Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde invite AIDS 2018
participants to discuss concrete solutions to fulfill key populations’ right
to health, and progress towards the end of HIV.

In 2016, 80% of new HIV infections outside of sub-Saharan Africa, and 25% in
sub-Saharan Africa, occurred among key populations and their sexual partners:
men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people, people who inject
drugs and people who are imprisoned or subject to other forms of incarceration.
Global recommendations highlight the importance of a dedicated response, tailored
to the specific medical and other needs of these groups. Yet such responses are rarely
seen at scale. In most contexts local laws criminalize these populations and prejudice
and stigma deny them access to health care. Where there is a response to their
needs it is too often dependent on NGO and CBO activities and external funding.
As international funding declines, particularly in ‘middle-income countries’ is the
future response scalable or doomed? The session will involve lively debate as well
as practical discussions on what needs to change.