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March 2009: Biking for Burma-$18,000 raised for child nutrition...READ MORE

March 2009: Backpack doctors risk Burma's wrath. San Francisco Chronicle article about GHAP's local partners on the Thai-Burma border.

November 2008: "Borderline Health" by Cathy Shufro. An article about the Mobile Obstetric Maternal Health Workers Project, for which GHAP provides technical support..

November 2008: "Measles Outbreaks Highlights Regime's Irresponsibility," The Irrawaddy, Nov 6 2008. An article about the Karen Department of Health and Welfare's Response to Measles outbreaks in Karen State..

November 2008: To view pictures from recent thai/burma border training click here.

September 2007: Prevalence of plasmodium falciparum in active conflict areas of eastern Burma: A summary of cross-sectional data.
Adam K Richards , Linda S Smith , Luke C Mullany , Catherine I Lee , Emily Whichard , Kristin E Banek , Mahn Mahn , Eh Kalu Schwe Oo and Thomas J Lee
[Conflict and Health 2007, 1:9]

September 2007: Application of population-based survey methodology to quantify associations between human rights violations and health outcomes in eastern Burma.
Luke C Mullany, Adam K Richards, Catherine I Lee, Voravit Suwanvanichkij, Cynthia Maung, Mahn Mahn, Chris Beyrer, Thomas J Lee
[In Press: J Epidemiol Community Health 2007;61:908-914]

July 2007: We have just returned from the China-Burma border training local partners to conduct an in-depth health survey and run a Malaria Control Program (MCP). View photos from our trip

July 2007: The Gathering Storm: Infectious Disease and Human Rights in Burma, a report by researchers from the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with assistance from GHAP

May 2007: Ride for World Health A tremendous group of cyclists completed their 3,700 mile trek across the country to raise awareness about world health issues. We are proud recipients of the fundraising efforts of the Ride for World Health.

January 2007: PC/GHAP, co-hosted the first ever infectious disease conference in Bangkok, Thailand, focused on Burma and its neighbors, in partnership with the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley and the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.



 
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