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Health4Men welcomes the WHO’s MSM and transgender guidelines

HEALTH4MEN IN THE NEWS:  PlusNews has published an online article on the WHO’s new HIV prevention and treatment guidelines for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people. The piece includes comment from key players in the area of MSM specific healthcare. Health4Men’s Dr. Kevin Rebe was among those who shared their opinions on the organisation’s guidelines.

Rebe welcomed the guidelines, highlighting their usefulness to medical practitioners. He also felt the formal recommendations for the decriminalization of same sex practices was encouraging.

The recommendations echo those made by delegates at Anova’s Top2Btm MSM symposium, which was held in Cape Town last month.

Delegates at the conference identified stigma and discrimination on the part of healthcare workers as a major deterrent to MSM seeking sexual health services.

 

To read the WHO guidelines click here.

To read the full PlusNews article click here.

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