New WHO Guidelines: What it means for Young MSM and Transgender in

Community Roll-out?

Phillip Salvador PalmosProject Manager - YVC

Importance and Highlights

• Inclusion of transgender people

• Recognition of a greater need for psychosocial support for young key populations.

• The framework used in the development of these guidelines is heavily based on human rights

Challenges and Opportunities

• Process, Feasibility, and Integration

• Community Consultation and Dialogue

• Translation and Dissemination

Moving Forward

• A call for more action to be taken and the need to tackle these issues using a multi- level approach.

• Our efforts are made to leverage meaningful participation of young MSM and transgender people.

• There is still much we do not know about how to best deliver HIV prevention programs to young people disproportionately affected by HIV.

Thank You!