18
May

The new national HIV strategic plan is launched

Almost two years in the making, the new national HIV strategic plan has been launched.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lbjxtezsqmpdv0p/NSP%20MMR%202016%202020%20%2828-4-17%29%20-%20Copy.pdf?dl=0

It is too prolix, like the last one, but let me make just one comment.

There is no scientific rationale for including eleven million migrants in a Myanmar HIV strategic plan for the first time. Members of key populations who are migrants should get services according to their risk behaviour. And the goal of reaching 90% of migrants with HIV testing is unachievable even in priority townships. The $5 million budgeted for services for migrants would be better spent reaching more people who inject drugs as the epidemic among some of them is getting worse.

Jamie

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