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<div> I'm Dong Duc Thanh sent to you anticipated content of GIPA Subgroup meeting</div>
<div>Have you got any comment and add more content in Agenda</div>
<div>Could you circulate to other one</div>
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<div>Many thanks</div>
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<div>Dong Duc Thanh</div>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Last week, WHO's Regional Office for the Western Pacific, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, UNAIDS and the Hong Kong (China) Department of Health, organized a regional meeting on Men-having-Sex-with-Men (MSM) and HIV in the Asia-Pacific region. </span></font></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The Viet Nam news has been covering this important meeting and made male-to-male sex the topic in the "your say" section in the news paper (see below). </span></font></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><font face="Garamond" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">I would like to invite interested people to write their thoughts on this important topic to Viet Nam news. Please note the deadline for submission is this Thursday morning. </span></font><b><font face="Garamond" color="black"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"></span></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">Who cares if I'm gay?</span></font></b><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve"></span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">The World Health Organisation estimates that 10 million men have sex with men (MSM) in Asia - the highest number for any region in the world.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">But the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports that health care programmes and services reaches just 1 per cent of this population.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">In HCM City the number practising MSM is estimated at 48,000 with 5,3 per cent HIV infected. The number in Haø Noäi is put at 26,000 and 9,4 per cent infected.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">Less than 10 per cent of these men in both cities use or have access to the health services.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">The low number means the danger of HIV/AIDS transmission is much greater.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">But why is it happening? Is it the result of stigma and discrimination against gay men? And how could we change it?</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">We welcome your opinions via e-mail to: <a title="blocked::mailto:opinion.vietnamnews@gmail.com" href="mailto:opinion.vietnamnews@gmail.com" target="_blank">opinion.vietnamnews@gmail.com</a> – or by fax to 84 (0) 43 933 2311. Letters can be sent to The Editor, Viet Nam News, 11 Tran Hung Dao Street, Ha Noi.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="VNI-Helve" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: VNI-Helve">Replies to this week's question must be received by Thursday morning, February 26.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div></div><br>HIV/AIDS Technical Working Group hivaids-twg<br>Address to post message: <a href="mailto:hivaids-twg@ngocentre.org.vn">hivaids-twg@ngocentre.org.vn</a><br>
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