectional study, Germany, 2018 and 2019 [2022]
  • HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis was associated with no impact on sexually transmitted infection prevalence in a high-prevalence population of predominantly men who have sex with men, Germany, 2018 to 2019 [2022]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Factors associated with the informal use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Germany: a cross-sectional study [2019]

Ghana

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Awareness, willingness, and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men in Ghana [2025]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • 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 [2025]

Haiti

• AIDS Research and Therapy
  • A realist evaluation of the continuum of HIV services for men who have sex with men [2021]

High-income countries

• PLoS ONE
  • Effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing HIV acquisition and transmission among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in high income settings: A systematic review [2022]

India

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • HIV in Indian MSM: Reasons for a concentrated epidemic & strategies for prevention [2011]

• Indian Journal of Public Health
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Acceptability among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Persons in India: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2024]

• Medicine
  • Substance use and risk of HIV infection among Men who have Sex with Men in India: Analysis of National IBBS data, India [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Burden and Correlates of HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men in West Bengal, India: Analysis of Sentinel Surveillance Data [2015]

Indonesia

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Very high HIV prevalence and incidence among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Indonesia: a retrospective observational cohort study in Bali and Jakarta, 2017-2020 [2024]

International

• AIDS and Behavior
  • Facilitators and Barriers to Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence and Retention Among Young Men Who have Sex With Men: A Meta-Ethnographic Scoping Review [2025]

• American Journal of Men's Health
  • Prevalence of HIV Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Evidence Synthesis by Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2024]

• BMC Cancer
  • Regional and national guideline recommendations for digital ano-rectal examination as a means for anal cancer screening in HIV positive men who have sex with men: a systematic review [2014]

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Perceived risk for HIV acquisition and sexual HIV exposure among sexual and gender minorities: a systematic review [2024]

• BMC Psychiatry
  • The benefits of psychosocial interventions for mental health in men who have sex with men living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• BMC Public Health
  • Using GRADE methodology for the development of public health guidelines for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men and transgender people [2012]

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Adverse effects of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men and transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among PrEP-eligible men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

• Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • The Disparities of PrEP Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Between the Global South and the Global North: An Updated Determinantal Global Meta-Analysis [2025]

• Journal of Homosexuality
  • Factors Associated with PrEP Stigma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (gbMSM): A Systematic Review [2025]

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  • Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2024]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Will the global HIV response fail gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men? [2016]

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Risk of HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men infected with bacterial sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• UNAIDS
  • HIV and gay men and who have sex with other men — Human rights fact sheet series 2024 [2024]

• United Nations Population Fund
  • Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Men Who Have Sex with Men [2015]

• World Bank
  • The Global HIV Epidemics among Men Who Have Sex with Men [2011]

Ireland

• EuroSurveillance
  • Using data from a behavioural survey of men who have sex with men (MSM) to estimate the number likely to present for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Ireland, 2017 [2017]

Jamaica

• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
  • HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance Among Jamaican Men Who Have Sex with Men Should Be Prioritized for Reducing HIV Transmission [2015]

• PLoS ONE
  • Understanding the High Prevalence of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections among Socio-Economically Vulnerable Men Who Have Sex with Men in Jamaica [2015]

Japan

• Scientific Reports
  • New strategies for prevention of HIV among Japanese men who have sex with men: a mathematical model [2020]

Kenya

• AIDS
  • Strengthening healthcare providers’ skills to improve HIV services for MSM in Kenya [2015]

• Global Public Health
  • Hustling and suffering: Male sex workers and HIV interventions in Kenya [2025]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • The green shoots of a novel training programme: progress and identified key actions to providing services to MSM at Kenyan health facilities [2015]

Latin America

• Lancet HIV
  • Bacterial sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender women using oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in Latin America (ImPrEP): a secondary analysis of a prospective, open-label, multicentre study [2024]

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care to Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Latin America and the Caribbean [2010]

Malaysia

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Engagement in Chemsex among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Malaysia: Prevalence and Associated Factors from an Online National Survey [2022]

Mexico

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Regional disparity of HIV incidence and prevalence among men who have sex with men [2021]

• International Journal of STD & AIDS
  • Awareness, willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis, and use of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in Mexico [2024]

• PLoS ONE
  • Estimating the Impact of Earlier ART Initiation and Increased Testing Coverage on HIV Transmission among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Mexico using a Mathematical Model [2015]

Mozambique

• BMC Public Health
  • Trends in HIV prevalence and risk factors among men who have sex with men in Mozambique: implications for targeted interventions and public health strategies [2024]

Netherlands

• Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Best Predictor of Future Behavior May Be the Past: Exploring Behavior Change in Men Who Have Sex with Men Using Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the Netherlands [2024]

