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Action for Shan State Rivers via Youtube
Date of publication:
2016-09-28
Description:
"A new documentary film launched by Action for Shan State Rivers (On 28 Sept 2016) reveals the unique natural beauty of the ?Thousand Island” area along the Pang River tributary of the Salween, currently threatened by plans to build the giant Mong Ton dam in southern Shan State, Burma.
The film, ?Drowning a Thousand Islands,” takes viewers into the remote Kunhing area of central Shan State, out of bounds for decades due to the ongoing conflict. Drone footage provides bird?s eye panoramas of hitherto unseen waterfalls, rapids and ancient temples nestled among the countless islands in the Pang river.
Local farmers and fisherfolk recount the area?s rich cultural history, and the devastating impacts of the Burma Army?s scorched earth campaigns over a decade ago, evidence of which is shown in rare archival footage. Refugees who fled to Thailand at that time, and still dare not return, are also interviewed."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Shan (Burmese sub-titles)
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Source/publisher:
Action for Shan State Rivers via Youtube
Date of publication:
2016-09-28
Description:
"A new documentary film launched by Action for Shan State Rivers (28 Sept 2016) reveals the unique natural beauty of the ?Thousand Island” area along the Pang River tributary of the Salween, currently threatened by plans to build the giant Mong Ton dam in southern Shan State.
The film, ?Drowning a Thousand Islands,” takes viewers into the remote Kunhing area of central Shan State, out of bounds for decades due to the ongoing conflict. Drone footage provides bird?s eye panoramas of hitherto unseen waterfalls, rapids and ancient temples nestled among the countless islands in the Pang river.
Local farmers and fisherfolk recount the area?s rich cultural history, and the devastating impacts of the Burma Army?s scorched earth campaigns over a decade ago, evidence of which is shown in rare archival footage. Refugees who fled to Thailand at that time, and still dare not return, are also interviewed..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Shan, English sub-titles
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Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship
Date of publication:
2016-09-00
Description:
Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship: Mission Statement
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"The Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship — လှတျလပျသော မွနျမာ့ သုတသေန ဂြာနယျ — is a new, open access, digital journal of humanities (history and literary criticism) and social sciences. It aims at fostering the development of vigorous, critical, and independent research of the highest quality on Burma by scholars both in Burma and abroad. The Journal will be published in Burmese, with full text or summary translations in a second language (i.e., one of the major languages of world scholarship or one of the non-Burman written languages of Burma).
The editors hope to promote scholarly excellence by a system of peer review, editorial advice, and by supplying authors with digital copies of related research not easily otherwise available to them. We envision publishing bi-annually, often on particular themes selected by the editors and announced in advance.
We encourage submissions by young scholars and aspiring amateurs as well as established academics. All authors? work will be held in the strictest confidence by the editors and their identities will be protected under a pen name if they so wish. We hope that the Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship will help both create and display the fruits of a growing, independent, and assertive scholarly community."....August 2016
Volume 1, no. 1 -
?Special Issue on Poverty”
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-28
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Bibliographies and online documents of individual Burma/Myanmar scholars, Abstracts, bibliographies, scholarly journals, libraries, institutes, universities, other research tools
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Thabyay Education Foundation (TEF)
Description:
"At Thabyay Education Foundation (TEF), we believe that quality education for all is the fulcrum for the development of peaceful, socially just, democratic and prosperous societies. Since we were founded in 1996, we have worked to support people from Myanmar to access the education and professional development opportunities that they need to help their society achieve these goals.
The individuals and organizations that we support play prominent roles in the development of many keys sectors of Myanmar society, including education, healthcare, law, human rights, women?s empowerment, environmental protection, community development, food security, livelihoods, social work, disability services and empowerment, peace building and reconciliation, media and journalism and youth development..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-26
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Phandeeyar
Description:
"Phandeeyar [based in Yangon] is an ICT hub that is designed to support social innovation, civictech and ICT4D/M4D in Myanmar. Phandeeyar brings the tech community together with others who are moving Myanmar forward ? such as civil society organizations, social enterprises and independent media ? to build the digital tools, platforms and content to accelerate change and development.
Phandeeyar, which means ?creation place”, was born out of Code for Change Myanmar. Code for Change Myanmar organized a series of hackathons in 2014 that focussed on building tech solutions to social problems and solutions for small and medium businesses. We wanted to carry forward the enthusiasm from the budding tech community that came to participate in the hackathons and create a permanent space for innovation that has a wider social impact."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-19
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Institute
Description:
"Founding:
The Institute was founded in August 2013 in accordance with the resolution of representatives of ethnic organisations and civil society organizations (CSOs) in December 2012 in Chiangmai...
