TB and HIV Coinfection in Myanmar

THE NEED FOR URGENT HIV AND TB TREATMENT IN MYANMAR 120,000 300,000 people living with TB 120,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in need of ARVS NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN MYANMAR LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WHO NEED LIFESAVING ANTIRETROVIRAL (ARV) MEDICATIONS 75% PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WITHOUT ACCESS TO ARVS 15,000–20,000 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH 20% OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH TB IN HIV/AIDS WHO DIE ANUALLY MYANMAR ARE CO-INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS •.... ..... MSF IS CURRENTLY TREATING MORE THAN 23,000 HIV PATIENTS IN MYANMAR, MORE THAN ANY OTHER ACTOR IN THE COUNTRY. 6,000 NEW PATIENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO ENROLL IN 2012. A PERSON WITH ACTIVE BUT UNTREATED TUBERCULOSIS CAN INFECT 10-15 OTHER PEOPLE IN A YEAR = 100 PEOPLE LIVING WITH MDR-TB AN ESTIMATED 9,300 PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS (MDR-TB) IN MYANMAR = 100 PEOPLE RECEIVING MDR-TB TREATMENT %3D MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES I DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ONLY ABOUT 300 ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT Statistics based on: "Report on the Global Aids Epidemic." UNAIDS. accessed February 23, 2012, http://www.unaids.org/documents/20101123_GlobalReport_em.pdf. "Lives in the Balance: The Need for Urgent HIV and TB Treatment in Myanmar," last modified February 22, 2012, http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/article.cfm?id=5782&cat=special-report.