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	<title>Burmanet &#187; Health</title>
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	<description>A listserv covering Burma</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>
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		<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>
		<comments>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/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>IRIN News: Myanmar: Improving maternal and childcare in the east</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/irin-news-myanmar-improving-maternal-and-childcare-in-the-east/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/17/irin-news-myanmar-improving-maternal-and-childcare-in-the-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mae Sot – In conflict-afflicted eastern Myanmar, until recently obstetric care was often crude, unsterile and dangerous for both mother and child, health experts say. When labour pains began, traditional birth attendants routinely pushed the woman&#8217;s stomach, sometimes injuring or killing the baby; others used sharp slivers of bamboo, which had been cleaned with charcoal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Light of Myanmar: Myanmar medical professionals urged to suggest in time for improvement by reviewing cause and effects of health sector based on science and technological development</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/11/new-light-of-myanmar-myanmar-medical-professionals-urged-to-suggest-in-time-for-improvement-by-reviewing-cause-and-effects-of-health-sector-based-on-science-and-technological-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/11/new-light-of-myanmar-myanmar-medical-professionals-urged-to-suggest-in-time-for-improvement-by-reviewing-cause-and-effects-of-health-sector-based-on-science-and-technological-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nay Pyi Taw &#8211; Myanmar Academy of Medical Science has been formed for 12 years; and in reviewing its tasks, the executive committees and members have made concerted efforts for achieving success to some extent, said Union Minister for Health Dr Pe Thet Khin at the Annual General Meeting of the Myanmar Academy of Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangkok Post: MSF fears for migrant health</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/06/bangkok-post-msf-fears-for-migrant-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/06/bangkok-post-msf-fears-for-migrant-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[International medical aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has expressed &#8220;deep concern&#8221; about the health of migrant workers in Thailand as it confirmed that it would pull out of the country. &#8220;MSF is deeply concerned about their fate but sadly has not reached an agreement with the [Thai] authorities to contribute to improving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Guardian (UK): HIV/Aids overseas budget to be cut back by almost a third – Mark Tran and Claire Provost</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/05/the-guardian-uk-hivaids-overseas-budget-to-be-cut-back-by-almost-a-third-%e2%80%93-mark-tran-and-claire-provost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/05/the-guardian-uk-hivaids-overseas-budget-to-be-cut-back-by-almost-a-third-%e2%80%93-mark-tran-and-claire-provost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain reducing bilateral aid for projects in developing nations from nearly £60m to £41m in next four years.Britain is cutting back bilateral aid for HIV and Aids projects in developing countries by almost a third over the next four years, according to data from the Department for International Development. Overall spending by DfiD on HIV/Aids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agence France Presse: Aid group MSF quits Thailand over ‘govt interference’</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/04/agence-france-presse-aid-group-msf-quits-thailand-over-%e2%80%98govt-interference%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/04/agence-france-presse-aid-group-msf-quits-thailand-over-%e2%80%98govt-interference%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Border]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok – A major international medical aid group said on Monday it was pulling out of Thailand after 36 years because of government interference, leaving thousands of migrants without access to a doctor. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said in June it had to close two projects, which it said treated around 55,000 mainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Hundreds hit by dysentery in Mandalay – Shwe Aung</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/29/democratic-voice-of-burma-hundreds-hit-by-dysentery-in-mandalay-%e2%80%93-shwe-aung/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/29/democratic-voice-of-burma-hundreds-hit-by-dysentery-in-mandalay-%e2%80%93-shwe-aung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people are believed to have been hit by an outbreak of dysentery and influenza in Mandalay city in central Burma as hospitals struggle to cope with the burden. A resident of the city, home to just over a million people, told DVB that the illness had spread in the densely populated downtown areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Light of Myanmar: Health department signs MoU with INGOs</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/29/new-light-of-myanmar-health-department-signs-mou-with-ingos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/29/new-light-of-myanmar-health-department-signs-mou-with-ingos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NAY PYI TAW — A ceremony to sign MoU between the department of Health under the Ministry of Health and INGOs took place at the ministry here yesterday noon. Director-General of the health department Dr Tun Naing Oo delivered a speech, and signed the MoU with INGOs—Care Myanmar, CESVI, Malteser International, World Vision (Myanmar), AMI, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzima News: Médecins Sans Frontières to withdraw from Thailand – Kun Chan</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/23/mizzima-news-medecins-sans-frontieres-to-withdraw-from-thailand-%e2%80%93-kun-chan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Border]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chiang Mai – An important source for medical and health services for Burmese refugees and migrant workers, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has announced it will withdraw its services in Thailand. No date was given when the announcement was made in Bangkok on Tuesday.The health group, which had 41 staff in Thailand in 2010, has been [...]]]></description>
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