There is a new report released today entitled: "Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma/Myanmar: Options For U.S. Policy - Asia Society Task Force Report". The report is full of advice for the American government. It is written by a stellar coalition. But the editing could have used a bit more work. The following quotes talk of 'infected with HIV/AIDS" which is a meaningless phrase and the footnote below it talks about 1.1% prevalence without giving an absolute figure.

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"The UN estimates that upwards of 1.1% of the population is infected with HIV/AIDS, but independent health experts warn that the percentage infected could be much higher than what is reported in official statistics."

United Nations statistics cover infection rates for adults between the ages of 15 and 49. See Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic (Geneva: UNAIDS, 2008), p. 220. Infection rates, however, among Burma’s younger population (below the age of 24) are much higher, as are infection rates among “vulnerable” groups, including drug users and sex workers. For a discussion on the difficulties and challenges associated with accurate health reporting in Burma, see Open Society Institute, The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma (New York: OSI, 2007); and UNAIDS, “Myanmar: Country Situation,” July 2008, http://data.unaids.org/pub/ExternalDocument/2008/sa08_mmr_en.pdf (accessed February 19, 2010).