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><font face="arial" size=4 color="#800000"><b>Myanmar rejects AIDS control
>criticism<br>
></font></b><font size=3 color="#000000">BANGKOK, Sept 8 (AFP) - Myanmar
>on Wednesday rejected warnings it could face an AIDS epidemic unless it
>cooperates more closely with Thailand to control the spread of HIV among
>seafarers. <br>
>Speakers at a major conference on maritime workers Tuesday said not
>enough was being done to stop the spread of HIV in the maritime industry.
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>&quot;It is a cross border issue and there has been very limited activity
>in this area in most countries in the region,&quot; said Dr Wiwat
>Rojanapithayakorn from the United Nations organisation UNAIDS. <br>
>&quot;For example if the Thai government initiates a program then the
>other side will not participate or if the Myanmar government initiates
>something the Thais say it's Myanmar's problem.&quot; <br>
>Myanmar's government said in a statement sent to AFP it was taking steps
>to control the spread of HIV, but played down the extent of the country's
>AIDS problem. <br>
>&quot;Myanmar does not have a sex industry and the number of drug users
>compared to other countries is very much less,&quot; a spokesman said.
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>Cross border programs were underway in the Myawaddy, Kyaington, Tachilek,
>Kawthaung and Muse border areas, the spokesman said. <br>
>&quot;Myanmar is actively participating in UNAIDS regional programs,
>ASEAN regional programs and Greater Mekong Subregion AIDS program,&quot;
>it said. <br>
>Health experts estimate up to 13 percent of maritime workers plying the
>waters off Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia are infected with HIV - the
>virus whch causes AIDS. <br>
>Illegal workers from Myanmar make up about 80 percent of seafarers
>operating off Thailand's coast. <br>
>No-one at the Thai ministry of public health was available for comment.
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>UNAIDS estimates there are about one million HIV/AIDS sufferers in
>Thailand and 440,000 in Myanmar. <br>
>It has warned the number of HIV sufferers in Asia could soon outstrip
>sub-Saharan Africa.<br>
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