Myanmar x Opium x HIV

SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES MYANMAR×OPIUM×HIV DOES OPIUM STILL PUT MYANMAR IN CRISIS OVER AIDS? WHY THIS INFOGRAPHIC APPEARS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FIRST TTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTT 2015 IS THE YEAR PREDICTED BY ASIAN EPIDEMIC MODEL WHERE IDUS BECOME THE LARGEST HIV+ POPULATION IN MYANMAR SÜRPASSING SEX WORKERS AND MSM POPULATION IF NO IMPROVEMENT IN MÍTIGATING THE EPIDEMIC WITHIN IDUS IS TAKEN OPIUM POPPY OPIUM HEROIN HEROIN IS A DERIVATIVE OF OPIUM AND OPIUM COMES FROM A PLANT CALLED OPIUM POPPY OPIUM CULTIVATION x HIV EPIDEMIC WITHIN IDUS 37.5 588 460 43 42.5 34.5 OPIUM PRODUCTION (in metric tons) HIV PREVALENCE WITHIN IDUS (in percentage) 2005-2010 410 2005-2010 315 29 320 28 312 OPIUM PRODUCTION IN 2011 HEROIN CONSUMPTION HIV PREVALENCE WITHIN IDUS IN 2011 THAT'S EQUAL TO THE WEIGHT OF 180,000IDUS 135x 610 9% WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR GLOBAL PRODUCTION THAT'S EQUAL TO NUMBER OF SEATS IN 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC STADIUM SINCE 2006 HEROIN IS #1 DRUG CHOICE FOLLOWED BY OPIUM AND METHAMPHETAMINE NATIONWIDE: 4 OUT OF 10 IDUS ARE HIV+ TON BAKHN RAW PRODUCED MYITKYΙΝΑ IS THE MOST TROUBLED CITY WITH 6 INFECTED CITIZENS IN EVERY 10 IDUS MAKING MYANMAR AS WORLD'S 2NDLARGEST OPIUMPRODUCER AFTER AFGHANISTAN ADAPTED PROM DRUG REPORT ASIA PACIFIC 201 HOW HIV IS SPREAD REASONS WHY INJECTION IS PREFERABLE HEROIN TRAFFICKING FLOW DRUG CAMP IS A TERM DESCRIBING THE PLACE WHERE THE TRANSACTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HEROIN SHOT OCCURS heroin can be consumed in many ways, such as smoking, insufflation and even oral ingestion. but many burmese drug addicts prefer inječting it to other methods. SMUGGLING FLOW CONSUMER FLOW MINERS DRUG CAMPS ARE EASILY FOUND IN MINING AREA SUCH AS HPAKANT. HPAKANT KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL DRUG CAMP ALSO BECOMES A PLACE WHERE SEX WORKERS SEEK CUSTOMERS MAY PASS ONE OR TWO OF THEM. SEX WORKERS MINING AREAS HI-CLASS WORKERS MID-CLASS WORKERS LACK OF HIV-KNOWLEDGE M X POSSESSION OF NEEDLE İS TREATED AS DRUG OFFENSE OPIUM POPPY FARM BIG CITIES STUDENTS HEROIN L'AB most of IDUS share the needle while consuming heroin through injection if one of the "group members" is HIV+ the rest of the group are prone to contract the virus TORKERS QUICKEST the sedative effect kicks in as soon as the heroin get diffused in a bloodstream and injection delivers heroin to a bloodstream in the fastest way CHEAPEST one shot only costs 1000 kyat STRONGEST a shot gives the most tranquilizing effect since most of the sedative content gets diffused in a bloodstream (K the virus can get further transmitted to the sexual partner of the infected IDUS (e.g., sex workers and/or wife) through unprotected sex BORDER ÁREAS EXPORT TO the baby born from an infected wife who does not know her positive status will then be diagnosed positive as well THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES EPIDEMIC MITIGATION MEASURES My OPIUM РОPPY FIELD ERADICATION HEROIN SEIZURES HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM ADAPTED FROM MYANMAR UNGASS REPORT 2011 WEIGHT OF HEROIN SEIZED (in kg) METHADONE* MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND ITS COVERAGE ERADICATED LAND (in Ha) 2005-2011 # ARRESTED PERSON 8628 2010 7058 2005-2011 1659 2011 2005-2011 1542 1,076 .................................. 