Blind in Rangoon: Aids epidemic rages, but the junta says no to NGOs

Article Abstract:

Aids and HIV are widespread in Burma, where the government turns a blind eye to the practices that spread it but bars foreign non-governmental organizations that want to help. In northern Burma, some 350,000 to 400,000 are infected, mostly through heroin use, work in Thailand as prostitutes, or drug use and homosexual sex in prison. Roughly 80% of those who enter the sex trade in Thailand, many of them sold into it as children in Burma, will eventually catch the disease. Neither prevention nor treatment are available.

Non-governmental organizations, Nongovernmental organizations, AIDS (Disease), Heroin habit

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A yen for self-interest: Tokyo's business lobby puts pressure on Rangoon

Article Abstract:

The democratic reforms being implemented in Burma by the government of General Than Shwe may be mere cover-ups to appease Japanese prerequisites for renewed economic involvement. Particular among these moves were the plans for a national convention, the release of oppositionists and the extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's right to family visits. However, these announcements were regarded by some political analysts as mere lip service as a means of insuring the total resumption of Japanese aid and investment in Myanmar.

Economic aspects, International relations, Japanese foreign relations, Burmese foreign relations, Political reform, Tokyo, Japan, Myanmar. State Law and Order Restoration Council

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Immigrant viruses: AIDS moves freely over the Thai-Burma border

Article Abstract:

Burmese prostitutes acquire the AIDS virus in Thailand's prostitution houses where they work. These prostitutes, who carry the virus back with them to Burma, become the main carriers of the disease to their country. Unfortunately, Burma's health facilities are not efficient and sophisticated enough to curtail the rising incidence of AIDS cases. The prevalence of prostitution, drug addiction and AIDS makes Burma the most vulnerable to economic and moral collapse among Asian countries.

Thailand, Prostitutes, Prostitution, AIDS virus carriers, HIV carriers, Burma

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