Description:
"The Burmese regime?s protracted violent conflict with its ethnic
minorities has resulted in 2 million migrants and refugees settling
across the border in Thailand. In addition there are an estimated
600,000 internally displaced people in border regions within
Burma. For many, conventional health services are limited or unavailable.
This article reports on the use, preservation, and practice
of traditional Karen medicine among refugees and migrants along
the Thai?Burma border. Traditional health practitioners are adapting
their practices to meet refugee and migrants? changing needs,
creating options for sustainable community-based health services..."
Source/publisher:
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Date of Publication:
2012-00-00
Date of entry:
2015-10-21
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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