MYANMAR: Health crisis amid conflict - new report

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A new report by NGOs indicates health conditions in conflict-affected eastern Myanmar are dire, with women and children suffering most. According to "Diagnosis: Critical", a survey of 5,754 households by health organizations working in the Thai border town of Mae Sot and others from neighbouring Myanmar, health conditions in eastern Myanmar have deteriorated due to constant conflict and persistent state neglect.

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IRIN_ humanitarian news and analysis

Date of Publication: 

2010-10-19

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2010-10-22

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English

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