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	<title>Burmanet &#187; Health</title>
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		<title>The Guardian (UK): Burma suffering from huge shortfall in HIV and Aids drugs, warn doctors – Patrick Bodenham</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/05/09/the-guardian-uk-burma-suffering-from-huge-shortfall-in-hiv-and-aids-drugs-warn-doctors-%e2%80%93-patrick-bodenham/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/05/09/the-guardian-uk-burma-suffering-from-huge-shortfall-in-hiv-and-aids-drugs-warn-doctors-%e2%80%93-patrick-bodenham/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=32693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors in Burma are calling for the &#8220;devastating gap&#8221; between people&#8217;s need and access to treatment for HIV and Aids to be bridged. There are approximately 240,000 people with HIV in Burma, half of whom are in urgent need of life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART), say doctors. According to national estimates in 2010, less than 30,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inter Press Service: Malaria adds to Myanmar’s woes &#8211; Marwaan Macan-Markar</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/04/27/inter-press-service-malaria-adds-to-myanmar%e2%80%99s-woes-marwaan-macan-markar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/04/27/inter-press-service-malaria-adds-to-myanmar%e2%80%99s-woes-marwaan-macan-markar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; Political reforms unfolding in Myanmar (or Burma) are giving health workers a chance to address a resurgence of drug-resistant falciparum malaria in the war-torn ethnic minority enclaves along the country’s eastern borders. Carrying medical aid in backpacks they have been dodging bullets and avoiding mines to deliver healthcare to villagers in the remote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Myanmar overhauls healthcare as it opens up – Mark Tay</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/03/20/reuters-myanmar-overhauls-healthcare-as-it-opens-up-%e2%80%93-mark-tay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/03/20/reuters-myanmar-overhauls-healthcare-as-it-opens-up-%e2%80%93-mark-tay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Myanmar is quadrupling its health budget this year and focusing on hiring more doctors, securing supplies and renovating hospitals as it tries to modernise after decades of isolation, Health Minister Pe Thet Khin said on Tuesday.&#8220;The quality of healthcare in Myanmar was compromised because of the lack of government funding due to sanctions and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Ex-political prisoners call for post-release care – Nyein Nyein</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/03/19/irrawaddy-ex-political-prisoners-call-for-post-release-care-%e2%80%93-nyein-nyein/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/03/19/irrawaddy-ex-political-prisoners-call-for-post-release-care-%e2%80%93-nyein-nyein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of prominent ex-political prisoners has called for more to be done to help former inmates adjust to their new lives outside of jail. Renowned journalist Win Tin, human rights activist Bo Kyi and 88 Generation Students leader Ko Ko Gyi were among those voicing their concerns at the lack of support political prisoners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trustlaw/Reuters: Women along Thai-Myanmar border dying from unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/22/trustlawreuters-women-along-thai-myanmar-border-dying-from-unwanted-pregnancies-unsafe-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/22/trustlawreuters-women-along-thai-myanmar-border-dying-from-unwanted-pregnancies-unsafe-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Border]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok – A lack of access to healthcare is causing unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions and deaths among hundreds of thousands of displaced, migrant and refugee women along Myanmar&#8217;s border with Thailand, a U.S-based NGO says.The region in eastern Myanmar is home to some 140,000 refugees and 446,000 internally displaced people who have fled conflict between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press: Doctors: Myanmar desperate for HIV and TB drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/22/associated-press-doctors-myanmar-desperate-for-hiv-and-tb-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/22/associated-press-doctors-myanmar-desperate-for-hiv-and-tb-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Some 85,000 HIV-infected people in Myanmar are not getting treatment due to a lack of funding, despite renewed international engagement with the government amid a wave of political reform, a medical aid group said Wednesday.Doctors Without Borders warned in its report that the situation in Myanmar could worsen after the Global Fund to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nation (Thailand): Aids funding retreat leaves lives in the balance in Burma – Joe Belliveau</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/21/the-nation-thailand-aids-funding-retreat-leaves-lives-in-the-balance-in-burma-%e2%80%93-joe-belliveau/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/21/the-nation-thailand-aids-funding-retreat-leaves-lives-in-the-balance-in-burma-%e2%80%93-joe-belliveau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While international attention focuses on Burma, a health crisis in the country looms large. An estimated 85,000 people infected with HIV in Burma are not receiving life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART). This is an improvement on previous years, with new momentum in the country to tackle the crisis. However, the recent retreat of the Global Fund [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voice of America: HIV activist runs for Parliament in Burma – Danielle