The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued the first public
health guidelines intended to curb the spread of HIV and other
STI's among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender
people. As WHO explains, the new document has been in the works
since 2008: Despite the strong impact of the HIV epidemic on MSM
and transgender people, to date, no technical recommendations
have been made to guide health systems’ response to the epidemic
among them. In September 2008, the World Health Organization
(WHO) held a global consultation on “Prevention and treatment of
HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) for men who
have sex with men and transgender populations”, in Geneva,
Switzerland.29 Recommendations from that global consultation, as
well as from WHO regional consultations,30, 31, 32 called for
the need to develop guidance for delivering an evidence-based,
pack- age of interventions for implementation by the health
sector to prevent and treat HIV and other STIs among MSM and
transgender people. "