Exploring access to HIV-related services and programmatic gaps for Men having Sex with Men (MSM) in rural India- a qualitative study

Sampada Bangar; Uday Mohan; Sanjeev Kumar; Amarendra Mahapatra; Shivendra Kumar Singh; Rewa Kohli; Archana Verma; Tuman Lal Katendra; Girish Rahane; Suhas P. Shewale; Nayana Yenbhar; Vinita Verma; P. Saravanamurthy; Bitra George; Bhawani Singh Kushwaha; Chinmoyee Das; Shobini Rajan; Seema Sahay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0284901

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Exploring access to HIV-related services and programmatic gaps for Men having Sex with Men (MSM) in rural India- a qualitative study

Sampada Bangar,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology Division, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Uday Mohan,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Upgraded Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
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Sanjeev Kumar,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2730-2378

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Amarendra Mahapatra,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology Division, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6007-7294

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Shivendra Kumar Singh,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Upgraded Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
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Rewa Kohli,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Archana Verma,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Tuman Lal Katendra,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Girish Rahane,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Suhas P. Shewale,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Nayana Yenbhar,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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Vinita Verma,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi, India
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P. Saravanamurthy,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FHI 360, Linkages-India, New Delhi, India
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Bitra George,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FHI 360, Linkages-India, New Delhi, India
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Bhawani Singh Kushwaha,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi, India
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Chinmoyee Das,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi, India
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Shobini Rajan,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, New Delhi, India
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Seema Sahay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ssahay@nariindia.org, seemasahay@yahoo.com

Affiliation Division of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-827X

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Exploring access to HIV-related services and programmatic gaps for Men having Sex with Men (MSM) in rural India- a qualitative study

Sampada Bangar,
Uday Mohan,
Sanjeev Kumar,
Amarendra Mahapatra,
Shivendra Kumar Singh,
Rewa Kohli,
Archana Verma,
Tuman Lal Katendra,
Girish Rahane,
Suhas P. Shewale

Published: May 4, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284901

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