Beyond the International Spotlight, Critical Health Needs in Myanmar Remain Unmet

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"...The people of Myanmar cannot wait until the next big disaster for their critical health needs to be recognized; both the government of Myanmar and the international community urgently need to act in order prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths..."...contains a 6-minute podcast: "MSF Frontline Reports - Myanmar Cyclone Emergency II May 2008" and a slide show: "A Preventable Fate: The Failure of HIV/AIDS Treatment in Myanmar... Thousands of people are needlessly dying due to a severe lack of lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment in Myanmar. Unable to continue shouldering the primary responsibility for responding to one of Asia?s worst HIV crises, MSF insists that the government of Myanmar and international organizations urgently and rapidly scale-up the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART)."

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"Top ten humanitarian crises of 2008" Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders)

Date of Publication: 

2008-12-22

Date of entry: 

2010-10-26

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English

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