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‘Death Highway’ targeted for safety overhaul
A new project has been launched with the aim of reducing the high rate of traffic fatalities on Burma’s most notorious highway.
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Burma tops list in global obesity report
The World Obesity Federation has named and shamed the worlds’ largest countries – and Burma has made a surprise appearance on the list.
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The rising scourge of diabetes
On 14 November, International World Diabetes Day , photographer Whitney Light captures the haphazard management of diabetes in Burma owing to low health literacy , poverty and inaccessibility to proper medical services.
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Asian alarm at deadly hepatitis spread
Hepatitis epidemic expected to kill five million in South and Southeast Asia over next decade as WHO pushes for better data
