Increase coverage of HIV and AIDS services in Myanmar

Myanmar is experiencing an HIV epidemic documented since the late 1980s. The National AIDS Programme national surveillance ante-natal clinics had already estimated in 1993 that 1.4% of pregnant women were HIV positive, and UNAIDS estimates that at end 2005 1.3% (range 0.7–2.0%) of the adult population was living with HIV. While a HIV surveillance system has been in place since 1992, the programmatic response to the epidemic has been slower to emerge although short- and medium-terms plans have been formulated since 1990. These early plans focused on the health sector, omitted key population groups at risk of HIV transmission and have not been adequately funded. The public health system more generally is severely under-funded

Chapter 8: A View on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Coast: Stressors and Coastal Management

South Africa has some of the finest beaches in the world, encompassing a pristine coastal stretch of Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal to the Eastern Cape’s famous wild coast, from the penguin colony of Boulders beach to sun-drenched Camps Bay in the Western Cape. The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of South Africa, also known as the “garden province,” is an extravagant and enticing destination flanked by the warm Indian Ocean on the east and soaring peaks to the west. The province stretches from Port Edward in the south to the borders of Swaziland and Mozambique to the north