With this posting [him] concludes a series entitled NAP Annual Review. It is based on powerpoint presentations from the National AIDS Programme Annual Review 30 October through 2 November 2007 that have been sent to him by several sources.

This is a recap of the information contained in last week's “Ban by Junta” story. Why is the closure of the TOP Center in Mandalay not mentioned?

The four hundredth subscriber to the HIV Information for Myanmar [him] email list was added yesterday. If you know someone who might want to subscribe just forward this message to them.

Here are new recommendations by Refugees International. Mr Charney went out on a bit of a limb in pronouncing that Myanmar has the highest HIV rates in Southeast Asia – the country is neck and neck with Cambodia for the lead spot. Decreasing incidence and deaths will make prevalence fall in Myanmar in the next while. Treatment will keep prevalence high in Cambodia.

This is the first time the [him] moderator has seen in print what many in Rangoon know: there is a racial quota on the number of nonAsians accepted as heads of UN system organisations by the junta. And the rest of the assessment is sanguine.

Here is a grant for sex workers made to Myanmar.