Edging Towards Disaster

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"Burma has taken the first step to tackling its deepening AIDS epidemic: admitting the problem exists. But it has a long way to go to bring the problem under control... As Burma?s HIV/AIDS epidemic mounts, researchers at Johns Hopkins University say an adequate response is going to entail not just pumped up resources, but also "political will" on the part of the government. The AIDS specialist notes that one recent development gives cause for hope. "There is a good Minister of Health [Dr Kyaw Myint] now," he says. "He seems to have a heart and he?s interested in health�.that?s a change..."

Creator/author: 

Tony Broadmoor

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 4

Date of Publication: 

2003-05-00

Date of entry: 

2003-07-02

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English

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