The Union Office in Myanmar

The Union Office in Myanmar works in close collaboration with the Myanmar Government Health Services. The office provides practical and technical support to the National AIDS Programme and National TB Programme, to care for and treat people with TB and HIV. The Union also assists with monitoring and evaluation; using operational research to inform practical and policy improvements in the health services.

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The Union Office in Myanmar manages the Integrated HIV Care (IHC) Programme, which provides wide-reaching access to comprehensive HIV care and treatment including antiretroviral treatment (ART), covering 7.7 million people.

The Union Office in Myanmar also undertakes active case finding and case holding activities, covering 3 million people, finding thousands of cases of people with presumptive TB, as well as supporting care and treatment services for multi-drug resistant TB cases.

The Union trains and supports staffing, maintenance and supply of reagents, and the testing services in government laboratories. This work is complemented by an additional focus on training volunteers to deliver counselling, knowledge and support in the wider community. This approach has been so successful that The Union has been asked to attract and train community volunteers for the Myanmar government.

Our projects in Myanmar

Health Challenges in Myanmar 2022

257,000

TB incidence in Myanmar

280,000

people living with HIV 

13,000

drug-resistant TB incidence

Union Achiever

Nay Lynn Oo

The Union’s HIV Programme Director in Myanmar, leading the Integrated HIV Care Programme

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