Burma (Myanmar) Country Program
Aims of the Burma (Myanmar) Country Program
The aim of the Burma (Myanmar) Country Program is to reduce the transmission of HIV associated with injecting drug use in Burma (Myanmar). The project will build upon the achievements of the preceding Asia HIV/AIDS Regional Program (ARHP) which established five Effective Approaches Project (EAP) sites in Burma (Myanmar) by expanding and further strengthening the provision of harm reduction services and supporting the scale up of activities and expansion of sites within Burma (Myanmar).
Objectives
The objectives of the Burma (Myanmar) CP are:
- To enhance the policy and legal environment in which the Burma (Myanmar) CP operates.
- To provide, via both fixed site & outreach modalities, the expanded harm reduction services that drug users require to keep them free of risk from HIV.
- To build community-level management capacity for management of services.
- To strengthen cooperation by Burma (Myanmar) in regional initiatives to prevent HIV transmission in injecting drug users
Implementing Partners
The Burma (Myanmar) CP is managed by the Burma (Myanmar) office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). UNODC works with the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), Ministry of Health (through the National AIDS Program - NAP), Township Committee members and NGO partners to implement activities under the Burma (Myanmar) CP.
UNODC are responsible for the development and implementation of annual work plans and budgets that are technically reviewed by the HAARP Technical Support Unit (TSU).