• BMJ Open
  • Determinants of never having tested for HIV among MSM in the Netherlands [2016]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use and resistance-associated mutations among men who have sex with men and transgender persons newly diagnosed with HIV in the Netherlands: results from the ATHENA cohort, 2018 to 2022 [2024]

• Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Impact of Varying Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Programs on HIV and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Transmission Among MSM in the Netherlands: A Modeling Study [2024]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of PrEP provision expansion among MSM in the Netherlands [2025]

• PLOS Computational Biology
  • Impact of increased diagnosis of early HIV infection and immediate antiretroviral treatment initiation on HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in the Netherlands [2025]

• PLoS Medicine
  • Dispersion of the HIV-1 Epidemic in Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Netherlands: A Combined Mathematical Model and Phylogenetic Analysis [2015]

• Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology
  • MSM with HIV: Improving prevalence and risk estimates by a Bayesian small area estimation modelling approach for public health service areas in the Netherlands [2023]

New Zealand

• Scientific Reports
  • A snapshot of the presence of HIV-related features in MSM social media dating apps in New Zealand [2024]

Peru

• AIDS Care
  • Alcohol Use Disorders Negatively Influence Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Peru [2014]

• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
  • Provider Attitudes Toward Oral Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men in Lima, Peru [2014]

• BMC Public Health
  • A cross-sectional study of low HIV testing frequency and high-risk behaviour among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Lima, Peru [2015]

Philippines

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The dire sexual health crisis among MSM in the Philippines: an exploding HIV epidemic in the absence of essential health services [2015]

Poland

• Epidemiology & Infection
  • Bayesian evidence synthesis to estimate HIV prevalence in men who have sex with men in Poland at the end of 2009 [2015]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Increase of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men in Poland, 2000 to 2011 [2013]

Portugal

• EuroSurveillance
  • Different guidelines for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) eligibility estimate HIV risk differently: an incidence study in a cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, Portugal, 2014–2018 [2020]

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Determinants of HIV-1 transmission clusters and transmitted drug resistance in men who have sex with men: A multicenter study in Portugal (2014-2019) [2025]

Puerto Rico

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Factors Associated With Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Puerto Rico, National Human Immunodeficiency Virus Behavioral Surveillance System, 2011 [2016]

Republic of Korea

• AIDS Care
  • Internalized homophobia and HIV testing among Korean gay and bisexual men: a study in a high-income country with pervasive HIV/AIDS stigma [2023]

• BMC Public Health
  • Unveiling the dynamics of HIV transmission among young homosexual and bisexual men in Korea [2025]

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  • Assessing COVID-19 Vulnerability Among HIV-positive Men Who Have Sex With Men in Korea: The Role of Vaccination and Sexual Behaviors [2024]

Russia

• WHO European Region
  • HIV prevalence and risks among men having sex with men in Moscow and Saint Petersburg [2007]

Rwanda

• JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Population Size Estimation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Rwanda: Three-Source Capture-Recapture Method [2023]

South Africa

• AIDS
  • Predictors of unsuppressed viral load among MSM with HIV in South Africa [2025]

Spain

• GESIDA
  • Patterns of Sexualized Drug Use among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV: Insights from a Comprehensive Study-The U-SEX-2 GESIDA 9416 Study [2023]

• Journal of Community Health
  • An Online HIV Self-Sampling Strategy for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men and Trans Women in Spain [2024]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• AIDS and Behavior
  • Marriage and Steady Relationships with Women in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review and Meta-analyses [2025]

• Journal of Homosexuality
  • Increased Stigma, and Physical and Sexual Violence Against Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Analyzing Social and Structural Barriers to HIV Testing and Coping Behaviors [2025]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Men who have sex with men perceiving that sex with women carries the greatest risk of HIV acquisition: results from a mixed-methods systematic review in sub-Saharan Africa [2024]

• Lancet HIV
  • Trends in HIV testing, the treatment cascade, and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • Associations between punitive policies and legal barriers to consensual same-sex sexual acts and HIV among gay men and other men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry, respondent-driven sampling survey [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • HIV incidence in a multinational cohort of men and transgender women who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from HPTN 075 [2021]
  • HIV prevalence and behavioral and psychosocial factors among transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men in 8 African countries: A cross-sectional analysis [2017]

Switzerland

• BMJ Open
  • ‘Break the Chains 2015’ community-based HIV prevention campaign for men who have sex with men in Switzerland: non-randomised evaluation and cost analysis [2020]

• Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Increasing Frequency and Transmission of HIV-1 Non-B Subtypes Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Resurgence of HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Switzerland: Mathematical Modelling Study [2012]

