Burma’s Health Minister Dr Pe Thet Khin has proposed to parliament a threefold increase in pay for medical workers who are posted to remote areas, with the additional salary to be paid by the Ministry of Border Affairs and the relevant regional government.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Burma’s president appoints Duchira Dan investigation commission, but only to address the disappearance of police sergeant and the fire which razed 20 Rohingya homes.
Health Lead Story News Rohingya
International aid agencies say they support those in need regardless of race or religion, following a protest in Sittwe where Arakan Buddhists called for the expulsion of the groups on the basis they are biased in favour of Rohingya Muslims.
Communal Violence Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Arakanese Buddhists call for local police be given the right to use lethal force and demand that the UN and other international relief groups be expelled from the area; meanwhile, dozens of local Rohingyas are moving to IDP camps in fear of more violence.
Lead Story News Rohingya Video
The Rakhine Investigation Commission says that evidence proves that a policeman was killed in Maungdaw Township, but denied the mass killing of Muslim Rohingyas
This week’s DVB Debate raises the issue of public health care in Burma.
The Burmese government has warned international NGOs and the UN to distribute aid “fairly” in Arakan state, following the latest eruption of Muslim-Buddhist clashes
The Burmese government is planning to conduct a survey to identify the prevalence of discrimination against HIV positive school children, according to a leading medical researcher
Nearly 1,000 Muslim Rohingyas remain incarcerated in northern Arakan state, where campaigners say they are subject to “pervasive” abuses and at least 68 people are believed to have died in custody
85,000 HIV sufferers to go without life-saving treatment, as donor govts backtrack on funding pledges
Two-thirds of HIV-infected mothers in Burma accessing healthcare but only 18 percent of total sufferers given antiretroviral treatment
Nov 26, 2008 (DVB), International humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres said yesterday that thousands of people are dying unnecessarily due to the lack of access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Burma.[…]
