22
Oct

MRCS plan for the rest of this year and next

Here is the 2010 - 2011 plan for the Myanmar Red Cross Society, one the biggest and arguably one of the best GONGOs in the country. Some snippets on HIV follow.

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"Component outcome 4: To prevent further HIV infection among the key population groups at higher risk (i.e. youth and mobile populations), improve the quality of life for people living with HIV and reduce stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS."

"The HIV activities funded by the International Federation are based in Mandalay division and Lashio township in Northern Shan State and target mobile truck and bus drivers as well as teaching life skills to youth, and care and support to PLHIV  and their families, and orphaned and vulnerable children. HIV activities are also integrated into community-based health programmes with the main purpose of improving care and support for PLHIV and their families, as well as to reduce the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV. The activities in Lashio, which focus solely on prevention and information dissemination for truck and bus drivers is planned to move to Taunggyi in Southern Shan State in 2010. This move has been decided in order to cover a wider audience that presently falls outside of the current catchment area."

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AZHU-7X395E?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=mmr

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