Population Services International Myanmar

PSI/Myanmar was founded in 1995 with an early focus on HIV prevention that expanded into reproductive health and STI treatment. In 2001, PSI/Myanmar added malaria prevention products to its portfolio, which now also includes household water treatment, a pre-packaged diarrhea treatment kit, pneumonia treatment, tuberculosis treatment, voluntary counseling and testing (VCT). PSI/Myanmar is based in the former capital of Myanmar and the country’s commercial center, Yangon, with eight project offices nationwide. A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation backed PSI/Myanmar with $25 million grant in December 2008. The grant supports private sector approaches to delivering integrated health services in low-income environments through the social marketing. PSI/Myanmar also coordinates with the Myanmar Medical Association and the Ministry of Health. PSI/Myanmar also has the support of Sun Quality Health (SUN), a network private physicians who PSI/Myanmar trains and monitors on reproductive health services and treatment for malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).