UNAIDS has published an analysis of legal and policy trends on HIV in Asia. *Seven years* of advocacy for an HIV law are summarised here:

"In Myanmar, consultations were held concerning the development of a human rightsbased
national HIV law from 2014 to 2017, and a bill was drafted as a basis for
consultations. In 2018 the Legal Affairs and Special Issues Assessment Commission
was key in moving the draft HIV law process forward. In 2019, under the leadership of
the Ministry of Health and Sports, several review meetings were convened to improve
the draft law, which included the participation of relevant stakeholders."

There is one piece of good news: There is no longer a "compulsory obligation for people who use drugs to register with the Ministry of Health and Sports".

You can see how Myanmar measures up against other countries in the region here:

https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/legal-policy-trends-2014-2019-asia-pacific_poster_en.pdf

Or if you like reading bad news you can access the full report here:

Legal and policy trends impacting people living with HIV and key populations in Asia and the Pacific 2014–2019

https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/legal-and-policy-trends-asia-pacific_en.pdf

Jamie