The predominant concept [to date] has been a drug-free world, rather than a pragmatic acceptance that substance use is common.

Chris Beyrer

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Families are sacred in Africa. ... People rely on their families and kinship networks because they cannot rely on their governments, if you are told repeatedly 'these people are undermining the family; they're trying to destroy the African family,' those are fighting words.

They feel like America is lost. Marriage equality means they have been defeated, and they have lost the ability to influence American political life, africa is a place they can influence.

That dynamic is playing out country after country, hIV is often a... by Chris Beyrer

That dynamic is playing out country after country, hIV is often at the center of it.

These newly restricted laws were actually making the epidemic for... by Chris Beyrer

These newly restricted laws were actually making the epidemic for gay men worse in that country.

(We are) really going to focus on the affordability and access to PrEP and, we hope, really begin a PrEP access era globally.

The majority of injectors worldwide are young men, this is a sexually active population and very often their wives, girlfriends, female partners are very much at risk.

This is a new route of HIV transmission. There's not a lot of people in any African country with experience (of it).

Despite the evidence that shows very clearly that providing sterile injecting equipment does not encourage people to inject, it's a widely held view that what we should be doing is stopping injecting drug use.

When people are ready and want to get off drugs, they have to hav... by Chris Beyrer

When people are ready and want to get off drugs, they have to have access.