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HIV in Myanmar
The Myanmar National Strategic Plan for HIV and AIDS, 2021-2025
(NSP IV) reflects the insights and expertise of all stakeholders, as well as the
contributions, time and energy of resource persons, organizations and
communities who will continue to work together in partnership to achieve its
goals and objectives.
HIV prevalence is about 0.57%of the population. 11,000 new infections
during the year. About 220,000 people living with HIV. 66% of people living
with HIV are currently receiving Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART).
Everyone diagnosed with HIV should take antiretroviral therapy
medicines, also called ART. This is true no matter what stage the disease is in
or what the complications are. ART is usually a mix of two or more medicines
from several classes. This approach has the best chance of lowering the amount
of HIV in the blood.

The most effective treatment for HIV is antiretroviral therapy (ART).

This is a combination of several medicines that aims to control the amount of
virus in your body. Antiretroviral medicines slow the rate at which the virus
grows.

HIV prevalence in the adult population aged 15 years and older was
estimated at 0.54 per cent in 2014, a decline from 0.94 per cent in 2000. HIV in
Myanmar is concentrated among key populations: people who inject drugs (23.1
per cent), men who have sex with men (6.6 per cent) and female sex workers
(6.3 per cent).

Interventions to reach key populations began on a large scale after 2000

with condom and harm reduction programmes. The main focus is on prevention
of HIV transmission with the concept of the three zeros: zero new infections,
zero AIDS related deaths and zero discrimination for those living with HIV.
Mapping exercises and size estimation are used to reach key populations
through targeted outreach programmes, drop in centres, HIV testing, and
referrals to antiretroviral treatment services.

Programmes promote safe behaviour and demand-generation for services,

along with provision of those very services: access to condoms and lubricants,
referrals to STI/HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment and other reproductive
health services such as birth spacing support and opportunistic infections
prevention. Other activities include information, counselling, social support, and
capacity development of peer educators.

In 2015, UNFPA supported the development of national guidelines for

HIV prevention among key populations. UNFPA also supports facilities that
integrate different types of sexual and reproductive health services such as
family planning, maternal health and HIV.

ME EP-2

Department of Electrical Power Engineering

Assignment-1 1) Which health problems in your country are in the public
eye?

2) How does the population find out about them?

3) Is there enough information?

4) What kind of campaigns are established to make the

population aware of these health issues?

Do you think they are effective?

Ma Mya Thu Zar Moe

ME.EP-2