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	Burma (Myanmar): First Aid Post to be Built on Yangon-Naypyitaw Expressway
	Mizzima: The Singapore Red Cross Society is helping to finance a first aid station, complete with two ambulances, on the Yangon– Naypyitaw Expressway, according to a report by May Wong for Channel News Asia (CNA). The highway is notorious as one of the most dangerous roads in Myanmar, many drivers ignoring the 100 km/p/h speed limit. The 397-km journey between the former and the current capitals usually takes about five hours.
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	Burma (Myanmar): MRCS Ppens Nay Pyi Taw Highway Aid Station
	The 115-mile rest area on the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw Highway now houses a 24-hour pre-hospital care and ambulance station operated by the Myanmar Red Cross Society, a spokesperson said on February 25. The post will cut the time it takes for ambulances and healthcare to reach crash sites, the society’s deputy secretary general, DrAungKyawHtut, said on February 26. “Many traffic accidents happen on this highway. And many people have died unnecessarily due to delays in getting them to hospital or by delivering them to hospital in poor transport,” he said. “If they receive first aid [at the scene] and are referred to the hos
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	Burma (Myanmar): NLD to Propose New Healthcare Policy Including Running Medical Emergency
	The National League for Democracy will draft a new national health policy and submit it to the government for consideration, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said second week of April. Work on the new policy would be led by the NLD, the network’s chairman, Dr Tin Myo Win, said at the ceremony. The National Health Network will also seek international input for drafting the policy. “To make the program more effective, we are inviting consultants from foreign countries, such as India, Singapore and Thailand,” said Dr Mya Thaung, the network’s vice chairman. The National Health Network’s stated goals include raising standards
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	Burma (Myanmar): Myanmar Steps Up Preparation Against Possible Storm 'Mahasen' Strike
	The President's Office of Myanmar has formed a 23-member National Natural Disaster Preparedness Central Committee, the next move in wake of possible strike on the country by severe cyclonic storm Mahasen in the next 48 hours. According to an announcement of the office published on May 15 Wednesday, the committee was set up with the Second Vice President as Chairman involving some 19 ministers, aimed at carrying out preparedness and safety measures for possible danger of natural disaster in the country and ensuring prompt and effective risk response in time of emergency, the announcement said.The committee is tasked to lay out policy and dire
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	Burma (Myanmar): Myanmar Allows UN to Deliver Emergency Aid to Displaced People in Kachin
	Yangon: The United Nations said on June 14 that it had been allowed by the Myanmar government to deliver emergency aid to displaced people in rebel-held territory in the northern state of Kachin for the first time in nearly a year. A 10-truck UN-led convoy left on June 12 Wednesday with food and other essential items for about 5,000 of the tens of thousands of people displaced by two years of violence in the far north of the former military-ruled country. "It is crucial for this convoy to be the first of many, and that regular and unimpeded access to all people displaced in Kachin State is sustained," he added.
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Burma (Myanmar): First Aid Post to be Built on Yangon-Naypyitaw Expressway

Burma (Myanmar): MRCS Ppens Nay Pyi Taw Highway Aid Station

Burma (Myanmar): NLD to Propose New Healthcare Policy Including Running Medical Emergency

Burma (Myanmar): Myanmar Steps Up Preparation Against Possible Storm 'Mahasen' Strike

Burma (Myanmar): Myanmar Allows UN to Deliver Emergency Aid to Displaced People in Kachin

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