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Disaster inevitable for Asian Pacific MSM and Transgender people on current program and funding levels says Global Forum on MSM & HIV and Australian AIDS peak body
 

Epidemiological data on HIV transmission released at the ICAAP Asia Pacific AIDS Conference in Bali, Indonesia shows the virus sweeping unchecked through the big cities of the region, with 200 men who have sex with men (MSM) a day becoming infected.

The conference has heard about a staggeringly high incidence of HIV infection, particularly amongst young men in Bangkok, Yangon (formerly Rangoon) and amongst transgender people in Indonesia. Nearly 30% of MSM men in Bangkok and Yangon are HIV positive and many other Asian cities have rates of 510% and growing rapidly.

AFAO Executive Director Don Baxter, who is also a Co-Chair of the Global Forum on MSM and HIV, described the situation in Bangkok and Yangon as disasters and the situation in all other major Asian cities as at crisis point.

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