Vision:
A just, equitable, democratic and pluralistic Pyidaungsu...
Mission:
To provide impartial and independent spaces for building common understanding, resources and assistance to communities in building the Pyidaungsu...
Values:
1) Grounded in relevant and factual information;
2) Directed and managed by participants in building the Pyidaungsu;
3) Focused to support needs identified by the participants..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-12
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
TED 2012
Date of publication:
2012-02-00
Description:
"Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future."..... James Hansen
Climatologist.
"James Hansen has made key insights into our global climate — and inspired a generation of activists and scientists."
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James Hansen
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English (+ 30 subtitle languages)
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Source/publisher:
NASA
Description:
"NASA is a world leader in climate studies and Earth science. While its role is not to set climate policy or prescribe particular responses or solutions to climate change, its purview does include providing the robust scientific data needed to understand climate change. NASA then makes this information available to the global community ? the public, policy- and decision-makers and scientific and planning agencies around the world.".....
Key Points:
* Responding to climate change involves a two-pronged approach: reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (?mitigation”); and adapting to the climate change already in the pipeline (?adaptation”).
* You can follow NASA?s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), NASA?s Megacities Carbon Project and this website?s Energy Innovations section to learn what the agency is doing to help better understand climate change.
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-11
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Office of the UN High Commisioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Description:
Standards, mechanisms, publications, links, other resources...."The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-11
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
World Food Programme (WFP)
Date of publication:
2016-07-00
Description:
"WFP
is closely coordinating
with the Government
and partners in assessing food needs
of
populations
affected by recent floods across Myanmar and
stands ready to provide an
immediate response, if
needed
*
In July,
WFP
continued assisting
233,460
IDPs with
cash or in-kind food assistance in Kachin, Rakhine
and northern Shan States."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food
Date of publication:
2016-09-06
Description:
Description:
"The challenge of moving towards a more sustainable food system ? and more sustainable eating patterns as part of that ? has for too long been seen in terms of producing better ?things? ? breeds, seeds, energy efficient kit. But we have these things, or at least enough of them for now. What we need to do now is to pay more attention (and money) to the ?glue? that binds these things together ? to the relationships among people, institutions and societies, says Tara Garnett, of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, in a policy briefing on sustainable eating."
Tara Garnett
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Youtube
Description:
Results from a search on Youtube for "Suu Kyi"
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Aung San Suu Kyi (videos)
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
Google
Description:
About 142,000 results (September 2016)
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-03
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Youtube
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-03
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
Youtube
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-03
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera via Youtube
Date of publication:
2014-12-29
Description:
"Mexico may be hitting the perfect storm when it opens its energy resources to foreign investors...
Against the backdrop of Mexico?s ever-widening gap between rich and poor, growing violence, and stalled economy, President Enrique Pena Nieto has passed a series of economic reforms.
Under these reforms, Mexico?s oil, which was expropriated from foreign interests 75 years ago, is now for sale to private, international companies.
NAFTA has had a very bright side but also has had a very dark side?the dark side of globalisation has been organised crime.
Edgardo Buscaglia, author, ?State Vacuums in Mexico?
The reforms are the most divisive the country has seen in a century. Thousands are protesting against them, saying the new regulations could bring the nation to a tipping point as organised crime and violence would spiral out of control.
When it comes to big business and drilling for oil, Mexico?s farmers are the most vulnerable.
Twenty years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which opened Mexico up to trade with the US and Canada, led to the collapse of agriculture, and paved the way to the privatization of oil.
The operations of Mexico?s state-owned oil company, Pemex, have never been entirely transparent, and communities have been crippled by oil disasters. For instance, in October 2013, the state of Tabasco experienced its worst oil disaster when a drill site exploded and burned for 55 days, contaminating the surrounding land and water. Villagers closest to the site say they are suffering from health problems and have lost their livestock. They say Pemex has never accepted responsibility for the accident, nor has it offered any compensation.
People who appear in this film, including lawyers working with communities affected by the oil industry, estimate things are likely to get worse when foreign companies start drilling. Mexican human rights lawyer Efrain Rodriguez Leon says, "if Pemex committed all of these injustices, we can?t imagine what abuses our indigenous brothers will suffer at the hands of these private companies."
