UNAIDS Technical Support Mechanism (TSM) Consultants are located across the globe and have a range of expertise and thematic skills. 
As part of building the foundational skills of emerging consultants, sound knowledge on effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices are often a requirement of the assignment.    

Developed in collaboration with the UNAIDS TSM, in 2024 ASHM delivered webinars and on-demand learning modules to upskill emerging consultants working on HIV and Tuberculosis assignments through the TSM.   

Online learning modules cover a range of key M&E concepts, from making and managing quality data to communicating data for change.    

Developed by ASHM on behalf of UNAIDS and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Chemsex Toolkit for clinical service providers in the Asia-Pacific region is the first of its kind to provide tailored information on chemsex for clinical service providers in the Asia-Pacific region.   

The toolkit provides an overview of chemsex drugs, motivations for chemsex, and chemsex related harms and equips health care providers with a sound understanding of harm reduction interventions through easy to use guides and tools, case studies and training modules, empowering health care workers across the region to feel confident and competent to deliver key population friendly services that reduce harm related to high risk behaviours.  This comprehensive resource also acknowledges the social and structural barriers to seeking care for people engaging in chemsex, highlighting the importance of an integrated approach that responds to the specific needs of key populations. 

The toolkit was developed in consultation with key stakeholders, including regional and country experts, government representatives, community, healthcare professionals, CSO/NGOs, advocates and researchers from across the Asia-Pacific region.   

Chemsex Tool kit

The Mother Mentor program aims to strengthen HIV health literacy of pregnant women and mothers, strengthen their linkages to health services, and create peer support systems by empowering women living with HIV to become ‘Mentor Mother’ peer leaders.

Under the program, Mentor Mothers co-designed a Mentor Mother Toolkit with ASHM and the Burnet Institute, alongside program partners the Papua New Guinea National Department of Health and Igat Hope.

Each kit contains resources to support Mentor Mothers to feel confident having conversations with women living with HIV about important measures to prevent transmission to their infants— such as adhering to ART treatment throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding and encouraging supervised birth at a medical facility.

Whilst there have been positive shifts globally to enable greater access to trans services, barriers to healthcare still exist for transgender people in many countries in Asia and Pacific countries.

In 2022, ASHM facilitated the 1st Transgender Comprehensive Care Masterclass in Thailand, facilitating an inaugural platform for knowledge exchange and sharing of best practice in trans-competent care amongst participants from across the region.

In collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), ASHM conducted a comprehensive landscape review of sexually transmitted infections in the Western Pacific Region for the purpose of gaining a greater understanding of the magnitude and nature of STIs across the region.

Findings from the review highlight the need for further investment in up-to-date STI surveillance data, investment in STI prevention, diagnosis and treatment technologies, investment in capacity strengthening of health workers, and the need to expand stakeholder and expert consultation to support and develop targeted solutions for STI prevention and elimination.