A man adjusts his dressing after losing a leg to a landmine. The Mae Tao clinic in
Thailand's Mae Sot offers free treatment for landmine victims from Burma
(Kyle Merrit Ludowitz / beyondyourdoorstep.blogspot.com)

A portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi in the disabled rehabilitation room of the Mae Tao clinic
on the Thai-Burma border (James Mackay / enigmaimages.net)

Ma Wah Wah Soe, who lost her leg to a landmine, is seen in hospital in Mone Town,
Burma (Reuters)

A recent UN OCHA report rates Burma highly in terms of global landmine casualties
(Reuters)

Seven-year-old Naw S lies in a bed in Phop Phra hospital in Karen state after being
hit by a landmine (Back Pack Health Workers Team)

A landmine victim lies on his bed in the Mae Tao clinic, Thailand (Kyle Merrit Ludowitz /
beyondyourdoorstep.blogspot.com)

A landmine victim waits for treatment in the rehabilitation centre at the Mae Tao clinic on
the Thai-Burma border. Approximately 300 people per day receive free healthcare
at the clinic (James Mackay / enigmaimages.net)

A young Karen boy who lost both his legs to a landmine sits on a bed in the Mae Tao
clinic, western Thailand (Kyle Merrit Ludowitz / beyondyourdoorstep.blogspot.com)

A UN report released this week says that Burma has one of the world’s highest casualty rates from landmines. The region bordering Thailand, which has hosted one of the world’s longest-running civil wars, is littered with the pernicious weapon, and each year dozens of ethnic Karen are forced to cross into Thailand to seek treatment at the Mao Tao clinic in Mae Sot.

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines says that Burma is one of only four governments, along with Israel, Libya and Syria, that continue to lay mines. Global use of the weapon in 2011 has been the highest for seven years.