The GLAS Foundation partnered with a pan-European MSM sexual health survey

The GLAS Foundation and its media HUGE.bg have participated in EMIS-2017 – the largest online sexual health survey and evaluation of MSM (Men Who Have Sex with Men). The study is organized by the marketing company Sigma Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in collaboration with the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, and is funded by the European Commission Health Program 2014-2020.

EMIS-2017 consolidates data collected by gay, bisexual and other categories of MSM from 50 countries between October 18, 2017 and January 31, 2018. The online questionnaire was available simultaneously in 33 languages. About 137,000 MSM from all 50 countries participated in the survey – 100,000 from countries in the European Union, over 6,000 from European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states, and about 7,000 from countries participating in the European Neighborhood Policy. 6000 MSM from Russia, 6000 from Canada and 3500 from the Philippines also took part in the survey.

Its main objective is to generate data that will underpin the planning of prevention and care programs for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as for monitoring progress in this field at national level.

You can see the full report of the study results here.