Bangladesh, Burma and the Rohingya crisis 9 Table 1: DFID’s Burma programmes before 2012 suspension of sanctions DFID’s programmes in Burma and with Burmese refugees 2004 Grant to ‘Fund for HIV/AIDS in Myanmar’ - £10 million over three years. The Fund for HIV/AIDS in Myanmar supports programmes that contribute to the UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS. The Fund brings together donors and implementing agencies including UN agencies, NGOs and the National Aids Programme and promotes coordination and lesson learning amongst partners. Technical assistance to Fund for HIV/AIDS in Myanmar - £185,300, one year. This programme provided additional capacity to help set up and manage the Fund for HIV/ AIDS in Myanmar. World Health Organisation (WHO)–£246,578 over two years. DFID is supporting a WHO position to provide technical and operational support to strengthen the technical relevance and implementation of policies for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the country. BBC World Service Trust for Radio Soap Opera on HIV/AIDS and health messages–£1,249,179 over two years. This grant aims to raise awareness about health care including HIV/AIDS for people in Burma and to provide information and practical solutions, where they exist, to their everyday healthcare problems. The project will also support the efforts of people and organisations working to develop civil society. Health Unlimited work on basic health care programmes in Wa and Kachin–£362,033, one year. This programme seeks to establish a basic primary health care service that covers 55,000 people in the Kachin Independence Organisation controlled areas and 82,000 people, prioritising women and children in Wa region. This was an extension of previous support to the Health Unlimited programme, which had been provided on a year-by-year basis. Burmese Border Consortium food aid and relief programmes on the Thailand Burma Border–£450,000, one year. DFID provided funds via Christian Aid to support the Burmese Border Consortium to enable refugee communities to sustain a basic livelihood through provision of food and other relief items, whilst ensuring that the special needs of new and relocated refugees are addressed. Coordination of health services at Thailand-Burma Border–£420,000 over two years. DFID is funding the World Health Organisation in order to improve the health of the population in the border areas of Thailand and Burma with a special focus on the health and humanitarian aspects of the most vulnerable groups.