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• Author: Ford Hickson - Axel J. Schmidt - David S. Reid - Peter Weatherburn - Ulrich Marcus - Susanne B. Schink
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Abbreviations

AI anal intercourse

AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ART antiretroviral treatment

ARV antiretroviral (drugs)

CAGE4 ‘Cut down, annoyed, guilty, eye-opener’: screening tec hnique for alcohol dependence

Chafea Consumers, Heal th, Agriculture and Food E xecutive Agency of the Euro pean Commission

CHW community health worker

DDM Dublin Declaration Monitoring

EaP Eastern partnership ( sub-group of ENP)

ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

ECHOES European Community Health Workers Online Survey

EEA European Economic Area

EFTA European Free Trade Association

EMIS European MSM Internet Survey

ENP European Neighbourhood Policy

ESTICOM European Surveys and Training to Improve MSM C ommunity Health

EU European Union

GAM Global AIDS monitoring

GHB/GBL gamma hydroxybutyrate/gamma butyrolactone

GPS global positioning system

HAART highly active anti-retroviral therapy

HAV hepatitis A virus

HBV hepatitis B virus

HCV hepatitis C virus

HPV human papilloma virus

HIV Human immunodeficiency virus

ITU International Telecommunications Union

LGBT Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

LGV

Lymphogranuloma venereum

(disease caused by

C. trachomatis

serovars L1-L3)

LSD lysergic acid diethylami de

MSM Men who have sex with men

PEP post-exposure prophylaxis

PHQ-4 patient health questionnaire

PrEP pre-exposure prophylaxis

SIHS short internalised hom onegativity scale

SPS social provisions scale

STI sexually transmitted infection

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

U=U Undetectable equals Untran smittable

URL uniform resource locator

WHO World Health Organization