Myanmar: I have defeated TB and I wish the same for other patients
“I was sick, and the cough didn't go away, even after I got better. I was diagnosed with drug-sensitive tuberculosis (DSTB), and I took medication for...
Tuberculosis (TB)
Myanmar
Myanmar: Community Health Workers struggle to respond amid severe restrictions in Rakhine state
A new wave of fighting has gripped Myanmar over the past two months. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing medical hum...
War and conflict
Myanmar
Myanmar: Monsoon season increases challenges for delivery of mobile clinics
The rain was loud. Conversations were dulled by the sound.Despite the heavy rain, today I was joining the team running one of the weekly mobile primar...
Myanmar
We stay: The life of the Rohingya in Myanmar
The Rohingya people have been facing persecution in Myanmar for decades. This humanitarian crisis was further compounded when the military took over i...
Rohingya refugee crisis
Myanmar
Myanmar: 17 Rohingya killed in capsized boat
We are devastated to hear about the needless deaths of at least 17 Rohingya off the coast of Myanmar after the boat they set sail in from Sittwe last ...
Rohingya refugee crisis
Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders office in Yangon becomes makeshift clinic amid Myanmar's collapsing health system
The violence and intimidation committed by security forces in Myanmar is creating a climate of fear and disrupting HIV patients' access to life-saving...
War and conflict
HIV/AIDS
Myanmar
Myanmar: Hope and solidarity in the midst of crisis
The sweet fragrance of jasmine flowers strung across the rearview mirror of a taxi I was in offered the only sense of familiarity in a country that ha...
