Community Partners International

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Maternal Neonatal & Child Health [Expenditures: $1,261,737]Nationwide, one-third of all children are malnourished. In eastern Myanmar, mothers face a 1 in 12 lifetime chance of dying of pregnancy-related causes and 1 in 7 children die before reaching their fifth birthday.CPI trains and equips health workers who provide safe births and prenatal/antenatal care for mothers and babies, and support key immunization and nutrition programs to strengthen families against disease and hunger. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Trauma and Research [Expenditures: $149,157]CPI provides financial and resource support to local organizations strengthening Myanmar civil society through higher education and professional development for more than 6,000 teachers and 140,000 students on the Thailand-Myanmar border. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: HIV/AIDS Program [Expenditures: $1,479,795]In Myanmar, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated among key populations (KP): people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW) and men who have sex with men (MSM) including transgender people (TG). To achieve HIV/AIDS epidemic control, the UHF Project is scaling up HIV testing and treatment services for KP, with special emphasis on increasing access to harm reduction services and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for PWID. The UHF Project is working with the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS), international stakeholders and in-country partners to develop and implement innovative and cost-efficient systems that will increase linkage and access to HIV/AIDS care. The overarching goals of the project are to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission among KP, and to contribute towards improved coverage and quality of testing and ART services by at least 25% in two years. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Bangladesh Program [Expenditures: $120,180]On August 25, 2017, violence broke out in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, near the border with Bangladesh. While the violence is impacting all communities, the Rakhine Muslim population in northern Rakhine State, the majority of whom are known as Rohingya, has been the most severely affected. Since August 25, an estimated 671,000 Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State have fled across the border to Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh seeking safety and protection, and more continue to arrive each day. The majority of these refugees are women, children (including newborns) and the elderly. Including the host community in Coxs Bazar and refugees arriving before August 2017, there are now more than 1.2 million people in need of relief and support.Community Partners International (CPI) is working on the ground to support local organizations to deliver essential services and supplies, focusing on immediate relief and longer-term development on health, energy and gender issues”