HIV Estimates and Projections Myanmar 2008-2015

The two-decade-old HIV epidemic in Myanmar is largely concentrated among population subgroups with high-risk behaviors. Among reported AIDS cases of the year 2008 with the documented mode of transmission, 73% were due to unsafe sex, 3% due to injecting drug use, 3% from mother-to-child, and 2% due to blood transfusion. The male to female ratio among reported HIV-positive cases is 2.4:1.