Taiwan

• BMC Public Health
  • Dynamics of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Taiwan: a mathematical modeling study [2024]

• Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
  • Hypogonadism among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Taiwan: Prevalence and associated factors [2024]

• PLoS ONE
  • Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 infection among men who have sex with men in Taiwan from 2013 to 2015 [2018]

Thailand

• BMJ Health & Care Informatics
  • Evaluating machine learning algorithms for predicting HIV status among young Thai men who have sex with men [2025]

Togo

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • Condom use and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Togo, West Africa [2016]

Uganda

• PLoS ONE
  • “If You Tell People That You Had Sex with a Fellow Man, It Is Hard to Be Helped and Treated”: Barriers and Opportunities for Increasing Access to HIV Services among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Uganda [2016]

Ukraine

• AIDS
  • Impact and cost-effectiveness of non-governmental organizations on the HIV epidemic in Ukraine among MSM [2022]

• AIDS and Behavior
  • Associations Between Sexual Behavior Stigma and HIV Risk Behaviors, Testing, Treatment, and Infection Among Men Who have Sex with Men in Ukraine [2024]

United Kingdom

• AIDS
  • Population-level effectiveness of a national HIV preexposure prophylaxis programme in MSM [2021]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Economic evaluation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men-who-have-sex-with-men in England in 2016 [2017]
  • Contribution of transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men to evolving epidemics of sexually transmitted infections in England: an analysis using multiple data sources, 2009–2013 [2015]
  • An overview of the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom, 1999–2013 [2015]

• HIV Medicine
  • Predicting PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy among men who have sex with men in the UK: The roles of identity resilience, science mistrust, and stigma [2025]

• Lancet HIV
  • Tracking elimination of HIV transmission in men who have sex with men in England: a modelling study [2021]

• Lancet Public Health
  • Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in England: data from the AURAH2 prospective study [2020]

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Association between rectal gonorrhoea and HIV incidence in men who have sex with men: a meta-analysis [2022]

United States

• AIDS
  • Explaining racial and ethnic disparities in antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among U.S. men who have sex with men [2024]

• AIDS and Behavior
  • The Association between Social Support and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis use among Sexual Minority Men in the United States: A Scoping Literature Review [2024]
  • Sexual Practice Changes Post-HIV Diagnosis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2023]
  • Structural Interventions for HIV Prevention and Care Among US Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Gaps, and Future Priorities [2021]
  • Stigma, HIV Risk, and Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services Among Men Who have Sex with Men (MSM) in the United States: A Scoping Review [2021]
  • Understanding Structural Barriers to Accessing HIV Testing and Prevention Services Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (BMSM) in the United States [2014]

• AIDS Patient Care and STDs
  • Navigating Barriers and Opportunities: Perceptions of the Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Care Continuum Among Young Sexual Minority Men, Aged 17-24, in the United States [2024]

• AIDS Research and Therapy
  • Evidence and implication of interventions across various socioecological levels to address pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and adherence among men who have sex with men in the United States: a systematic review [2022]
  • Sexually transmitted infections and pre-exposure prophylaxis: challenges and opportunities among men who have sex with men in the US [2016]

• Annals of Epidemiology
  • Projecting the age-distribution of men who have sex with men receiving HIV treatment in the United States [2021]

• Annual Review of Psychology
  • A Systematic Review of Implementation Research on Determinants and Strategies of Effective HIV Interventions for Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States [2024]

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Sexual behavior stigma and HIV/STI biospecimen self-collection among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other sexually minoritized men in the United States [2024]

• BMC Public Health
  • Three limited interaction approaches to understanding the epidemiology of HIV among YMSM in the US [2024]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Clusters of Rapid HIV Transmission Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men — United States, 2018–2021 [2022]
  • Vital Signs: HIV Infection, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men — United States, 2010–2019 [2021]
  • Trends in Diagnosis of HIV Infection, Linkage to Medical Care, and Viral Suppression Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, by Race/Ethnicity and Age — 33 Jurisdictions, United States, 2014–2018 [2020]
  • Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among HIV-Positive Hispanic and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men —United States, 2015–2019 [2020]
  • Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic/Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men — 19 Urban Areas, 2011–2017 [2019]
  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men — 23 Urban Areas, 2017 [2019]
  • Changes in HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men — 20 Urban Areas, 2014 and 2017 [2019]
  • HIV Testing, Linkage to HIV Medical Care, and Interviews for Partner Services Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men — Non–Health Care Facilities, 20 Southern U.S. Jurisdictions, 2016 [2018]
  • Age-Associated Trends in Diagnosis and Prevalence of Infection with HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men — United States, 2008–2016 [2018]
  • Recommendations for HIV Screening of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men — United States, 2017 [2017]
  • HIV Care Outcomes Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With Diagnosed HIV Infection — United States, 2015 [2017]
  • Unmet Needs for Ancillary Services Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Who Are Receiving HIV Medical Care — United States, 2013–2014 [2016]
  • HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Male High School Students Who Had Sexual Contact with Males — 17 Large Urban School Districts, United States, 2009–2013 [2016]
  • HIV Testing Experience Before HIV Diagnosis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men — 21 Jurisdictions, United States, 2007–2013 [2016]
  • Adaptation and National Dissemination of a Brief, Evidence-Based, HIV Prevention Intervention for High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men [2016]
  • HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men

