I’m sure there is a translation issue involved here. The national strategic plan for HIV is not an eradication plan. It is not an elimination plan. It’s a control plan. But what, exactly, is the news here. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ $380 million earmarked for national HIV eradication project Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven on Mon, 03/05/2018 – […]
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Mar
7
Mar
The clock is ticking for implementation of the new drug strategy
A well balanced article on the new Myanmar drug policy. Implementation is next. The clock is ticking on the 100 deadline to issue “an instruction – in the form of a decree or strategy – to distribute to police officers and health workers around the country in how to implement the policy on the ground”. […]
6
Mar
HPV vaccine attempt
Is this good news or bad news? “We are trying to add rotavirus vaccine and vaccines against Human Papilloma Virus, which causes cervical cancer, in the national routine immunisation schedule,” said Dr Aung Kyaw Moe. Are they just trying or are they planning to add HPV vaccine to the list of immunisations given to children […]
5
Mar
Prisons in Myanmar
Myanmar can reduce its prison population in half in one stroke. If it chooses to. Decarceration is a logical move now that the national drug policy endorses decriminalisation. There is nothing in this article about treatment for drug use disorder in prisons or HIV and hepatitis C prevalence. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 48pc of prisoners linked to […]
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Mar
More on the new flagship project
It appears that the ‘launch’ of the USAID flagship project on HIV in Myanmar was not covered much by the mainstream media in the country. There are bits and pieces on it in these two websites and an MOI press release below. https://www.cpintl.org/usaid-hivaids-flagship-project.html https://mohinga.info/en/profiles/activity/US-1-4631/ There is *nothing* to be found on the USAID Burma website. […]
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Mar
Flagship programme info?
Am I the only one who cannot find anything about this flagship programme on the USAID Burma website? I’d like to know who is implementing it and what activities are funded. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ HIV/AIDS Flagship project launched Mizzima Monday, February 26, 2018 The launch ceremony of the HIV/AIDS Flagship (UHF) project, with a fund of […]
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