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    Burma ‘striving’ to be malaria-free by 2030
    December 6, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News3445by DVB
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    Burma ‘striving’ to be malaria-free by 2030

    The number of malaria cases in Burma has been reduced by 85 percent since 2012, and the country is now aiming to be a malaria-free country by 2030, according to…

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    Life or death: Giving birth in Burma
    November 3, 2017in Lead Story, News846by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Life or death: Giving birth in Burma

    Cer Lui had to make a split decision — to drive herself to the hospital by motorbike, or stay in her home with her seven children — and deliver her…

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    Funding crisis causes cuts at Mae Tao Clinic
    October 5, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News570by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Funding crisis causes cuts at Mae Tao Clinic

    Mae Tao Clinic receives about 200-300 outpatients every day, and 80 percent of its 140 beds for inpatients are occupied on a daily basis.

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    Health care for all in Arakan? Critics say reality belies state counsellor’s assertion
    September 27, 2017in Arakan, Health, Lead Story, News, Rohingya1196by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Health care for all in Arakan? Critics say reality belies state counsellor’s assertion

    In a speech last week, Aung San Suu Kyi said all people in Arakan State “have access to education and healthcare services without discrimination.” For critics, however, that’s simply not…

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    10 dead from H1N1, but Burma’s authorities say public is safe
    July 31, 2017in Health, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News498by DVB
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    10 dead from H1N1, but Burma’s authorities say public is safe

    Meanwhile, in Mandalay, the annual Taung Pyone festival has been called off due to fears of spreading the virus.

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    Talking nutrition in Chin State
    November 28, 2016in Health, Interview, Lead Story, News1245by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Talking nutrition in Chin State

    Dr Khin Mar Cho is a nutrition specialist and director at Cornell University’s College for Agriculture and Life Sciences in the USA.

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