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Rohingya Volunteers at the Forefront of Essential Services for Fellow Refugees

2/24/2021

 
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Ayesha with her newborn baby girl in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (CPI)
Ayesha and Jannat are Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sheltering in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. They fled violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State in 2017 with their families, walking for many days to reach the Bangladesh border. Today, they live in Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp. Both receive assistance from networks of Rohingya community health and water, sanitation and hygiene volunteers supported by Community Partners International (CPI). Here are their stories.

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Myanmar Launches HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Services in Major Milestone for National HIV Prevention

9/15/2020

 
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Dr. Htun Nyunt Oo, NAP Program Manager, inaugurates MAM's PrEP clinic in Hlaingtharya. (CPI)
On July 31st, 2020, HIV healthcare providers and other key stakeholders gathered at an event in Yangon to inaugurate Myanmar’s first HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) clinics. This marks a major milestone for Myanmar’s strategic response to HIV, and will contribute to the scaling up of HIV prevention efforts.  ​

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An Epidemic Within a Pandemic: Safeguarding Myanmar's Newborns From Hepatitis B During COVID-19

7/27/2020

 
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Khin Aye and her newborn son who are participating in CPI's Stop Hep B @ Birth Project in South Dagon, Myanmar. Photo: Community Partners International
"We have a real opportunity here to push back hepatitis B. With the right approach, we can free a generation of children in Myanmar from this debilitating and deadly virus.”
Seven years ago, Khin Aye went for a routine prenatal check-up while pregnant with her first child. The hospital staff conducted a blood test. “When the test came back, they told me I had hepatitis B.”

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World AIDS Day: “I visit patients’ houses secretly to look after them when they are too ill to go to hospital.”

11/28/2019

 
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Thiri devotes her life to helping others in her community living with HIV. Photo: Chit Su Wai Aung for Community Partners International
Thiri, 37, found out that she was HIV positive during a routine checkup while pregnant in 2013. She was afraid and alone. “I was so scared that others would find out that I had HIV so I didn’t leave the house for a long time. I couldn’t tell my parents.”

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Violence Against Women and Girls in Myanmar: A Silent Emergency

11/27/2019

 
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In Myanmar, violence against women and girls is a silent emergency. It takes many forms: domestic and intimate partner violence perpetrated within families; unwanted touching and sexual harassment on public transport; and violence occurring in conflict zones where women are particularly vulnerable. In a national survey carried out in 2015 and 2016, one in seven women in Myanmar reported that they had experienced violence since the age of 15.[1] The real number is likely to be many more.

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  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • What We Stand For >
      • Our Values and Guiding Principles
      • Partnership Principles
    • Financial Information
    • Our History
    • Policies and Governance >
      • Donor and Online Privacy Policy
      • Board of Directors Conflict of Interest Policy​
      • Document Retention and Destruction Policy
      • Compensation and Approval Process for the Executive Director
      • Financial Conflict of Interest for Investigators Policy
      • Whistleblower Policy
  • Where We Work
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • What We Do
    • COVID-19 Response >
      • California COVID-19 Relief
    • Health & Nutrition >
      • Health Systems Strengthening
      • HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care >
        • USAID HIV/AIDS Flagship (UHF) Project >
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          • Contact UHF
      • Infectious Disease
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      • Community First Aid
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