Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) has proposed the Ministry of Health and Sports to provide funding for HIV, drug-resistant TB, malaria, Hepatitis-C and cervical cancer.

Dr. Khin San Tint, the country director of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) said: “The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) has discussed with the Union Minister to carry out the prevention and control against HIV, drug-resistant TB, malaria, Hepatitis-C and cervical cancer, in cooperation with the ministry. The CHAI will spend 3.48 million US dollars during three years.”

South East Asia sees a significant decline in the number of malaria cases but it remains a public health problem. In 2017, 30 out of 85,019 people infected with malaria died. From January to November, 2018, 31964 people were infected with malaria. The ministry is working on the eradication of malaria with added momentum. Myanmar signed the Ministerial Call for Action to Eliminate Malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion Before 2030 at the 71st WHO conference. Myanmar has been working towards achieving the goal of eliminating malaria in Asia-Pacific region by 2030.

Myanmar formed the National Malaria Working Committee and drafted the National-level Strategy (2016-2020).

According to the Ministry of Health and Sports, the Global Fund provided Myanmar a fund of 97.44 million USD for the eradication of malaria, from 2018 to 2020.  

Two in 1,000 population in Myanmar are infected with malaria. The ministry is working to reduce the transmission rate to 85 per cent and the death rate to 95 per cent in 2020. Around 600,000 people suffered from malaria. The current death rate is 0.04 per cent. The ministry has designated more than 300 townships as the malaria-prone areas.