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    500 homes flooded after sluice gates ordered open in Magwe
    September 23, 2016in Lead Story, Magwe, News17by BO PYAE
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    500 homes flooded after sluice gates ordered open in Magwe

    Locals are calling for official assistance, as well as measures to prevent an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as dysentery.

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    Dysentery outbreak hits Prome
    July 25, 2016in Health, Lead Story, News, Pegu Division395by MIN NYO
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    Dysentery outbreak hits Prome

    More than 90 people have been treated for dysentery at the public hospital in Prome, with at least half of them suffering from acute symptoms.

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    12 die from cholera in Karen State
    October 27, 2015in Karen, Lead Story, News367by DVB
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    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.

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    July 26, 2014in Health, Lead Story, News, Video1by DVB
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    Rangoon residents left in filth as waste collection system fails

    Residents of Thaketa Township in eastern Rangoon have been left without a garbage removal service and they say their health is rapidly deteriorating as a result.

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    September 29, 2011in Health, News14by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Hundreds hit by dysentery in Mandalay

    Hospitals struggling to cope with patient load as influenza outbreak adds to growing number of Mandalay residents needing treatment

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    April 30, 2009in Uncategorized1by Staff Reporter
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    Diarrhea outbreak claims three lives

    Apr 30, 2009 (DVB), Outbreaks of severe diarrhea have continued in several towns in Burma, with hospitals now unable to cope with the upsurge in patient numbers and several deaths…

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