Five children die as gastroenteritis virus hits Chin State
At least 69 children infected with diarrhoea have been admitted to the Hakha General Hospital this month alone.
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Food poisoning strikes at Buddhist ceremony in Pegu
Around 270 people in Pegu [Bago] Division have been hospitalised with food poisoning after eating milk-noodle soup at a Buddhist ordination ceremony in the town of Thegon.
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Meikhtila IDPs face water shortages, sanitation issues
Some 900 Muslims from Meikhtila in central Burma who lost their homes in communal violence just over a year ago are now facing water shortages and sanitation-related diseases at the cramped shelter where they reside.
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As many as 400 children die daily in Burma, says UNICEF
Jan 24, 2008 (AP), Hundreds of children under age 5 die from preventable diseases each day in military-ruled Burma, the second-worst mortality rate for children in Asia after Afghanistan, UN[…]
