Burma is training up hundreds of midwives in an effort to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth, one of many social policy reforms launched by the country as it emerges from decades of military rule.
Thai health officials say 33 new Zika virus cases have been detected in the country as officials step up screening for groups at high risk from the disease.
A new programme set to begin early next year aims to prevent the widespread problem of stunting among children in Chin State.
A pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with Zika in the first confirmed case of the mosquito-borne virus in Burma, according to state media.
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Burma’s progress in achieving gender equality was under the spotlight in Naypyidaw on Friday during a review of the country’s National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women.
The new location will help to accommodate the growing number of people using the clinic, which now serves 150,000 patients a year.
The government is moving to extend maternal care services countrywide, in a bid to reduce risky illegal abortions and high rates of maternal fatalities.
