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To mark World AIDS Day 2011 (1st December), GHN, in partnership with the HSE launched the first ever National HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Awareness Programme for men who have sex with men (MSM). ‘Protect Yourself – We’re Worth Protecting’ is the first of four phases. This first phase seeks to raise awareness that in Ireland, HIV diagnoses continues to increase among MSM, in particular among younger men aged 18-29 years.
A dynamic, youthful and peer-led programme, messages and designs have been driven by a younger MSM peer group facilitated by BeLonG To Youth Services and include messages of building self-esteem, empowering and equipping men to make safer sex choices.
A short video forms part of each phase of the programme, together with posters, postcards, website banners, newspaper and radio advertisement. Posters in A3 or A4 can be downloaded and printed from this site. Promotion will target younger men, with emphasis on those residing outside urban centres, who may not have regular access to information and services. The programme will also take account of the ethnic make-up of the MSM population, and MSM living with HIV, many of whom experience HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
To follow the programme and for more information on each phase, like Man2Man on facebook.
The Gay Health Network (GHN), in partnership with the HSE, and in association with Dublin City Council (DCC), launched the first ever National HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Awareness Programme for men who have sex with men (MSM) on World AIDS Day, 1st December, in the Mansion House.
This year-long social marketing programme was launched by Roisin Shortall TD, Minister of State, Department of Health with responsibility for Primary Care, and Chairperson of the National AIDS Strategy Committee (NASC).
The programme will incorporate four phases, the first phase launched on World AIDS Day 2011, with each subsequent phase rolling out every 3 months for a year.
Activities throughout the year-long programme include a social marketing programme promoting HIV prevention, testing, and sexual health awareness among MSM; increasing access to condoms and lube via the Man2Man.ie website; and health promotion workshops for MSM.
A4 poster Eastern Region(3.4MB)
A3 poster Eastern Region(6.1MB)
A4 poster Northern Region(3.4MB)
A3 poster Northern Region(6.1MB)
The Gay Men's Health Service (GMHS) HSE, together with Gay Health Network (GHN) partners, are pleased to announce the 9th Annual All-Ireland Gay Health Forum (GHF9) will take place on Friday 17th June 2011, Dublin Castle. More information will be posted in the weeks leading up to the event. Contact Mick Quinlan, Manager, GMHS, email: mick.quinlan@hse.ie or telephone 01-6699553.
www.Man2Man.ie is developed specifically for MSM who are seeking information on HIV, sexual health, condoms, hepatitis, free testing services and other supports available, and information for men living with HIV. The website will also host all GHN sexual health and HIV publications in nine languages
