HIV Programme at a glance

1. Goal:

To reduce HIV transmission and Improve life-saving for People Living with HIV (PLHIV)

2. Target Group/Beneficiaries:

  • People living with HIV (PLHIV);
  • People who inject drugs (PWID) and People who use drugs (PWUD);
  • Men who have sex with men (MSM);
  • Transgender persons (TG);
  • Sex workers (FSW) and their clients;
  • People in closed settings (including prisons, detention and rehabilitation centers);
  • Sexual partners of priority populations;
  • Young priority populations, children and Pregnant women;
  • Other vulnerable populations including migrant and mobile populations.

3. Objectives:

  • Reduce HIV incidence among priority populations and their partners;
  • Improve the quality of care and increase accessibility for ART;
  • Ensure viral suppression for all PLHIV;
  • Improve the enabling environment to support the national HIV response.

4. Planned Activities:

  • Strengthening of effective combination prevention interventions for priority populations and promoting community-led approaches;
  • Expansion of HIV testing for key populations and their sexual partners (facility-based and community-based testing);
  • Enhancing knowledge and understanding of the community and faith-based organizations about harm reduction and other HIV-related services; 
  • Strengthening community engagement in service delivery, ensuring right-based and gender mainstream across the continuum of care;
  • Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis;
  • Improving access to care and quality of care (Expansion of ART initiation and retention on ART and viral suppression);
  • Management of co-infections, including Hepatitis C;
  • Improving monitoring and reporting systems for quality data and better performance;
  • Improving the legal and policy environment to reduce the structural and policy barriers affecting the HIV services for priority populations and the development of policy and assistance in drafting legislation and regulations for key populations; 
  • Ensuring sustainable human resources for health (capacity building for basic health staff and community, integration of community-based health workers policy).

HIV Programme Achievements

2023

During 2023, in Myanmar, the political situation continued to bring up many challenges in the way programmes are implemented in the country. In these times of crisis, PR-UNOPS and its implementing partners worked hard to preserve the continuation of essential health services so that the interventions were not interrupted.

2022

In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact healthcare services, including for people living with and affected by HIV. Moreover, in Myanmar, the political situation continued to bring up many challenges in the way programmes are implemented in the country. In these times of crisis, PR-UNOPS and its implementing partners worked hard to preserve the continuation of essential health services while undertaking COVID-19 infection control measures so that the interventions were not interrupted.

2021

The cumulative results for 2021 are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

2020

The cumulative results for 2020 are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

2019

The cumulative results for 2019 are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

2018

The cumulative results for 2018 are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

2017

The cumulative results for Year 7 (NFM) are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

2016

The cumulative results for Year 6 (NFM) are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

There has been significant progress in implementation of the HIV grant, with 10 out of 16 reportable indicators either meeting or exceeding 100 per cent of the annual target by the end of 2016.

2015

The cumulative results for Year 5 (NFM) are shown as a percentage of the annual target. The indicators on sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs reached, along with HIV counselling and testing and TB status assessed, are funded by GFATM only, whereas the others are funded by GFATM and other donors.

There has been significant progress in implementation of the HIV grant, with 14 out of 15 reportable indicators either meeting or achieving more than 100 per cent of the annual target by the end of 2015.

2014

The cumulative results for 2014 are shown as a percentage of the annual target. Sex workers, MSM, PWID reached, HCT, and TB status assessed indicators are funded by GFATM only, while the others are funded by “GFATM and other donors”.

2013

The cumulative results for Year 1 (NFM) are shown as a percentage of the annual target. Sex workers, MSM and PWID reached indicators are funded by GFATM only, while the others are funded by “GFATM and other donors”.

2012

The cumulative results in each period during Year 2 are shown as a percentage of the annual target. Sex Workers, MSM and IDUs reached are funded by the Global Fund only, while the others are funded by "GFATM and other donors"

2011

The cumulative results in each period (P1-P4) are shown as a percentage of the annual target. Sex Workers, MSM and IDUs reached are funded by the Global Fund only, while the others are funded by "GFATM and other donors"