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Subject: the regime's forefront health care spent US 3 cents per capita!!!! 

hello spin master,

Please take a look at this. "Human Development In Myanmar: An Inernal
Report" prepared by the United Nations Working Group (Yangon, July 1998)
says, "Withing the social sectors, there has been a dramatic decline in the
allocations to health resulting a serious reduction in real per capita
spending on health" (pg. 30)

"Myanmar was spending 18.7 kyats per capita in 1985-86. By 1995-96, the
amount had been reduced to 6.9 kyats a year-- less than 3 US cents per year"
(pg. 30)

Military expenditure is 222 percent of combined education and health
expenditure. (pg. 33)

These data come from the statistics prepared by the regime's ministery.

It is a true fact that Burma has been ruined. Therefore, the World Bank
report said Burma is leading to a "state failure" if it is still going on
the same track without a political reform.

By the way, if you want to argue, please bring up statistic, not just words.

mzo

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> MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
> YANGON
>
> Information  Sheet
> No.B-1188 (I)                   20th December,1999
>
> (1) WHO has Recognized Health Care Services of Myanmar to be at the
Forefront
> in South-East Asia
>
>     The 28th Meeting of the National Health Committee
> took place in the meeting hall of the committee at the
> Ministry of Health on 19 December, addressed by
> Chairman of the National Health Committee Secretary-1
> of the State Peace and Development  Council Lt-Gen
> Khin Nyunt.  Also present at the meeting were member
> ministers of the committee, the Yangon Mayor, deputy
> ministers, the director of medical services, officials
> of the State Peace and Development Council Office,
> department heads and guests. In his address, the
> Secretary-1 said with respect to health care being
> dispensed in Myanmar, it is  found that some Western
> big nations are citing wrong data and figures sent by
> anti-Myanmar organizations, in their reports and
> publications  with the intention of putting pressure
> on Myanmar.  It is also found that organizations which
> do not want to  see the interests of Myanmar, are also
> sending  such data and figures to some UN agencies.
>     Ignoring efforts made by  the Myanmar Government  for
> public health care, these organizations are attempting
> to mislead  international community into thinking that
> diseases are widespread in rural areas due to lack of
> giving priority to health care in Myanmar, that the
> life expectancy of Myanmar people is getting lower as
> hospitals are outdated and systematic treatment can
> not be given and that the mortality rate of children
> is high. Therefore, the Ministry of Health and
> ministries dealing with UN agencies need to make
> systematic arrangements for feeding correct data and
> figures related to health  care being provided in
> Myanmar, to international community. The Government is
> using huge sums of money on building 300-bed hospitals
> and 200-bed hospitals and opening new specialist
> hospitals in states and divisions, providing medicine
> and medical  equipment, and assigning physicians  at
> hospitals.  The standard of health care provided in
> Upper Myanmar is to be on a par with  that in Lower
> Myanmar, specialist hospital, the traditional medicine
> hospital and the institute of nursing have been built
> in Mandalay.                    Next to the transport sector, the
> education and health sectors use the largest amount of
> funds in Myanmar. If they are stated with facts  and
> figures,  great improvements will be found.  Very
> recently, Myanmar  hosted the 17th Meeting of  Health
> Ministers of WHO  South-East Asia Region and the main
> topics discussed at  the meeting were roll back
> malaria, stop TB initiative, tobacco free initiative
> and the use of traditional medicine in health care
> system. It has so happened that these working
> programmes have been implemented resolutely in Myanmar
> before. WHO has recognized health care services of
> Myanmar to be at the forefront in South-East Asia. It
> can also be found that not only governmental
> organizations but also non-governmental organizations
> are actively taking part in providing health care
> services,  taking preventive measures, giving
> treatment and making efforts for reducing the gap of
> health  standard between  rural and urban areas. Since
> 1996, National Immunization Days activities have been
> launched, and it  can be found that the entire
> national people are participating  in the Five Year
> NIDs activities as a national movement and in giving
> polio vaccine to millions of under five-year-old
> children as well as  those from remote border areas.
>     In conclusion, the Secretary-1 urged all to make
> efforts for extensively feeding the international
> community the news about providing  health care
> services for national people of Myanmar by laying down
>  national health plans. Then, officials concerned
> reported on progress of work in implementing
> resolutions of the 27th National Health Committee
> Meeting, arrangements to purchase hospital equipment,
> curriculum for the diploma in traditional medicine,
> arrangements  for compiling facts about health and
> Myanmar medicine,  reorganization of the school health
> supervisory committee, arrangements for carrying out
> laboratory tests related to Virus C which can cause
> Hepatitis,  the drawing of Myanmar Medical Council Law
> (Draft), the opening of the efficiency promoting
> courses for doctors  and resolutions of the meeting of
> South-East Asian region of WHO.
>