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MYANMAR SAID TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL
- Subject: MYANMAR SAID TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL
- From: darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 07:23:00
MYANMAR SAID TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL AIDS
Xinhua, Yangon, 2 December 1999. MYANMAR IS ABLE TO TAKE
NECESSARY CONTROL MEASURES AGAINST AIDS AS PROJECTED
AS THE COUNTRY HAS KNOWN THE SITUATION ON THE INFECTION
OF THE DISEASE, SAID A HIGH-RANKING MYANMAR HEALTH OFFICIAL.
ADDRESSING A CEREMONY HERE WEDNESDAY MARKING THE WORLD
AIDS DAY, MYANMAR HEALTH MINISTER MAJOR-GENERAL KET SEIN
SAID, "THE NATION IS ABLE TO CONTROL THE DREADFUL DISEASE
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT," OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER THE NEW LIGHT OF
MYANMAR REPORTED THURSDAY.
THE MAIN AIM OF MYANMAR'S NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL PROJECT
IS TO DISSEMINATE THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE INFECTION OF HIV AND
AIDS AMONG THE PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO ENJOY A HEALTHY
LIFE, HE NOTED.
HOWEVER, THE MINISTER DID NOT DISCLOSE THE UP-TO-DATE
NUMBER OF HIV-EFFECTED PEOPLE AND AIDS PATIENTS IN MYANMAR.
MYANMAR LAUNCHED THE ANTI-AIDS PROGRAM 10 YEARS AGO
WHEN A CENTRAL COMMITTEE WAS FORMED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
IN COOPERATION WITH U.N. AGENCIES SUCH AS THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, THE U.N. DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND THE U.N,
CHILDREN'S FUND, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MYANMAR HAS
SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT THESE AIDS CONTROL ACTIVITIES
WITH CERTAIN SUCCESS.
THE ANNUAL GOVERNMENT FUND ALLOCATION IS ABOUT 13 MILLION
KYATS (43,000 U.S. DOLLARS) FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH PROGRAMS
IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN.
ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS RELEASED IN 1997,
THERE WERE 17,846 HIV POSITIVE CASES AND 2,337 AIDS
CASES IN MYANMAR.
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