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Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Separated by Borders: United By Need, An Assessment of Reproductive Health on the Thai-Burma Border
The region of eastern Burma is mired in conflict and human rights abuses. The former Myanmar military junta and the new civilian government, are responsible for widespread human rights violations throughout [...]
| | |Community-Based Assessment of Human Rights in a Complex Humanitarian Emergency: the Emergency Assistance Teams-Burma and Cyclone Nargis
Cyclone Nargis hit Burma on May 2, 2008, killing over 138,000 and affecting at least 2.4 million people. The Burmese military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), initially blocked international aid to storm victims, forcing community-based organizations such as the Emergency Assistance Teams-Burma (EAT) to fill the void, helping with cyclone relief and long-term reconstruction. Recognizing the need for independent monitoring of the human rights situation in cyclone-affected areas, particularly given censorship over storm relief coverage, EAT initiated such documentation efforts [...]
| | |From Rice Cooker to Autoclave at Dr. Cynthia’s Mae Tao Clinic
Twenty Years of Health, Human Rights and Community Development in the Midst of War
The book relates the oral history of the clinic as a tribute to our community, staff and supporters.
Stateless and Starving Persecuted Rohingya Flee Burma and Starve in Bangladesh
In recent months Bangladeshi authorities have waged an unprecedented campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion, and forced internment against Burmese refugees. In this emergency report Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) presents new data and documents dire conditions for these persecuted Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. PHR’s medical investigators warn that critical levels of acute malnutrition and [...]
| | |On the Edge of Survival
On the Edge of Survival released Chin Human Rights Group (CHRO) is a report about the rat infestation and food crisis in Chin State finds that food shortages have spread to seven townships in Chin State as well as parts of Sagaing Division [...]
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