4820 how to read the graphic: 1 bottle equals to 1 clinic providing MMP service 881.7 4087 3907 3970 2008 methadone (that comes in tablet or liquid) stops the body from reacting to heroin while overcoming the symploms of withdrawal 10- 3598 2009 1086 IDUS 2005 2006 2007 1084 ................ .... 1040 1067 ADAPTED FROM UNODC's OPIUM SURVEY ASIA PACIFIC 2011 981 Example of use: methadone given to patient every 36 hours by a nurse at a clinic or hospital 192.3 88.2 .................................... ARISING PROBLEM: 68.4 HOWEVER THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC LAW requires the IDUS to camp in COMPULSORY REHABILITATION - which is condemined by civil societies because it exposes IDUS to harmful circumstances such as sub-standard conidition, forced labor, sexual violence and lack of access to healthcare 88.5 FOOD INSECURITY 1637 IDUS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF CROP SUBSTITUTION TO REPLACE OPIUM POPPY THAT HAS BEEN THE MAIN CASH CROP FOR SOME VILLAGES 9 OUT OF 10 HOUSEHOLDS IN HOPONG (EX-OPIUM POPPY FARMING VILLAGE) SUFFER FROM FOOD DEFICIENCY MORAL ISSUE WITHIN LAW ENFORCERS HEROIN LAB SEIZURES NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM WORLD FOOD PROGRAM HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE BAGS OF RICE BUT THINKS THE POPPY ERADICATION IS TOO AMBITIOUS RICE BANK Rice banks are village committees that, on behalf of member farmers, receive paddy or seeds from farmers them to needy farmers at an appropriate interest rate. The collected interest is used as a village fund. Rice be found in several villages. However, relatives or friends are still the main source of rice supply for those who are in shortage. with only 30,000 kyat monthly salary, heroin traffic becomes a new source of income by levying 'protection tax' to let the drug camps: (1) operate freely; (2) get an early notice if central authority comes to inspect; and/or (3) be granted for monopoly permission how to read the graphic: 1 cart-pushing man equals to 1 million clean needle distributed to IDUS i 1 POTION EQUALS TO 1 SEIZED LAB UNODC SOURCE: KACHIN NEWS GROUP HOWEVER, THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC LAW O MIGHT SEE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROJECT AS 'PUNISHABLE' PROVOCATION with surpluses and lend HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS WITH PILOT PROJECTS IN HPAKANT, MONOPOLY BRIBE COSTS UP TO 700 MIL. KYAT (USS700,000) PER YEAR .............................. IN THREE VILLAGES IN SHAN STATES IN 2011 ?? THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC LAW is lacking of clarity as it does not contain a specific offence for drúg consumption banks can now DAILY "TAX" CAN TOTAL UP TO 500,000 KYAT (US$500) రెరె KEY FINDING: The National Narcotic Law (1993) contradicts The National AIDS Plan y CORN & UPLAND RICE DRUG GAMP'S DAILY EARNING ARE THE TOP 2 OPIUM FARMERS' REPLACEMENT CROP CHOICE CAN BE UP TO 2 MIL. KYAT (US$2,000) TRENDLINE OF 2005 TO 2010 THE TREND BELOW IS GENERATED FROM LINEAR TRENDLINE OF FLUCTUATING CHANGE OF EACH SURVEYED ATTRIBUTES FROM 2005 TO 2010 DECREASING HIV PREVALENCE WITHIN IDUS INCREASING OPIUM PRODUCTION INCREASING ERADICATED LAND INCREASING OPIUM PRICE INCREASING NUMBER OF MMT PATIENTS INCREASING DISTRIBUTED NEEDLE | tiny_traveler t astoryoftinytraveler (visual.ly/users/astoryoftinytraveler 2005 ----- 9007 ADAPTED FROMDRUG REPORT ON ASIA PACIFIC 201 Z007 2010 8007 2009 2008 2007 2006 2010 