The European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS) is a multi-country, multi-language, anonymous online survey for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM).
EMIS is a joint project of academic, community, and governmental partners across Europe, to inform sexual health interventions for MSM. It occurred in 2010 and 2017 with core-funding from the European Union Health Programme. We are repeating EMIS in 2024.
EMIS aims to describe the differences in sexual health needs across different groups of men, as well as to estimate the relative levels of different risk and precautionary behaviours.
EMIS has resulted in a wide variety of technical and community reports, very many scientific publications, and 26 indicators for 60 countries across four continents in the UNAIDS Key Population Atlas.
All this has changed the landscape for gay health in many European countries.
Latest Publications
Self-reported hepatitis A and B vaccination coverage among men who have sex with men (MSM), associated factors and vaccination recommendations in 43 countries of the WHO European Region: results from the European MSM Internet Survey, EMIS-2017
EuroSurveillance 2024. 29(45):pii=2400100; (doi: 10.2807/1560- 7917.ES.2024.29.45.2400100) Authors: …
Viral hepatitis knowledge and vaccination awareness among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 43 countries of the WHO European Region: results from the European MSM Internet Survey, EMIS-2017
EuroSurveillance 2024. 29(45):pii=2400099; (doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.45.2400099) Authors: S…
Sex work, syndemic conditions and condomless anal intercourse among MSM who engage in sex work in Latin America
Sexual Health 2024. 21, SH23112; (doi: 10.1071/SH23112) Authors: Ibrahim Sönmez, Nicolas Lorente, Jo…
HIV Testing and Treatment among HIV-Positive Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Living in Russia: Data from Two Waves of the European MSM Internet Survey
AIDS and Behavior 2024; (doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04476-y) Authors: Rigmor C. Berg, Vegard Skogen, Ax…
Still trouble with bleeding: Risk factors for HCV transmission in men who have sex with men and behavioural trajectories from 2019 to 2021
HIV Medicine 2024; (doi: 10.1111/hiv.13657) Authors: Axel Jeremias Schmidt, Peter Weatherburn, Haoyi…
Determinants of HIV Testing Among Migrant Men Who Have Sex With Men from Sub‐Saharan Africa and Other Regions Residing in 10 European Countries
AIDS and Behavior 2024; (doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04239-1) Authors: Oladipupo Shobowale, Axel J. Schm…
What’s on the rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections?
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023. (doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100742) Authors: Axel Jeremias Schmidt, Ulr…
Sexualized drug use among gay men and other men who have sex with men in Latin America: A description of the phenomenon based on the results of LAMIS-2018
PLoS One 2023;18(10):e0288171 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287683) Authors: Cristian Lisboa, Valeria …
Recreational and sexualised drug use among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Ireland–Findings from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS) 2017
PLoS One 2023;18(7):e0288171 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288171) Authors: Fionn P. Daly , Kate O’Don…
EMIS-2017
EMIS-2017 included all EMIS-2010 countries plus Canada, Israel, Lebanon, and the Philippines (50 countries, or 43 countries with viable samples). EMIS-2017 initially also included 18 Latin American countries that were subsequently surveyed separatedly as the Latin American Internet Survey (LAMIS).
FAQ
As with all surveys, there are limitations to Internet surveys. We minimized those limitations during questionnaire design (aiming not only at self-identified gay men, but at all men who have sex with men or who feel attracted to men), during recruitment (using multiple online social networks and websites), and during the analyses (e.g. by adjusting for age, place of residence, source of recruitment, etc.).