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Transgender women <strong>and</strong> men are often overlooked in HIV prevention planning <strong>and</strong> treatmentprograms <strong>and</strong> little evidence is there<strong>for</strong>e available on what works <strong>for</strong> transgender women<strong>and</strong> men, though there are some promising strategies.<strong>What</strong> <strong>Works</strong>—Prevention <strong>for</strong> Key Affected Populations: Transgender <strong>Women</strong> <strong>and</strong> MenPromising Strategies:1. Peer educators can encourage transgender women to increase condom use <strong>and</strong>testing.EVIDENCEPromising Strategies:1. Peer educators can encourage transgender women to increase condom use <strong>and</strong> HIV testing.In India, where transgender women have an HIV prevalence of 20%, paid peer educatorsprovide condoms to other transgender women, resulting in an uptake of condoms(no data given). Peer educators encourage “No condoms, no sex;” teach condom negotiationskills <strong>and</strong> advise to avoid police where <strong>for</strong>ced sex may occur (Chakrapani et al.,2008). (Abstract) (transgender, peer education, condom use, India)Trained transgender peer educators (no gender identity specified) reached out to transgendersex workers (no gender identity specified) in Mexico, of the 100 reached, 15%then accessed VCT (Flores et al., 2008). (Abstract) (transgender, sex workers, peer education,Mexico)Gaps in Programming—Transgender <strong>Women</strong> <strong>and</strong> Men1. HIV prevention interventions <strong>and</strong> treatment programs are needed <strong>for</strong> transgenderpeople.2. Health care settings must address the needs of transgender people <strong>and</strong> reducebarriers to services.3. Ef<strong>for</strong>ts are needed to mobilize transgender women <strong>and</strong> men at a community level tosupport prevention <strong>and</strong> safety.WHAT WORKS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS109

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