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    Health Ministry focuses funds on tuberculosis treatment

    X-rays from tuberculosis patients in Burma. (PHOTO: DVB).

    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.

    The MERS virus currently has no vaccine. (PHOTO: Wikicommons).

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    Health Ministry tries to block MERS outbreak

    Health officials have begun taking preventative measures against the notoriously fast spreading virus to ensure MERS does not spread to Burma.

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    Mystery illness hits 2,000 in eastern Burma

    Sept 24, 2009 (DVB), Nearly 2,000 people, mostly children, have been infected with an unknown illness in two states in eastern Burma, with fears that it may be either the[…]

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    A(H1N1) cases in Burma reach 10

    July 30, 2009 (DVB), The Burmese government today confirmed the tenth case of the A(H1N1) swine flu virus, that of a 57-year-old man who had recently returned from Singapore. The[…]

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    Tourists in Burma not tested for H1N1

    July 10, 2009 (DVB), The thousands of tourists entering Burma each day across the Thai-Burma border are not being adequately checked for the A/H1N1 swine flu virus, say locals living[…]

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    Burma confirms second H1N1 victim

    July 10, 2009 (DVB), State-run media in Burma today confirmed that a 20-year-old man has become the second victim of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus in the country, following a[…]

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    Swine flu rumours sweep Burma

    July 1, 2009 (DVB), The confirmation last week of Burma's first swine flu case has sparked rumours that the disease is widespread, with patients suffering from the virus being mixed[…]

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    Burma confirms first swine flu case

    June 29, 2009 (DVB), A 13-year-old girl has become the first confirmed carrier of the H1N1 swine flu virus in Burma after being hospitalized on 26 June following a trip[…]

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    Cholera outbreak claims five children

    June 18, 2009 (DVB), At least eight people, including five children, have died from an outbreak of cholera in central Burma's Magwe division, with the father of one deceased girl[…]

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    Diarrhea outbreak claims three lives

    Apr 30, 2009 (DVB), Outbreaks of severe diarrhea have continued in several towns in Burma, with hospitals now unable to cope with the upsurge in patient numbers and several deaths[…]

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    Children and the poor hit by cholera outbreak

    Apr 2, 2009 (DVB), Authorities in central Burma have been distributing medicine after an outbreak of cholera began to take its toll on young children and people living in poor[…]

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    DVB correspondent dies after illness

    Dec 10, 2007 (DVB), Democratic Voice of Burma correspondent Soe Win Nyo died on 4 December in Oslo at the age of 47 due to liver problems. Soe Win Nyo[…]

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