what the english-speaking world is saying

Results from English Surveys and Discussion Forums

To help us make the next MSM Pre-Conference the best one yet, we are currently soliciting input on the issues that matter to you most. Surveys continue to be gathered both online and at major regional conferences. Responses from the English surveys and online discussion forums are displayed here for you to read and discuss. You can respond to the data and comments you see here on the English-language discussion forum. This page is periodically updated with the latest responses to better facilitate a real-time dialogue across languages.

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Be heard and take our Survey, or share your thoughts in our Discussion Forums.	Where respondents work Topics of interest Sub-populations of interest Additional comments and suggestions	Read English translations of responses submitted in Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish	Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

492 voices heard so far...
239 of them responded in English...

In which country do you conduct your work?

*Countries that have had only 2 o fewer respondent:

Afghanistan, Angola, Bahamas, Belgium, Burundi, Cambodia, Czech Republic, East Africa, East Asia, Ecuador, Kuwait, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Myanmar/Burma, Namibia, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Syria, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe

N = 336

Please select your top 3 interest areas when attending a conference on MSM & HIV:

Suggestions for other interest areas

N = 928

Which of the following sexual minority subpopulations are you interested in learning more about?

Suggestions for other sexual minority subpopulations

N = 669

Additional Comments and Suggestions

[Survey] "Do you have any additional comments or suggestions? (Other topics of discussion, potential speakers, etc.)"
(Country indicates where respondent works)

• Malaysia: I suggest including SRH education and positive prevention methods for msm in our
  preconference meet.
• Malaysia: As Prevention has always been the first goal in order to stop transmission of HIV,
  we need to address Positive Health as the responsibility of both the HIV-positive and the
  non-positive partners. There is a need to engage the HIV-positive MSM in all levels of
  programme design, planning, implementation and monitoring. The HIV-positive person
  needs to have a stake in making prevention happen. There is also a great need to lobby for
  changes in existing legal impediments to provision of services for MSM in many countries.
• Pakistan: A topic usually ignored is "Islam and MSM" or Religion and MSM in general. I cofacilitated
  a closed meeting at the ICAAP 2009 in Bali on Islam and MSM.....and it was a
  great success.

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