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Dr Aye Myat Thu Zar, Pyi Gyi Khin Shwe Bo KPSC officer

31.05.2019

Effective advocacy can push people to seek HIV services. Supported by the Global Fund, advocacy and counselling by Pyi Gyi Khin Key Population...

Yangon Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pharmacist, Thinzar Win together with UNOPS-PR Quality Assurance Associate, Ei Thu Han, taking samples of pharmaceuticals procured with Global Fund support, which will be sent to accredited lab for quality testing, as part of the in-country quality monitoring system and Photo: UNOPS

25.04.2019

Quality assurance: medicines sampled for quality testing

Poor quality and substandard drugs can increase the risk of treatment failure and drug resistance in the fight against malaria, AIDS and TB. To...

Daw Inn Inn Hlaing takes a dose of anti-TB medicine, administered as directly observed treatment by a community TB volunteer during a home visit

24.03.2019

Waking up to bright morning rays

On World TB Day, we would like to showcase the dedicated service of community TB volunteers in the fight against multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in...

22.03.2019

Streamlined TB response in high-incidence township

More than half of Myanmar’s multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is notified in Yangon, and the vast majority of cases originate in one of four...

Dr Tun Myint, Regional Public Health Director, MOHS, Yangon Region, delivers an opening address at the training on ‘Planning, budgeting, managed cash flow, procurement principles and government financial rules to MOHS staff at the state and regional levels’, Yangon, 24 November 2018. Photo: UNOPS

28.02.2019

Health system strengthening: towards achieving universal health coverage in Myanmar

With the guidance and close collaboration of the national programmes/Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS), a series of 21 batches of two-day...

U Nyi Nyi Aung takes a dose of anti-TB medicines, administered as a directly observed treatment by a Pyi Gyi Khin community TB volunteer

12.01.2019

Finding strength and a purpose to live again

U Nyi Nyi Aung lost hope when he was diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), but got his life – and health – back on track thanks...

Partners at the financial reporting and internal controls workshop, Yangon Photo: UNOPS

16.12.2018

Building partners’ capacity: enhancing financial reporting and internal controls

Ensuring all people have access to the quality healthcare services they are entitled to requires efficient implementation of healthcare programmes,...

Dr Zaw Myint, Regional Officer and Senior Consultant TB Specialist, National TB Programme, MOHS, and Dr Faisal Mansoor, Head of Programme, Dan Magambo, Financial Management Specialist, UNOPS-PR, together with UNOPS-PR Field Finance Assistants at the half-yearly review meeting in Yangon. Photo: UNOPS

10.12.2018

Field Finance Assistants half-yearly review meeting

Regular review meetings are essential to promote collaboration and enhance peer-to-peer learning. UNOPS Managed Cash Flow Unit (MCFU) regularly holds...

30.11.2018

World AIDS Day: A partnership between experts to end the HIV epidemic in Myanmar

The Union, a long-standing partner in Myanmar, serves HIV patients as specialist health care providers. Recruiting people living with HIV (PLHIVs) to...