2011 2010 2006 2011 2010 2006 SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES MYANMAR×OPIUM×HIV DOES OPIUM STILL PUT MYANMAR IN CRISIS OVER AIDS? WHY THIS INFOGRAPHIC APPEARS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FIRST TTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTT 2015 IS THE YEAR PREDICTED BY ASIAN EPIDEMIC MODEL WHERE IDUS BECOME THE LARGEST HIV+ POPULATION IN MYANMAR SÜRPASSING SEX WORKERS AND MSM POPULATION IF NO IMPROVEMENT IN MÍTIGATING THE EPIDEMIC WITHIN IDUS IS TAKEN OPIUM POPPY OPIUM HEROIN HEROIN IS A DERIVATIVE OF OPIUM AND OPIUM COMES FROM A PLANT CALLED OPIUM POPPY OPIUM CULTIVATION x HIV EPIDEMIC WITHIN IDUS 37.5 588 460 43 42.5 34.5 OPIUM PRODUCTION (in metric tons) HIV PREVALENCE WITHIN IDUS (in percentage) 2005-2010 410 2005-2010 315 29 320 28 312 OPIUM PRODUCTION IN 2011 HEROIN CONSUMPTION HIV PREVALENCE WITHIN IDUS IN 2011 THAT'S EQUAL TO THE WEIGHT OF 180,000IDUS 135x 610 9% WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR GLOBAL PRODUCTION THAT'S EQUAL TO NUMBER OF SEATS IN 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC STADIUM SINCE 2006 HEROIN IS #1 DRUG CHOICE FOLLOWED BY OPIUM AND METHAMPHETAMINE NATIONWIDE: 4 OUT OF 10 IDUS ARE HIV+ TON BAKHN RAW PRODUCED MYITKYΙΝΑ IS THE MOST TROUBLED CITY WITH 6 INFECTED CITIZENS IN EVERY 10 IDUS MAKING MYANMAR AS WORLD'S 2NDLARGEST OPIUMPRODUCER AFTER AFGHANISTAN ADAPTED PROM DRUG REPORT ASIA PACIFIC 201 HOW HIV IS SPREAD REASONS WHY INJECTION IS PREFERABLE HEROIN TRAFFICKING FLOW DRUG CAMP IS A TERM DESCRIBING THE PLACE WHERE THE TRANSACTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HEROIN SHOT OCCURS heroin can be consumed in many ways, such as smoking, insufflation and even oral ingestion. but many burmese drug addicts prefer inječting it to other methods. SMUGGLING FLOW CONSUMER FLOW MINERS DRUG CAMPS ARE EASILY FOUND IN MINING AREA SUCH AS HPAKANT. HPAKANT KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL DRUG CAMP ALSO BECOMES A PLACE WHERE SEX WORKERS SEEK CUSTOMERS MAY PASS ONE OR TWO OF THEM. SEX WORKERS MINING AREAS HI-CLASS WORKERS MID-CLASS WORKERS LACK OF HIV-KNOWLEDGE M X POSSESSION OF NEEDLE İS TREATED AS DRUG OFFENSE OPIUM POPPY FARM BIG CITIES STUDENTS HEROIN L'AB most of IDUS share the needle while consuming heroin through injection if one of the "group members" is HIV+ the rest of the group are prone to contract the virus TORKERS QUICKEST the sedative effect kicks in as soon as the heroin get diffused in a bloodstream and injection delivers heroin to a bloodstream in the fastest way CHEAPEST one shot only costs 1000 kyat STRONGEST a shot gives the most tranquilizing effect since most of the sedative content gets diffused in a bloodstream (K the virus can get further transmitted to the sexual partner of the infected IDUS (e.g., sex workers and/or wife) through unprotected sex BORDER ÁREAS EXPORT TO the baby born from an infected wife who does not know her positive status will then be diagnosed positive as well THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES EPIDEMIC MITIGATION MEASURES My OPIUM РОPPY FIELD ERADICATION HEROIN SEIZURES HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM ADAPTED FROM MYANMAR UNGASS REPORT 2011 WEIGHT OF HEROIN SEIZED (in kg) METHADONE* MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND ITS COVERAGE ERADICATED LAND (in Ha) 2005-2011 # ARRESTED PERSON 8628 2010 7058 2005-2011 1659 2011 2005-2011 1542 1,076 .................................. 