14 arrested on fake pharmaceutical drug charges
Those detained allegedly operated a widespread network of counterfeit Chinese drugs, which they packaged and labeled in jars as BPI products.
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Burma’s deadly abortion taboo
“One of my friends is five weeks pregnant. She is uneducated and poor. Her boyfriend ran away when she told him that she was pregnant. She’s crying.”
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Flood aid begins arriving from India, China
The Indian air force sends two cargo planes, while a Chinese convoy brings rice, noodles and medicine. The EU, Britain and USA all offer donations.
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Photo essay: Lifeline on Thai-Burma border
Some 250-300 patients and family members are fed at the clinic twice daily, and an incredible 3,000 child births are recorded every year.
DVB Debate: Burmacare – developing the healthcare system in Burma
This week’s DVB Debate raises the issue of public health care in Burma.
Tuberculosis medication to ‘run out’ by October
Medical officials say supplies of vital tuberculosis medication will run out by October.
Tuberculosis cases reaching alarming rates in Burma
Health officials called Thursday for urgent action to tackle “alarming” rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Burma where nearly 9,000 people catch the strain of the infectious disease each year.
Medicines missing from Thayawaddy hospital
Dec 8, 2008 (DVB), Medicines worth about 100 million kyat were found to be missing from Thayawaddy township hospital in Bago by government inspectors last month, according to sources close[…]
