Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua
Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua
Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua
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<strong>Populations</strong> Served<br />
<strong>HIV</strong>+ persons<br />
Everyone<br />
Marg<strong>in</strong>alized youth<br />
Men who have sex with men (MSM)<br />
Commercial sex workers<br />
Trafficked women<br />
Victims of sexual violence (male <strong>and</strong> female)<br />
MSM REPORTS<br />
MSM FOCUS GROUP REPORT<br />
Introduction<br />
The session was conducted by Ry<strong>and</strong>o Anderson, a self-identified MSM who works with<br />
the 3H (Health, hope <strong>and</strong> <strong>HIV</strong> network) <strong>and</strong> who has been work<strong>in</strong>g with vulnerable<br />
populations (MARPs) <strong>for</strong> a few years. He has also conducted focus groups be<strong>for</strong>e, under<br />
the tutelage of Karen Brotherson, direc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>and</strong> program manager at 3H. He <strong>to</strong>ok control<br />
of the sessions, while we <strong>to</strong>ok a backseat.<br />
Everyone was thanked <strong>for</strong> com<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> the goals <strong>for</strong> the project were expla<strong>in</strong>ed as<br />
follows:<br />
To underst<strong>and</strong> the challenges faced by migrant MSM’s <strong>in</strong> <strong>Antigua</strong>, especially as it<br />
relates <strong>to</strong> access <strong>to</strong> healthcare <strong>and</strong> <strong>HIV</strong>/AIDS.<br />
To know what are the services that they feel like are offered <strong>in</strong> a professional <strong>and</strong><br />
helpful manner <strong>and</strong> what services they do not feel are offered well.<br />
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