Bernstein</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/06/voice-of-america-hiv-activist-runs-for-parliament-in-burma-%e2%80%93-danielle-bernstein/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/02/06/voice-of-america-hiv-activist-runs-for-parliament-in-burma-%e2%80%93-danielle-bernstein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rangoon, Burma – In less than a year, Burma&#8217;s new government has rolled out a series of reforms that have encouraged even its biggest critics. The release of political prisoners and a promise of more open elections are enticing some of those critics to join the political arena. One longtime activist now is considering a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Kachin refugees suffering from preventable disease &#8211; Saw Yan Naing</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/irrawaddy-kachin-refugees-suffering-from-preventable-disease-saw-yan-naing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/irrawaddy-kachin-refugees-suffering-from-preventable-disease-saw-yan-naing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Humanitarian workers in northern Burma have expressed deep concern about the health conditions of thousands of war refugees in Kachin State who have been displaced along the Sino-Burmese border for eight months. Aid workers said that preventable illnesses caused by unsanitary conditions and cold weather are taking their toll on more than 45,000 internally displaced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Govt upping health spending 0.7 percent &#8211; Ahunt Phone Myat</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/19/democratic-voice-of-burma-govt-upping-health-spending-0-7-percent-ahunt-phone-myat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/19/democratic-voice-of-burma-govt-upping-health-spending-0-7-percent-ahunt-phone-myat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burma’s undernourished health sector will see a rise in government spending of 0.7 percent over the coming fiscal year, as well as an increase in staff numbers and facilities. Still however the rise will bring total annual spending to only two percent of the budget, keeping Burma among the world’s lowest countries in terms of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaladan Press: Hepatitis spreads in Northern Arakan</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/10/kaladan-press-hepatitis-spreads-in-northern-arakan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/10/kaladan-press-hepatitis-spreads-in-northern-arakan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 45-year old patient named Abdul Hamid from Buthidaung has been suffering from pain in his stomach for over one year. He has been receiving treatment from local doctors, but has not had any positive results. He recently traveled to Bangladesh, where his wife was going to sell ornaments. “After arriving in Bangladesh and expending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar Times via Phnom Penh Post: USAID project to expand to Myanmar</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/05/myanmar-times-via-phnom-penh-post-usaid-project-to-expand-to-myanmar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/05/myanmar-times-via-phnom-penh-post-usaid-project-to-expand-to-myanmar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[USAID is set to expand a US$24 million anti-malaria project into Myanmar, health officials said last week.The project, which aims to halt the spread of drug-resistant malaria, will draw on prevention, treatment and containment models developed in Cambodia. The project will be implemented by University Research Corp, which oversees USAID-funded projects in about 40 countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Kachin IDPs ‘suffering food shortage, disease’ – Joseph Allchin</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/30/democratic-voice-of-burma-kachin-idps-%e2%80%98suffering-food-shortage-disease%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-joseph-allchin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An area of Kachin state in northern Burma designated as off-limits to aid groups is suffering from major food shortages and spread of diseases, according to a report which claims to show “compelling evidence” of human rights violations committed by the Burmese military in the war-torn state.The US-based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) says the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karen Information Center: Burma Army arrest health workers – Nan Thoo Lei</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/10/kachin-information-center-burma-army-arrest-health-workers-%e2%80%93-nan-thoo-lei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/10/kachin-information-center-burma-army-arrest-health-workers-%e2%80%93-nan-thoo-lei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Burma Army in Papun Township has arrested two community health workers from the Back Pack Health Worker Team who were giving medical treatment to villagers in the area.The Back Pack Health Worker Team is an independent and non-profit organization that has been delivering primary health care for over 13 years to people in conflict [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar Times: Health ministry urges doctors to return home – Cherry Thein</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/18/myanmar-times-health-ministry-urges-doctors-to-return-home-%e2%80%93-cherry-thein/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/18/myanmar-times-health-ministry-urges-doctors-to-return-home-%e2%80%93-cherry-thein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Minister for Health has called on trained medical professionals living abroad to return to Myanmar and contribute their services to improve the health sector.Speaking at a meeting of the Myanmar Academy of Medical Science held at the University of Nursing on October 7, Dr Pe Thet Khin said President U Thein Sein, the government [...]]]></description>
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