This week’s DVB Debate raises the issue of public health care in Burma.
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Filling the gaps in the healthcare sector
The government spent 3.9% of this year’s national budget on healthcare. But with insufficient supplies, inadequate equipment and a shortage of staff, the sector is in dire need of reform and it’s up to non-government organisations to fill in the gaps.
Cyclone relief effort boosts Irrawaddy healthcare
Sep 11, 2008 (DVB), The influx of donations and volunteer doctors after Cyclone Nargis has led to improvements in healthcare in hospitals in some areas of Irrawaddy division, locals said. After the cyclone hit Burma in early May, doctors and surgeons came from all over Burma to treat patients. Ko Vanku of Human Rights Defenders …
Bogalay healthcare provision in crisis
May 13, 2008 (DVB), A human rights activist in Bogalay said disease and poor sanitation in the township in the aftermath of the recent cyclone have placed a heavy burden on healthcare provision. The Bogalay activist said NGOs were helping refugees in the township, but they remained in difficulty. "Children are starting to have dysentery …
The Economist is at risk of believing the Burmese military's propaganda: A response from DVB on behalf of independent Burmese media
[Image: A woman in Karenni State who, in the absence of US sanctions, could potentially pass customers the Kool-Aid] Less than a month ago, military spokesperson Zaw Min Tun — who will go down in history as one of the world’s great, and most useless, purveyors of hate speech and disinformation — made an exceptionally rambling speech …
UN Special Envoy Replies to CNA Interview Criticism
(Photo: Special Envoy Heyzer with farmers in the dry zone of Burma (2009)) Following criticism of comments made during an interview with Channel News Asia, the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Dr Noeleen Heyzer, has replied to selected questions posed by the Democratic Voice of Burma. DVB outlined the context of the …