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Lacking support, Burma’s mental health patients suffer in silence
Mental health patients—many of them victims of junta-era repression—suffer in silence due to cultural stigma and a lack of psychological health care.
HIV-affected children shunned in education
When her father died of AIDS in 2003, Pyae Phu Khaing* was just three years old, and only two years later her mother died of the same disease.
Age-old tonic for Burma’s ailing healthcare system
Could Burmese traditional medicine fill the gap left by decades of underfunding and neglect?
World AIDS Day highlights persisting discrimination
As the world marks International AIDS Day, between 190,000 and 230,000 people in Burma are living with HIV, according to 2014 UN estimates. The figure puts Burma at one of the highest rates of infection in the region.
Burma tops list in global obesity report
The World Obesity Federation has named and shamed the worlds’ largest countries – and Burma has made a surprise appearance on the list.
Health Ministry focuses funds on tuberculosis treatment
Up to US$4.7 million of government funds have been poured into treatment for tuberculosis patients last year, according to the Deputy Health Minister.
