addressing national AIDS

At the global level, the UNAIDS Secretariat has taken a lead in addressing national AIDS
spending assessments and supporting epidemiological surveillance—work that is ongoing and is
focused on men who have sex with men and transgender people, among others. UNFPA, at the
global level, has been mapping its work on most-at-risk populations, and mapping work by the
UNAIDS Secretariat and its Cosponsors on sex work is planned.
The UNAIDS Secretariat has led on work addressing human rights and legal support, policy and
guidance development, as well as advocacy, specifically relating to men who have sex with men,
transgender people and HIV issues, and this work is ongoing.
Much of the technical and financial support work has also been led by the UNAIDS Secretariat,
supporting partnerships, including specifically supporting organizations and networks addressing
men who have sex with men, transgender people and HIV-related issues. The Secretariat, together
with the Cosponsors, also helped develop specific ‘men who have sex with men’ UNGASS
indicators. UNESCO has been integrating work relating to men who have sex with men and
transgender issues in its educational work on sex, relationships, HIV and other sexually transmitted
infections. UNFPA has been developing ‘in-reach’ training, which addresses, in addition to sex
work and injecting drug use, men who have sex with men and transgender issues. Also at this
level, in 2004 WHO developed the Rapid Assessment and Response Adaptation Guide on Men Who
Have Sex with Men and later reported on its use.