12
May

Poetic licence by Joshua Kurlantzick on HIV in Burma / Myanmar

The [him] moderator thinks that the usually analytical Joshua Kurlantzick has used a bit too much poetic licence when he says: “And in recent years, the junta, which allowed UN agencies into the country to help manage problems like Burma's looming HIV crisis, essentially forced one group after the next to leave.” Myanmar is, as of today, a member of the UN and did not allow UN agencies into the country to help manage HIV. The UN was there for many years before HIV. And “one group after another” includes a list of one: MSF France.

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