WHO has Recognized Health Care Serv

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Subject: WHO has Recognized Health Care Services of Myanmar to be at the Forefront in South-East Asia

SOURCE: Information  Sheet?@No.B-1188 (I) 20th December,1999
          MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE?@YANGON

WHO has Recognized Health Care Services of Myanmar to be at the Forefront 
in South-East Asia 

     The 28th Meeting of the National Health Committee
took place in the meeting hall of the committee at the
Ministry of Health on 19 December, addressed by
Chairman of the National Health Committee Secretary-1
of the State Peace and Development  Council Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt.  Also present at the meeting were member
ministers of the committee, the Yangon Mayor, deputy
ministers, the director of medical services, officials
of the State Peace and Development Council Office,
department heads and guests. In his address, the
Secretary-1 said with respect to health care being
dispensed in Myanmar, it is  found that some Western
big nations are citing wrong data and figures sent by
anti-Myanmar organizations, in their reports and
publications  with the intention of putting pressure
on Myanmar.  It is also found that organizations which
do not want to  see the interests of Myanmar, are also
sending  such data and figures to some UN agencies. 
    Ignoring efforts made by  the Myanmar Government  for
public health care, these organizations are attempting
to mislead  international community into thinking that
diseases are widespread in rural areas due to lack of
giving priority to health care in Myanmar, that the
life expectancy of Myanmar people is getting lower as
hospitals are outdated and systematic treatment can
not be given and that the mortality rate of children
is high. Therefore, the Ministry of Health and
ministries dealing with UN agencies need to make
systematic arrangements for feeding correct data and
figures related to health  care being provided in
Myanmar, to international community. The Government is
using huge sums of money on building 300-bed hospitals
and 200-bed hospitals and opening new specialist
hospitals in states and divisions, providing medicine
and medical  equipment, and assigning physicians  at
hospitals.  The standard of health care provided in
Upper Myanmar is to be on a par with  that in Lower
Myanmar, specialist hospital, the traditional medicine
hospital and the institute of nursing have been built
in Mandalay.  Next to the transport sector, the
education and health sectors use the largest amount of
funds in Myanmar. If they are stated with facts  and
figures,  great improvements will be found.  Very
recently, Myanmar  hosted the 17th Meeting of  Health
Ministers of WHO  South-East Asia Region and the main
topics discussed at  the meeting were roll back
malaria, stop TB initiative, tobacco free initiative
and the use of traditional medicine in health care
system. It has so happened that these working
programmes have been implemented resolutely in Myanmar
before. WHO has recognized health care services of
Myanmar to be at the forefront in South-East Asia. It
can also be found that not only governmental
organizations but also non-governmental organizations
are actively taking part in providing health care
services,  taking preventive measures, giving
treatment and making efforts for reducing the gap of
health  standard between  rural and urban areas. Since
1996, National Immunization Days activities have been
launched, and it  can be found that the entire
national people are participating  in the Five Year
NIDs activities as a national movement and in giving
polio vaccine to millions of under five-year-old 
children as well as  those from remote border areas. 
    In conclusion, the Secretary-1 urged all to make
efforts for extensively feeding the international 
community the news about providing  health care
services for national people of Myanmar by laying down
 national health plans. Then, officials concerned
reported on progress of work in implementing
resolutions of the 27th National Health Committee
Meeting, arrangements to purchase hospital equipment,
curriculum for the diploma in traditional medicine,
arrangements  for compiling facts about health and
Myanmar medicine,  reorganization of the school health
supervisory committee, arrangements for carrying out
laboratory tests related to Virus C which can cause
Hepatitis,  the drawing of Myanmar Medical Council Law
(Draft), the opening of the efficiency promoting
courses for doctors  and resolutions of the meeting of
South-East Asian region of WHO.

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