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    H1N1 death toll in Burma rises to 27
    August 18, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News, Sagaing1095by AUNG KO LATT / DVB
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    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.

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    Cigarette packs must now display graphic health warnings
    September 2, 2016in Health, Lead Story, News620by DVB
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    Cigarette packs must now display graphic health warnings

    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.

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    Interview: ‘Everyone needs to be involved in dengue control’
    June 21, 2016in Health, Interview, Lead Story, News349by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Interview: ‘Everyone needs to be involved in dengue control’

    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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    HIV-affected children shunned in education
    March 7, 2016in Health, Lead Story, News328by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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    HIV-affected children shunned in education

    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.

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    Black Ribbon Movement sways health ministry
    August 13, 2015in Health, Lead Story, News, Protest252by REUTERS
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    Black Ribbon Movement sways health ministry

    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.

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    Dengue fever doubles in Burma this year
    June 22, 2015in Health, Lead Story, News309by DVB
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    Dengue fever doubles in Burma this year

    Thirty-seven persons in Burma have died of dengue fever so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health.

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