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Naga leader Naw Aung Sann speaks to DVB about the health crisis in the Naga Self-Administered Zone, which he says is continuing despite government assurances that it is under control.
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“Under these circumstances, there is no way we can accept the Department of Health statement that the disease is under control,” said Naw Aung San at a press conference.
Health department official says measles outbreak not as serious as previously reported, however at least one local NGO disputes the claim and says disease is spreading.
“After hearing news about the outbreak on 29 July, we authorised the testing of blood and urine samples of the patients. We now have the results – it is a measles virus.”
The Burmese Ministry of Health announced on Sunday its plan to launch a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign in January. Partnering with the World Health Organisation’s aim to eradicate measles in[…]
An outbreak of flu has claimed five deaths in the Naga self-administered zone in northern Burma.
Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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It is little wonder that local humanitarian organisations and CSOs are such a central part of Burma’s social fabric given the country’s unparalleled culture of compassion and generosity in the face of suffering.
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Thein Sein discusses development with Japanese PM Abe; Burma, WHO partner in Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign; TEEMA to invest $456 million in southern Burma; Japan to lend $285 million for development projects