• Epidemics
  • The effects of HIV self-testing on HIV incidence and awareness of status among men who have sex with men in the United States: Insights from a novel compartmental model [2024]
  • Egocentric sexual networks of men who have sex with men in the United States: Results from the ARTnet study [2020]

• JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Preferences for Starting Daily, On-Demand, and Long-Acting Injectable HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States (2021-2022): Nationwide Online Cross-Sectional Study [2024]
  • Rates of Prevalent HIV Infection, Prevalent Diagnoses, and New Diagnoses Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in US States, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Counties, 2012-2013 [2016]

• Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Efficacy of Internet Recruitment and HIV Self-Testing for Diagnosing HIV Infections Among Black and Hispanic/Latino MSM and Transgender Women in 11 US States, 2020-2021 [2024]
  • Estimated Number of Men who have Sex with Men with Indications for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a National Sexual Network Study [2020]

• Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Modeling the Impact of PrEP Programs for Adolescent Sexual Minority Males Based on Empirical Estimates for the PrEP Continuum of Care [2021]

• Journal of Community Health
  • Collaborative PrEP Implementation Strategies for Latino Men Who have Sex with Men: A Health Center-Community Consensus Process [2023]

• Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • A Systematic Review up to 2018 of HIV and Associated Factors Among Criminal Justice-Involved (CJI) Black Sexual and Gender Minority Populations in the United States (US) [2022]

• Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
  • What Factors Are Associated With Willingness to Use HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among U.S. Men Who Have Sex With Men Not on PrEP? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2023]

• Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Factors associated with PrEP-era HIV seroconversion in a 4-year U.S. national cohort of n = 6059 sexual and gender minority individuals who have sex with men, 2017-2022 [2024]
  • Association between HIV PrEP indications and use in a national sexual network study of US men who have sex with men [2021]

• Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Recent Trends and Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Regimens Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV in the United States: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) 2008–2017 [2019]
  • Estimating Prevalent Diagnoses and Rates of New Diagnoses of HIV at the State Level by Age Group Among Men who Have Sex With Men in the United States [2018]

• PLoS ONE
  • Evaluating the impact of policies recommending PrEP to subpopulations of men and transgender women who have sex with men based on demographic and behavioral risk factors [2019]
  • HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, familiarity, and attitudes among gay and bisexual men in the United States: A national probability sample of three birth cohorts [2018]
  • Early Linkage to HIV Care and Antiretroviral Treatment among Men Who Have Sex with Men — 20 Cities, United States, 2008 and 2011 [2015]
  • HIV Infection and Sexual Risk among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2014]

• SAGE Open Medicine
  • Evidence and implication of interventions across various socioecological levels to address HIV testing uptake among men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review [2022]

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Effect of Screening and Treatment for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia on HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: A Modeling Analysis [2022]

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Influences affecting decision-making regarding use of pre-exposure prophylaxis among black men who have sex with men in the USA: a systematic review and meta-synthesis [2024]

Vietnam

• Advances in Preventive Medicine
  • Sexual Health and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Vietnam: An Integrated Approach to Preventive Health Care [2012]

West Africa

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Frequent chlamydia and gonorrhoea but very infrequent syphilis among men who have sex with men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in West Africa [2024]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Recommended population size estimates of men who have sex with men [2020]
  • What’s the 2+1+1? Event-driven oral pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV for men who have sex with men: Update to WHO’s recommendation on oral PrEP [2019]
  • HIV and young men who have sex with men [2015]
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis for men who have sex with men: a systematic review [2014]
  • Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender people [2011]
  • Guidelines: prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender populations : recommendations for a public health approach 2011 [2011]
  • Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender populations : report of a technical consultation, 15-17 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland [2009]
  • Rapid assessment and response adaptation guide on HIV and men who have sex with men [2004]

WHO South-East Asia Region

• WHO South-East Asia Region
  • HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men and transgender populations in South-East Asia : the current situation and national responses [2010]

WHO Western Pacific Region

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Health sector response to HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men, Hong Kong SAR (China), 18-20 February 2009 : report of the consultation [2009]

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