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WHO releases first disease surveillance reports in Myanmar |
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Written by ReliefWeb
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:56 |
(press release) Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date: 16 Jun 2008
SEA/PR/1471 New Delhi, 16 June, 2008: The World Health Organization and Health Cluster partners have released the first disease surveillance bulletin in cyclone affected areas based on the Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS). Between 1-7 June, 685 cases of acute respiratory infections, 117 cases of bloody diarrhoea, 542 cases of acute diarrhoea, 337 cases of trauma/injuries, 10 cases of measles, 5 cases of malaria and three cases of suspected dengue hemorrhagic fever were reported. |
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Myanmar: Cyclone survivors at increased risk because of Myanmar government's actions |
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Written by Amnesty International
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 00:00 |
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PRESS RELEASE Myanmar’s government is stepping up efforts to force survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and is keeping aid from reaching them, according to new research published by Amnesty International today. The government’s actions place tens of thousands of already vulnerable survivors at increased risk of death, disease and hunger. |
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It's legal, Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed, says US lawyer |
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Written by Earthtimes
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Friday, 23 May 2008 10:19 |
Posted : Fri, 23 May 2008 02:51:01 GMT
Author : DPA
Yangon - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed this weekend in accordance with the country's laws, a US lawyer announced Friday. Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize laureate who heads the National League for Democracy (NLD) opposition party in military-run Myanmar, has been under house detention since May 2003.
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ADRA is first to deliver aid to Myanmar's isolated Pyinsalu Islands |
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Written by ReliefWeb
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 00:00 |
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Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA)
Date: 20 May 2008 Silver Spring, Maryland--Traveling by boat, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) emergency response personnel have been reaching many stranded communities in the remote Pyinsalu islands in southern Myanmar's devastated Irrawaddy Delta, providing emergency aid, such as food, medical assistance for the injured and dehydrated, and basic relief supplies in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. |
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Statement of ALD on Kaladan Project |
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Written by Arakan League for Democracy (Exile)
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 00:00 |
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By Central Executive Committee, Headquarters Office Burmese generals, without consent and participation of Arakanese, had quietly formalized an agreement to launch an India-funded $135-million multi-modal transportation corridor linking north-east India with Rakhine¢s Sittwe port of Burma. An agreement reached between the two sides soon after Indian petroleum minister Muli Deora¢s visits to Burma in September 2007. |
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