Poor health care system plagues Myanmar
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They travel for days though checkpoints, across dangerous roads and past Myanmar's bribe-hungry soldiers to make it to the Thai border. They're not refugees fleeing the junta Â they simply want to see a doctor.
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One billion people in tropical countries are still suffering from debilitating and disfiguring diseases associated with poverty, but many remain untreated due to official neglect, health officials said on Wednesday.
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The health of about 2 billion of the world's poor is being damaged because they lack access to clean energy, like electricity, and face exposure to smoke from open fires, scientists said on Thursday.
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Many people who rely on government health insurance for the poor have to search harder to find a doctor and increasingly are going to large practices, a study shows.
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One of the biggest reasons that very poor countries can&#39;t provide decent education and health care is that they are stuck in a cycle of debt owed to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and regional development banks, much of it dating to the
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BANGKOKâThe demise of Myanmar premier Khin Nyunt spells fresh misfortune for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her prospects for freedom and the country
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Aung San Suu Kyi's pleas are  falling on deaf ears these days.
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Areas of the health service in Wales are performing worse since being run by the Welsh assembly, a report says.
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Poverty in Burma is getting worse and many who need aid are not getting it, a senior UN official warns.
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Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance Friday on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid global pressure for reform following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent.
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MAE SOT, Thailand -- They travel for days though checkpoints, across dangerous roads and past Myanmar's bribe-hungry soldiers to make it to the Thai border. They're not refugees fleeing the junta _ they simply want to see a doctor.
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A critical global shortage of health workers is getting worse, prompting a &quot;fatal migration&quot; of desperately needed doctors and nurses from poor countries
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The state has an unusually high number of people with no health insurance, doctors are hard to come by and safety nets are eroding.
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An increase in chronic diseases in China is due to poor nutritional knowledge and a lack of educational programs, health officials say.
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Child mortality rates are spiraling in parts of Asia because of financially crippled public health care systems, a U.N. report said on Friday.
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Nearly half of District residents, many with chronic diseases, live in areas with a critical shortage of doctors to provide basic care.