Myanmar could receive at least US$315 million from the Global Fund over the next three years to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Civil society activists aim to calm tensions in Mandalay by organising a peace ceremony led by influential Buddhist monks.
Senior monks, including the controversial U Wirathu, have accused Western media of worsening tensions between Buddhists and Muslims.
Recommendations from a two-day education forum will be submitted to the hluttaw through MPs, network officials said.
Buddhist leaders have rejected accusations that members of the Sangha have exacerbated religious tension between Buddhists and Muslims.
Fifteen ethnic parties have announced plans to unite under the name Federal Unity Party so they can better compete with the Union Solidarity and Development Party and the National League for Democracy in future elections.
The two largest ethnic Rakhine political parties met in Yangon on June 15 to discuss the possibility of a merger to improve their chances of victory in future elections.
A multi-donor trust fund will expand its humanitarian activities to Chin State this August, with an emphasis on maternal and children’s health.
Against a background of intercommunal strife elsewhere in the country, Muslim leaders in Yangon called a public meeting on June 12 to resolve misunderstandings about their beliefs.
The leader of the Shan State Army- South last week pledged to work with the government for national peace after his historic meeting with President U Thein Sein in Nay Pyi Taw on June 10.
