The Burmese government is planning to conduct a survey to identify the prevalence of discrimination against HIV positive school children, according to a leading medical researcher
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Burma and Japan to boost development ties
Burma and Japan have agreed to step up cooperation on development projects, with a special focus on tackling HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the poverty-stricken country, state media reported on…
A long way to go
Despite a decline in HIV cases, Burma still has the worst infection rates in Asia. A government plan was put in place two years ago to ensure that everybody would…
Sex workers clamour for rights in a changing Burma
Faced with exploding HIV rates and daily threats of violence, sex workers in Burma are joining together to challenge prostitution laws they say leave them vulnerable to abuse
Burma faces HIV and TB crisis after global funding cuts
85,000 HIV sufferers to go without life-saving treatment, as donor govts backtrack on funding pledges
Asian alarm at deadly hepatitis spread
Hepatitis epidemic expected to kill five million in South and Southeast Asia over next decade as WHO pushes for better data