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* Golden | * Golden Valley Citymart - recommended by a Yangon local | ||
* [https://www.internationalsos.com/locations/asia-pacific/myanmar International SOS Clinic Pharmacy] - should carry more international brands and staff speak many languages, including English, French, Japanese, and Burmese. | |||
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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Myanmar, there no known travel or residency restrictions related to STI status. You will not be asked for a medical certificate before entering the country.<ref>[http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?PageId=143&CountryId=128 MYANMAR (BURMA) - REGULATIONS ON ENTRY, STAY AND RESIDENCE FOR PLHIV]</ref> There are 210,000 people living with HIV (.7% of the population), as of February 2017.<ref>[https://www.aidshealth.org/#/archives/countries/myanmar AIDS Healthcare Foundation Myanmar]</ref> | |||
Regarding HPV, as reported by HPV Information Centre, " Cervical cancer ranks as the 2nd most frequent cancer among women in Myanmar and the 1st most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age. Data is not yet available on the HPV burden in the general population of Myanmar. However, in South-Eastern Asia, the region Myanmar belongs to, about 3.0% of women in the general population are estimated to harbour cervical HPV-16/18 infection at a given time, and 71.6% of invasive cervical cancers are attributed to HPVs 16 or 18."<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/MMR_FS.pdf Myanmar Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016]</ref> | |||
===Testing Facilities=== | ===Testing Facilities=== | ||
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* [https://www.internationalsos.com/locations/asia-pacific/myanmar Myanmar International SOS Clinic]: They may do STD tests (call to confirm). Staff speak English, French, Japanese, and Burmese. Address: Dusit Inya Lake Resort, 37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon. Tel: +95 1 657 922. Fax: +95 1 667 866. Email: reception.ygn@internationalsos.com. | * [https://www.internationalsos.com/locations/asia-pacific/myanmar Myanmar International SOS Clinic]: They may do STD tests (call to confirm). Staff speak English, French, Japanese, and Burmese. Address: Dusit Inya Lake Resort, 37 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon. Tel: +95 1 657 922. Fax: +95 1 667 866. Email: reception.ygn@internationalsos.com. | ||
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According to HIVTravel, "Medical facilities are poor. There is no appropriate treatment for foreigners living with HIV/AIDS."<ref>[http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?PageId=143&CountryId=128 MYANMAR (BURMA) - REGULATIONS ON ENTRY, STAY AND RESIDENCE FOR PLHIV]</ref> | |||
* [https://www.aidshealth.org/#/archives/countries/myanmar AIDS Healthcare Foundation Myanmar]: "In 2014, AHF Myanmar’s first clinic opened in Yangon in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. AHF Myanmar provides HIV/AIDS related services at Mingaladon Hospital and Waibagi Specialist Hospital and provides ART drugs, laboratory services, and data and information management. AHF Myanmar also supported capacity building of hospital staff and organized advocacy meetings with parliamentarians for increased community testing and early treatment strategy." Address: No.1356, Bo Min Yaung Road, | |||
(34) Ward, Dagon Mothit (North), Yangon, Myanmar. Contact: Dr. Win Oo, Title: Country Program Manager, Tel:+95 9 731 81175, +95 1 581039, Fax: +95 1 581039, Email: win.oo@aidshealth.org. | |||
* [http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/myanmar UNAIDS Myanmar]: Contact: Eamonn Murphy, UNAIDS Country Director. Telephone: +95 1 25 23 61. Fax: +95 1 22 92 80. Email: MURPHYE@UNAIDS.ORG | |||
* United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - HIV/AIDS - Project: 6 Natmauk Road, Yangoon / Myanmar, Phone: +951 542 910-19, Fax: +951 292 739. | |||
* Top Project Myanmar: This organization is almost entirely run by sex workers. Helps sex workers manage their STIs. Read an article about it [http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/yangon/2625-sex-workers-find-solace-from-hiv-stigma-in-clinics.html here]. | |||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* There are no known providers of PrEP in Myanmar.<ref>[http://www.prepwatch.org/ PrEPWatch World Map]</ref> | |||
* There is no nationwide HPV vaccination program in Myanmar, according to a 2016 report.<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/MMR_FS.pdf Myanmar Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016]</ref> However, you may be able to get the vaccination at a hospital. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||