Health Lead Story News Sagaing
H1N1 death toll in Burma rises to 27
In Sagaing Division, it has been reported that six family members of medical doctors have contracted H1N1.
Health Lead Story News Sagaing
In Sagaing Division, it has been reported that six family members of medical doctors have contracted H1N1.
A directive by Burma’s Ministry of Health that cigarette packets must display mandatory warnings of health problems caused by smoking came into effect on 1 September.
Health Interview Lead Story News
Dr. Zaw Lin, head of the Health Ministry’s dengue-control programme, speaks to DVB about efforts to reduce the risk of contracting this sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease.
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When her father died of AIDS in 2003, Pyae Phu Khaing* was just three years old, and only two years later her mother died of the same disease.
Health Lead Story News Protest
Burma’s health minister scrapped plans to fill more of the vacancies at the ministry with military personnel, after thousands of people joined an online protest.
Thirty-seven persons in Burma have died of dengue fever so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health.
Unregistered medicines should be avoided, consumers told, while retailers and distributors are warned of possible legal action.
Health Lead Story News Parliament
A health official warned that the popular habit of chewing betel can be damaging for individuals, and for Burma’s reputation.
Burmese authorities intend to rewrite the outdated 1997 National Food Law.
Burma’s Ministry of Health announces that more than 10,000 children, aged between three and eight years, contract dengue every year.
A Burmese man who is being tested for the Ebola virus has been diagnosed with two types of Malaria, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
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Health Lead Story Media News Politics
Burma’s Information Minister Aung Kyi and Health Minister Dr Pe Thet Khin have been “allowed for resignation of their own volition”, the president’s office announced on Tuesday.
Burma’s Health Minister Dr Pe Thet Khin has proposed to parliament a threefold increase in pay for medical workers who are posted to remote areas, with the additional salary to be paid by the Ministry of Border Affairs and the relevant regional government.