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It is common knowledge among researchers and other interest groups that HIV infection and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are on the rise among men in Sub -Saharan Africa, yet the reason for this increase still remains blurred. In Nigeria, most of the international aid resources towards the prevention of HIV is mainly focused on heterosexual sexual groups with special attention to women, adolescents and children. Very little epidemiologic and behavioural information from Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole exists on male same sex activities. As a result, the role of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the HIV epidemic in Nigeria and the rest of Africa remains to some extent controversial.
Researchers from the College of medicine, University of Lagos (Dr Sylvia Adebajo) and the University of Toronto (Professor Ted Meyers and Dan Allman) , funded by the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) , came together to carry out a study titled, "Men's Study Nigeria", which began in March 2006 with Lagos and Ibadan as their case studies. The research team got together at the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre to discuss their findings in a public dialogue with 51 interested members from other organizations and parastatals.
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