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Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-
being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, a well as the possibility
of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. For sexual health to be attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, Protected and fulfilled.
World Health Organisation, draft working definition, October 2002. |
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You can be assured of the support of the United Nations family in your common endeavour to win the battle against HIV among the MSM and transgender communities. If nobody else is there for you – we are here!
Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Advisor to the United Nations Sectretary General and Special Envoy for HIV and AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Opening Address to the Risks and Responsibilities: Male Sexual Health and HIV in Asia and the Pacific International Consultation Meeting, New Delhi , India , 23-26 September 2006. |
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| The Naz Foundation International (NFI) is an international non-governmental organisation, thats primary aim is to improve the sexual health and human rights of marginalised males who have sex with males, their partners and families in South Asia and else where. Know more... |
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Why we must work with MSM and HIV prevention, care and support |
- It’s the right thing to do on humanitarian grounds
- It’s the right thing to do epidemiologically
- It’s the right thing to do from a public health perspective
Males who have sex with males (MSM), whether their self-identity is linked to their same sex behaviour or not, have the right to be free from violence and harassment; the right to be treated with dignity and respect; the right to be treated as full citizens in their country; the right to be free from HIV/AIDS; and MSM who are infected with HIV have the right to access appropriate care and treatment equally with everyone else, regardless of how the virus was transmitted to them. |
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NFI needs your support in its programme work supporting assisting MSM groups, organisations and networks developing their own HIV services, and advocating on their behalf on increasing investment, scaling up service coverage, bridging knowledge gaps, and challenging stigma, discrimination and social exclusion.
A small amount of money can go a long way in providing knowledge, skills and resources to those most at risk of HIV infection, enabling them to develop space spaces for affected and infected MSM to meet and support those most in need.
Click here to make a donation
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| Pukaar |
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The latest edition of Pukaar (April 2009,
Issue No 65) the NFI’s quarterly journal
focusing on Asian male sexualities and
wellbeing available.
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- Asian countries urged to address HIV and AIDS in MSM
- Iran’s hidden history
- Gay men should have rectal tests for Chlamydia
- Sex through the ages
- China to tackle HIV incidence amongst MSM
- The logic of our failures: the arrest of MSM activists in Senegal
- Gender bender – not everyone fits
- HIV prevention hampered by homophobia
- Sexual fluidity
- Rectal microbicides: what you need to know
- Penile size affects attitudes towards condoms
- Structural approaches to HIV prevention
- Should a state control a person’s choice of sexuality?
- Behavioural interventions to reduce risk among MSM
- Sexy new HIV prevention campaign among gays in South Africa
- “No” to non-discrimination is a silent node to violence
- Condoms and HIV prevention
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