This guide has been produced for people who want to improve the response to the HIV-related needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa. The guide will help facilitators of participatory reflection meetings with key stakeholders who are responsible for improving local and national responses to HIV among MSM
The health journey is a tool that puts the a person with a health problem at the centre of the picture and maps their real-life experiences, highlighting what actually happens, as a starting point for community engagement and community-centred health service planning. This manual is divided into three sections, explaining what a health journey is and why it might be useful for understanding the experiences of people with HIV, how to set up and use the methodology and five examples of health journey workshops together with the impacts that resulted from them
This guide aims to be an "ideas book" of shared experiences to help facilitators prepare for participatory workshops. It may also be useful for people who facilitate meetings and planning activities using participatory techniques