Irrawaddy: Kachin refugees suffering from preventable disease – Saw Yan Naing

31 January 2012, 12:33 pm

Humanitarian workers in northern Burma have expressed deep concern about the health conditions of thousands of war refugees in Kachin State who have been displaced along the Sino-Burmese border for eight months. Aid workers said that preventable illnesses caused by unsanitary conditions and cold weather are taking their toll on more than 45,000 internally displaced [...]... Read More »

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