National Presentation for Myanmar

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• National Presentation for Myanmar
• August 18-2003
• Improving ATS Data and Information Systems
  Regional Meeting
• Bangkok Thailand

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Output and Activities

• Translated IDIS (Integrated Drug Information
  System) Part I and II for Advocacy meeting
• Organized Central Register Committee
• Prepare for School Surveys in Yangon and other
  high risk areas

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• School Surveys to estimate youth prevalence rate
  to compare with C 75 school survey.
• Hospital admission to reveal the complication of
  amphetamine users.

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Data Sources

• Hospital Admission records
• Death records in emergency room and forensic
  department
• Police arrests data from CCDAC
• School surveys
• Household survey (Mayangone)

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Potential Data Sources

• School surveys in border area
• (ATS users are common in these areas)
• Rapid Assessment in high risk areas
• (To estimate the prevalence rate of areas)

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Difficulties

• Lack of resources
• (Technical, Manpower and Money)
• Policy Makers and ATS Problem

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Contact

• Contact with CCDAC
• Comprises of Ministry of Home Affairs, Social
  Welfare, Education and Health
• Provide my data as regular reports

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• Yes, a little
• To overcome difficulties,
• Contact with CCDAC and Secretary (CCDAC) is
  coordinator of data collection committee
• CCDAC can organize other department and provide
  regular support

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• The data from hidden population
• For next year, by household survey
• Data from hidden population,
• Will train Peer educator and search the data as
  snow ball sampling
• For household survey, there is limitation of fund
  and if the fund get from UNODC, one township
  household survey can be conducted

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Drug Trends
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Drug Users Groups

• Young People in Border areas and big cities
• Yes, switching from another drug to ATS, (ATS to
  another drug)
• Yes, new or non-tradition users of ATS in 2003

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• No,
• Purity, same as previous year
• ATS street price increased in the past year
• About 1,000 kyats to 1,500 kyats per tablet of
  ATS

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Forms of ATS

• Tablets
• No new forms of ATS in the last year
• No new sources of ATS
• (increased local production or increased
  importation)

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Routes of ATS Administration

• Usually smoking (few cases of swallowing)
• No new route of administration
• No new or non14traditional users of ATS in 2003