FEATURE - Malaria, drug-resistant TB flourish in Myanmar


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 May 2007

MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - Simmering civil war, fake drugs and a non-existent health service in Myanmar are creating the perfect breeding ground for new, drug-resistant strains of killer diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. 

While the most immediate threat beyond Myanmar's borders is to Thailand, home to a large migrant and refugee population from the military-ruled former Burma, the long-term implications of neglect could be felt right across the globe, experts say. 

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