Attached is a list of organisations providing antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar. Thanks to an anonymous reader for sending it to [him].

The [him] moderator got news that the safe house visited by Daw Suu was targeted by the authorities just as he got this anonymous comment: “It is very nice that Aung San Su Kyi visited HIV house. The publicity it made is more than thousand people raising awareness to million people. It will be much better if she could visit to some more HIV houses.” … Will the authorities close them all?

Here is a poem written by a mother. Knowledge and moral support are important to people living with the virus and their families.

One visit has generated a lot of press …

Here is the AFP take on the visit. Is HIV under-resourced in Myanmar?

It is good that Daw Suu chose HIV as one of the first health and education issues she made a statement on by going to a safe house …

Should circumcision be promoted in Myanmar? Thoughts? Comments?

You can download the manual here. It makes good reading for the hundreds of people who will be involved in implementation in the next five years.

The National Progress Report is as always also available in print. Copies are being distributed to all organisations who have provided information. Interested organisations and individuals can request print copies from the UNAIDS office in Yangon …

Here is the 2009 national progress report split into three parts. Big files on the internet are not easy for people inside to use. UNAIDS should explore more user-friendly ways of making this information available to low-bandwidth users in the country.

Here is a capsule summary of what is going on south of the border. Not a word about estimated incidence or new infections. Are they declining?

The Economist has published a SECOND and slightly different article on the sex worker conference in Pattaya. Even the Davos Forum doesn't merit two slightly different articles in this publication. Someone must have friends there. There are no bylines at the Economist.