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Myanmar
International staff: 25 MSF has worked in Myanmar since 1992 Treating malaria is a key component of MSF's medical assistance in Myanmar. Malaria is the leading cause of sickness and death in the country, which has the world's most resistant strains of the disease. MSF has used the highly effective artemisinin-containing combination therapy (ACT) in the country since 1996. Over the last year and a half, well over 300,000 people have been screened for the disease and more than 160,000 patients treated at MSF malaria projects in Myanmar. In Yangon, MSF also provides mother-and- child health care and cholera treatment, and treats opportunistic infections in TB and AIDS patients. The first antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program in the country began in February 2003 in Yangon; by October 2003, 80 people were under treatment. MSF runs HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and general health programs in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states and in Dawei and Myiek districts. In Rakhine state, MSF also assists Rohingya Muslims, who have no access to health care and face hardship because of their lack of citizenship and restrictions placed on their movements. MSF is beginning primary health care, malaria and nutrition projects in Kayah state, home to many displaced people.
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