Acknowledgments

amfAR and the MSM Initiative gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions of numerous organizations and individuals, without whose help and support this report would not have been possible.

We would like to thank our contributing authors, who have provided state-of-the-art texts on epidemiology (Stefan Baral, Chris Beyrer, and Frangisco Sifakis of Johns Hopkins University, and Farley Cleghorn of the Constella Futures Group) and on human rights (Joanne Csete of the Firelight Foundation). Our appreciation to Benjamin Weil for editing major portions of the document.

Deep thanks are also due to our partners at Global Health Strategies, who have provided thoughtful advice and essential support throughout the course of this project. We are particularly grateful to Jonathan Baum, Katina Hubbard, Dan Lowenstein, and David Gold. Additional thanks go to Urvesh Shelat for coordinating the research process as well as diligently formatting and fact checking the UNGASS 2008 country reports, and to Anjali Motgi for her patience in data-checking and map-making.

We would also like to recognize the following Harvard University students for their papers, interviews, and data collection: Amy Kabaria, who provided a report on Asia; John Lin, who wrote on global funding; Kayla Feld, who reported on South America; Fofie Mgbako, who wrote on Africa; and Aria Laskin, who analyzed criminalization. We also greatly appreciate the time that the following key experts took to speak with these students: Oliver C. Ezechi from the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research; Steave Nemande of Alternatives-Cameroon; Miriam Maluwa from UNAIDS; Pedro Goicochea of IMPACTA; Rebecca Schleifer at Human Rights Watch; and many other advocates throughout the world.

Finally, we greatly appreciate careful readings of the draft document by Orlando Montoya, Grupo Equidad; Kenneth Mayer, Brown University and Fenway Community Health; Shivananda Khan, Naz Foundation International; and Stefan Baral, Johns Hopkins University.