News and Updates - Myanmar Youth Stars Network

By MYSN Admin

May 19, 2020

Myanmar Youth Stars provides peer-led online sessions on HIV during COVID-19

Myanmar Youth Stars (MYS) have reported cases across the country disruptions of general health services, especially with young key populations seeking HIV and SRHR services. To address these challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, MYS

By MYSN Admin

April 18, 2020

Generating data to improve young MSM access to HIV services in Myanmar: PULSE Up! by Myanmar Youth Stars

The PULSE Up! is a project which aims to gather epidemiological and behavioral data of young men who have sex with men (YMSM) through an online survey. This project builds the capacity of community

By MYSN Admin

March 18, 2020

Myanmar Youth Stars leads first national survey on young MSM, initiates meeting on results in Yangon, Myanmar

ecently in Yangon, Myanmar Youth Stars (MYS) organised a dissemination meeting on the recently conducted survey on young men who have sex with men (YMSM) under the guidance and support from the National AIDS

By MYSN Admin

June 12, 2018

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

By MYSN Admin

June 26, 2015

Myanmar’s Youth Stars

Chan Chan is 20 years old. 12 years ago, living with her family in northern Myanmar (Burma) she was diagnosed with HIV. As a child she had visited her local health clinic and an

By MYSN Admin

July 21, 2014

Myanmar Youth Stars: The vanguard of a generation

Back in January of this year, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Alliance Myanmar and PhotoVoice joined forces to work with the Myanmar Youth Stars – a group of young people, under 25, who represent people most affected by HIV in

By MYSN Admin

July 18, 2014

MYANMAR YOUTH STARS

“We want freedom, because we don’t have any freedom yet,” says a young woman, one of the Myanmar Youth Stars; a group of young people under 25, who represent people most affected by HIV

By MYSN Admin

June 18, 2014

Myanmar Youth Stars, Yangon

In late 2012, a leadership short course in Yangon brought together for the first time young key affected populations from across Myanmar. One of the workshop’s result is the establishment of a working group

By MYSN Admin

February 23, 2014

Capacity Assessment of Myanmar Youth Stars

In 2014, Myanmar Youth Stars, a network representing young key affected populations (YKP) living in Myanmar, has participated in JumpStart project. JumpStart is APCOM’s flagship capacity strengthening programme for community organisations. Formerly initiated under a partnership with Australian

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