Eradicating infectious diseases in Myanmar
PATH has been contributing to Myanmar’s healthcare transformation since 2012 and supports the government’s commitment to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. PATH provides technical support to implement innovative solutions, institutionalize sustainable engagement models, strengthen surveillance, track, and train healthcare workers, and collect and analyze data for these diseases.
Myanmar has a high prevalence of infectious diseases, with rates of HIV and TB the second highest in Southeast Asia. To strengthen digital health and lab/diagnosis system, PATH is developing digital tools and innovative systems to enable more consistent HIV and TB prevention, testing, and treatment. This factsheet talks about various projects that PATH has implemented and is implementing towards tackling infectious diseases in Myanmar.
Publication date: October 2022