Rahim Faraan O, Ashar Perisa, Garofalo Robert, Mugisha Frank, Beyrer Chris
Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
LGBT Health. 2025 Feb-Mar;12(2):85-88. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2024.0110. Epub 2024 Oct 22.
In the past year, new laws criminalizing same-sex conduct and the promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights have emerged as barriers to addressing the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An augmented approach to addressing HIV within the region's disproportionately affected LGBTQ populations, particularly transgender women and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), is imperative for achieving the international goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. In this article, we present recommendations to bolster the continuum of HIV care for MSM and transgender women in SSA.
