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    Tagged: malaria

    Health Lead Story News

    Thailand battles drug-resistant malaria strains that imperil global campaign

    Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas, a Thai border town finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate global attempts to stamp out the disease.

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    Burma ‘striving’ to be malaria-free by 2030

    The number of malaria cases in Burma has been reduced by 85 percent since 2012, and the country is now aiming to be a malaria-free country by 2030, according to Dr. Aung Thi of the National Malaria Elimination Project.

    Health Lead Story News Rangoon

    3,000 diagnosed with dengue fever in Rangoon, 18 died

    “From early 2017 to 9 July 2017, 2,855 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever and 18 died from the virus.”

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    Arakan Health Lead Story News

    16 dead as dengue fever sweeps Arakan State

    The number of dengue fever cases in the first six months of this year was higher than the whole of 2016.

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    Malaria superbugs threaten global malaria control: scientists

    Multidrug-resistant malaria superbugs have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, threatening to undermine progress against the disease, scientists said.

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    New study adds urgency to concerns about drug-resistant malaria

    The first-line anti-malaria therapy used along the Thai-Burmese since 1994 is becoming increasingly ineffective in treating the disease, according to a new study.

    Karen Lead Story News

    12 die from cholera in Karen State

    Saw De De, a medic working with the Backpack mobile clinic, said outbreaks of cholera and dysentery have hit some 50 villages in the area.

    Health Lead Story News

    Burma’s battle with malaria … and bureaucracy

    Artemisinin, long considered to the miracle drug in the fight against malaria, is losing its grip on the disease – while the parasite grows in strength.

    Health Lead Story News

    Dengue fever doubles in Burma this year

    Thirty-seven persons in Burma have died of dengue fever so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health.

    Development Health Lead Story News

    Is Burma’s healthcare system in recovery?

    Low investment, treatable diseases and increasing foreign interest in health system investment: a picture of healthcare in Burma.

    Health Lead Story News

    Quarantined Burmese man cleared of Ebola

    A 22-year-old Burmese man, who was detained at Rangoon airport on suspicion of carrying the Ebola virus, has been cleared after a series of tests and will be free to go home within five days.

    Health News

    Burma and Japan to boost development ties

    Burma and Japan have agreed to step up cooperation on development projects, with a special focus on tackling HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the poverty-stricken country, state media reported on Friday.

    Health News

    Anti-malarial tolerance rising in Burma

    World Health Organisation warns about growing resistance of mosquitoes to most effective anti-malarial drug

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    WHO says Burma’s health system improving

    Jun 19, 2008 (AFP)‚ The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that the health system in cyclone-battered Burma was "back on its feet," but warned that disease risks still remained.[…]

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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[…]

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