Ma Sabai and her family

Ma Sabai, 24, who was born with HIV and diagnosed at 17, with her family at MSF’s Moegaung clinic in Kachin state.

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Consent form Ma Sabai (Thandar Myint)

MYANMAR HIV - World Aids Day 2021

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB112075

Date taken / Date Recorded 05/10/2021 8:35 AM

Country Myanmar (Burma)

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Ben Small

Copyright Ben Small/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Project section OCA

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Maximum Size 6000px × 4000px 1.76 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist For over 20 years, Medicines Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been at the forefront of Myanmar’s HIV response, securing vital funding and pioneering antiretroviral treatment. By 2013, we were the largest provider of antiretrovirals in the country, and we have treated nearly 42,000 patients in total. Our groundbreaking model ensured that the most complex cases, particularly those with other conditions including tuberculosis, received the highest quality care. Over the last five years, we have been strengthening the government’s capacity to care for people living with HIV, with the ultimate aim of transferring our patients to its National AIDS Programme (NAP) and closing down our HIV operations. By 2021, we had transferred over 26,000 people living with HIV to the government programme, including all our patients in Yangon.