4820 how to read the graphic: 1 bottle equals to 1 clinic providing MMP service 881.7 4087 3907 3970 2008 methadone (that comes in tablet or liquid) stops the body from reacting to heroin while overcoming the symploms of withdrawal 10- 3598 2009 1086 IDUS 2005 2006 2007 1084 ................ .... 1040 1067 ADAPTED FROM UNODC's OPIUM SURVEY ASIA PACIFIC 2011 981 Example of use: methadone given to patient every 36 hours by a nurse at a clinic or hospital 192.3 88.2 .................................... ARISING PROBLEM: 68.4 HOWEVER THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC LAW requires the IDUS to camp in COMPULSORY REHABILITATION - which is condemined by civil societies because it exposes IDUS to harmful circumstances such as sub-standard conidition, forced labor, sexual violence and lack of access to healthcare 88.5 FOOD INSECURITY 1637 IDUS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF CROP SUBSTITUTION TO REPLACE OPIUM POPPY THAT HAS BEEN THE MAIN CASH CROP FOR SOME VILLAGES 9 OUT OF 10 HOUSEHOLDS IN HOPONG (EX-OPIUM POPPY FARMING VILLAGE) SUFFER FROM FOOD DEFICIENCY MORAL ISSUE WITHIN LAW ENFORCERS HEROIN LAB SEIZURES NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM WORLD FOOD PROGRAM HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE BAGS OF RICE BUT THINKS THE POPPY ERADICATION IS TOO AMBITIOUS RICE BANK Rice banks are village committees that, on behalf of member farmers, receive paddy or seeds from farmers them to needy farmers at an appropriate interest rate. The collected interest is used as a village fund. Rice be found in several villages. However, relatives or friends are still the main source of rice supply for those who are in shortage. with only 30,000 kyat monthly salary, heroin traffic becomes a new source of income by levying 'protection tax' to let the drug camps: (1) operate freely; (2) get an early notice if central authority comes to inspect; and/or (3) be granted for monopoly permission how to read the graphic: 1 cart-pushing man equals to 1 million clean needle distributed to IDUS i 1 POTION EQUALS TO 1 SEIZED LAB UNODC SOURCE: KACHIN NEWS GROUP HOWEVER, THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC LAW O MIGHT SEE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROJECT AS 'PUNISHABLE' PROVOCATION with surpluses and lend HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS WITH PILOT PROJECTS IN HPAKANT, MONOPOLY BRIBE COSTS UP TO 700 MIL. KYAT (USS700,000) PER YEAR .............................. IN THREE VILLAGES IN SHAN STATES IN 2011 ?? THE NATIONAL NARCOTIC LAW is lacking of clarity as it does not contain a specific offence for drúg consumption banks can now DAILY "TAX" CAN TOTAL UP TO 500,000 KYAT (US$500) రెరె KEY FINDING: The National Narcotic Law (1993) contradicts The National AIDS Plan y CORN & UPLAND RICE DRUG GAMP'S DAILY EARNING ARE THE TOP 2 OPIUM FARMERS' REPLACEMENT CROP CHOICE CAN BE UP TO 2 MIL. KYAT (US$2,000) TRENDLINE OF 2005 TO 2010 THE TREND BELOW IS GENERATED FROM LINEAR TRENDLINE OF FLUCTUATING CHANGE OF EACH SURVEYED ATTRIBUTES FROM 2005 TO 2010 DECREASING HIV PREVALENCE WITHIN IDUS INCREASING OPIUM PRODUCTION INCREASING ERADICATED LAND INCREASING OPIUM PRICE INCREASING NUMBER OF MMT PATIENTS INCREASING DISTRIBUTED NEEDLE | tiny_traveler t astoryoftinytraveler (visual.ly/users/astoryoftinytraveler 2005 ----- 9007 ADAPTED FROMDRUG REPORT ON ASIA PACIFIC 201 Z007 2010 8007 2009 2008 2007 2006 2010 2011 2010 2006 2011 2010 2006