In order to perform the risk assessment, the domestic court needs to determine the epidemiological situation in France, and in particular to ascertain «in light of current medical, scientific and epidemiological knowledge» whether data on the high number of HIV transmissions among
MSM population is reliable and relevant (para. 44).
The Committee stressed three factors explaining this decision: insufficient current scientific knowledge, lack of efficient information campaigns targeting
MSM population and the format of the individual questionnaire.
The cautious approach adopted by the Court seems even more problematic since targeting specifically
MSM population relies on cultural demeaning representations of gay and bisexual sexualities connected to promiscuity.
She also found that today transmission occurs mainly among the countries of the former Soviet Union — a contrast to earlier days, when
the MSM population mainly contracted subtype B strains imported from other countries via travel.
Among the black
MSM population, achieving the NHAS strategy demonstrated even greater value, with a ratio of $ 38,300 / QALY.
Not exact matches
Even in Africa, at the heart of the pandemic, in Malawi, 21 percent of
MSM are infected with the virus compared with 11 percent of the general
population, whereas Zambia's rates are 33 percent versus 15 percent, respectively, says Chris Beyrer, director of the Johns Hopkins Center of Public Health and Human Rights.
MSM in developing countries are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general
population, according to a 2007 literature review.
The epidemic in Peru is concentrated among
MSM, and the government there is one of the few that has used this information to direct its prevention funding toward that
population.
In this study, researchers at Emory University, CDC, and the University of Washington used network - based mathematical models of HIV transmission in a
population of
MSM to estimate the impact of applying these CDC guidelines to prevent new HIV infections in the U.S..
If 40 percent of
MSM who are good candidates for PrEP based on CDC's guidelines were actually prescribed the drug and used it consistently, 33 percent of new HIV infections in this
population in the U.S. would be avoided over the next 10 years, the researchers found.
They focused on
MSM because of the high risk of sexual HIV transmission in this
population.
For example, in 2010,
MSM accounted for 63 percent of estimated new HIV infections in the United States, but the group represents about 2 percent of the U.S.
population.
Thailand Clinical Trials Development Trial MHRP, in collaboration with the P5, is planning an efficacy trial in a high - risk
population of men who have sex with men (
MSM) to hopefully improve upon the RV144 result and extend its relevance to at - risk
populations to achieve the greatest public health impact.