Maung Myint*, 38, is HIV positive and has a CD4 count of less than 200 below WHO criteria for enrollment on ART. Due to overwhelming numbers of patients, MSF is not yet able to start him on the lifesaving treatment. Maung Myint is receiving anti-TB treatment. *name has been changed Photograph by Greg Constantine
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Lives in the balance: The urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar

HIV/AIDS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE TUBERCULOSIS
Myanmar
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Photograph by Greg Constantine

The UN estimates that over the last few years between 15,000 - 20,000 people living with HIV die annually in Myanmar, because of lack of access to urgent lifesaving anti-retroviral therapy (ART).

Lives in the Balance outlines the situation for people affected by HIV and TB, with a special focus on multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), in Myanmar today. It calls for urgent funding and assistance to be made available by the international donor community to help Myanmar close the devastating gap between people’s need and people’s access to treatment for HIV and TB.

Lives in the balance: The urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar