Table 3

Coverage of interventions in selected areas of HIV prevention in 2005


Number reached by services or HIV prevention programs*
Estimated reference population**
Coverage

Female Sex workers
25,500
40,000
64%
Injecting drug users
11,500
60,000
20%
Men who have sex with men
22,000
267,000
8%
HIV positive pregnant women
629
7,700
8%
In school youth
900,000
2,450,000
37%
PLHIV*** receiving ART via public sector + NGOs
5,790
67,000
9%

Sources for reach and estimated populations:

*National AIDS Programme: Response to HIV/AIDS in Myanmar: Progress Report 2005. Yangon; 2006.

**Ministry of Health Myanmar: National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS: Operational Plan April 2006-March 2009. Yangon; 2006.

***PLHIV: People living with HIV.

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