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MYANMAR SAID TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL



 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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