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Border refugees still getting raw deal from health system
News, Published on 12/08/2013
» After decades of dedication in providing medical treatment for refugees along the Thai-Myanmar border, Myanmar doctor Cynthia Maung, Ramon Magsaysay Award winner and founder of the famed Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot of Tak, talks to PARITTA WANGKIAT about the current situation of public health among refugees, migrants, and undocumented people.
Group working to re-buy clinic land
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/08/2013
» A civil society group is negotiating to repurchase two plots of land in Tak that had been earmarked to house expansions to Mae Tao Clinic.
Rebel with a cause
Spectrum, Published on 04/08/2013
» When Lahpai Seng Raw, along with several other prominent Kachin, first started the Metta Foundation in 1998, she was faced with a humanitarian crisis in northern Myanmar and a lack of funds to deal with it.
Monk defends sale of Mae Tao clinic land
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/07/2013
» Embattled monk Phra Kittisak Kittisopano has defended his recent sale of a plot of land that is home to the Mae Tao clinic run by Ramon Magsaysay laureate Cynthia Maung.
Monk defends sale of Mae Tao clinic land
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/07/2013
» Embattled monk Phra Kittisak Kittisopano has defended his recent sale of a plot of land that is home to the Mae Tao clinic run by Ramon Magsaysay laureate Cynthia Maung.
Land dispute stalls Mae Tao upgrade
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/07/2013
» A land-sale dispute has stalled plans to upgrade facilities at the Mae Tao clinic, its founder Cynthia Maung said yesterday.
Suu Kyi: Release Pussy Riot singers
AFP, Published on 21/09/2012
» Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, on a landmark visit to the United States, called Thursday for the release of jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
Tablets pep up classroom life
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 01/09/2012
» Wichai, a first-grade student from Myanmar at Ban Wang Yai School in Kanchanaburi's Sai Yok district next to the Myanmar border, has enjoyed every minute of a maths game played on a tablet computer.
Pilgrimage of pain for sick
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 08/07/2012
» Mary Boullier's pale fingers probe the swollen skin surrounding the barely opened slit that remains of nine-year-old Tin Tin's left eye and says, "We don't know what is causing the swelling around her eye, but when Tin Tin was admitted here she had severe anaemia. If it was left untreated it could have caused heart failure."
Thai support crucial for building better border health services
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/06/2012
» Myanmar continues to face a chronic humanitarian crisis, even in ceasefire areas, said Dr Cynthia Maung, founder of Mae Tao Clinic in Tak.