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USAID Seeks Medical Help for Burma Source : Far Eastern Economic Review Burma may soon be getting its first assistance from the United States since the current military leaders seized power in 1988 after suppressing a pro-democracy uprising. The U.S. Agency for International Development has asked Congress for $1 million to fund HIV/Aids education programmes through non-governmental organizations during the fiscal year that began on October 1, according to a U.S. State Department official. This figure is expected to rise to $3.5 million next year and $10 million the year after, adds the official, who insists that none of these funds will benefit the military government. Washington also provides $6.5 million a year for democracy and leadership training among Burmese refugees in Thailand. Analysts assume the aid request will be approved because Congress has been pushing for an HIV/Aids programme in Burma.
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