Monkeypox: an expert explas what gay and bisexual men need to know

Contents:

• STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022
• PHAC URG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO PRACTISE SAFE SEX AS MONKEYPOX SPREADS

STRATEGI ADOPTED BY GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN TO PREVENT MONKEYPOX VIS TRANSMISSN — UNED STAT, AUGT 2022

Strategi Adopted by Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex wh Men to Prevent Monkeypox vis Transmissn — Uned Stat, Augt 2022. A global monkeypox outbreak is currently primarily affectg gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men.

In a recent survey of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, approximately one half reported rcg their number of sex partners, one-time sexual enunters, and e of datg apps bee of the monkeypox outbreak.

The multipronged rponse to monkeypox has clud expandg accs to monkeypox vacce and velopg msagg† for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) seekg to rce their chanc for acquirg monkeypox. Stefan Baral reports NIH support om NINR and NIMH; travel support to a meetg foced on HIV among gay men ternatnally om the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and support for participatn on an NIH Data Safety Monorg Board for a study foced on younger gay men and suicidaly.

PHAC URG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO PRACTISE SAFE SEX AS MONKEYPOX SPREADS

Molg the impact of sexual works the transmissn of Monkeypox vis among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men—Uned Stat, 2022.

Rilience as an untapped rource behavral terventn sign for gay men. The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance (GMSH) champns the health of 2SGBTQ+ men Ontar. While anyone n get monkeypox, the current outbreak is overwhelmgly affectg sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men.

Many untri are offerg vaccatns to sexually active gay and bisexual men who are at greatt risk of ntractg the disease. One of the difficulti is that gay and bisexual men reprent a margalised muny that has already faced stigmatisatn and discrimatn, particularly durg the HIV/Aids panmic. The Public Health Agency of Canada is urgg gay and bisexual men to practise safe sex and lim the number of their sexual partners as nonts the monkeypox Thera Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, told a news briefg Wednday that while the "global monkeypox outbreak is of ser ncern, " public health officials and ernments have a "wdow of opportuny to nta the spread.