With multinationals poised to come, Mexican farmers stand to lose their livelihoods and land, because the new reforms allow companies to drill and occupy areas wherever there is oil.
In Crude harvest: selling Mexico?s oil, we meet the victims of oil drilling and free trade, and examine what could happen when foreign investors move in"
Filmmakers: Paul Sapin, Verity Oswin
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Spanish, English
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Source/publisher:
Asia Foundation
Date of publication:
2016-08-18
Description:
စာတမ်း အကျဉ်းချုပ်
ဤအစီရင်ခံစာသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ပြည်သူ့စစ်များ၏ သမိုင်းနောက်ခံနှင့် လက်ရှိပဋိပက္ခကို ဖြေရှင်းရာတွင် ပြည်သူ့စစ်များကပေးသော စိန်ခေါ်မှု
များကို တင်ပြထားခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့အများစုသည် မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော်နှင့် မဟာမိတ်ဖွဲ့ထားကြသည်။ အခြားပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့
အနည်းငယ်ကမူ တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အုပ်စုများကို ကူညီနေကြသည်။ ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များ၏ မူရင်းတာဝန်မှာ ၎င်းတို့၏ ရပ်ရွာလူထု
အပေါ် လုံခြုံရေးပေးရန်ဖြစ်ပြီး အချို့ကမူ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခတွင် တက်ကြွစွာပါဝင်လျက်ရှိသည်။ ၂၀၁၁ ခုနှစ်တွင် သမ္မတ
ဦးသိန်းစိန် ဦးဆောင်သော တစ်စိတ်တစ်ပိုင်း ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်အစိုးရ အာဏာရလာသောအခါ နှစ်ပေါင်းခြောက်ဆယ်ကျော်ကြာ လက်နက်ကိုင်
ပဋိပက္ခကို ဖြေရှင်းရန်ရည်မှန်းကာ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်ကို စတင်ခဲ့သည်။ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်သည် အရေးပါလှသော ပစ်ခတ်
တိုက်ခိုက်မှု ရပ်စဲခြင်းများ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာစေပြီး ပိုမိုကျယ်ပြန့်သော သက်ဆိုင်သူ အမျိုးမျိုးပါဝင်သော နိုင်ငံရေးတွေ့ဆုံဆွေးနွေးမှုအဆင့်သို့
မကြာမီက ရောက်ရှိလာခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သည်။ ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ လက်ရှိ ပဋိပက္ခများတွင် အခန်းကဏ္ဍတစ်ခုမှ ပါဝင်နေသော်လည်း
ပဋိပက္ခ ကို ခွဲခြမ်းစိတ်ဖြာသုံးသပ်ရာတွင်လည်းကောင်း၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်တွင် လည်းကောင်း၊ ပြည်သူ့စစ်များနှင့်ဆိုင်သော ကိစ္စရပ်မှာ
ဘေးဖယ် ထားခြင်းခံနေရသည်။
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးတည်ဆောက်မှု ကြိုးပမ်းရာတွင် ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များက စိန်ခေါ်မှုအချို့ပေးကြသည်။ ပထမတစ်ချက်မှာ ပြည်သူ့စစ်
အဖွဲ့များနှင့်ပတ်သက်သော သတင်းအချက်အလက်များကို အကန့်အသတ်နှင့်သာ ရရှိနိုင်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ ထို့အတွက်ကြောင့် ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များ
မည်သို့လှုပ်ရှားနေသည်၊ အရေအတွက်မည်မျှရှိသည်၊ ပဋိပက္ခများတွင် မည်သည့်ကဏ္ဍမှပါဝင်နေသည် အစရှိသော အခြေခံအချက်များကို
ကောင်းစွာသိရှိနားလည်နိုင်ခြင်း မရှိတော့ပေ။ ဒုတိယတစ်ချက်မှာ ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များသည် လက်နက်တပ်ဆင်ထားကာ အရေအတွက်
အတော်များများရှိနေပြီး လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများတွင် တက်ကြွသောကဏ္ဍမှ ပါဝင်နေသည်။ သို့သော်လည်း ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်တွင်
ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များနှင့် ထိတွေ့မှု၊ ၎င်းတို့၏ကဏ္ဍကို ဆွေးနွေးမှုမှာ အကန့်အသတ် ရှိနေဆဲပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ များသောအားဖြင့် ၎င်းတို့သည်
တပ်မတော် သို့မဟုတ် တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အုပ်စုများ၏ လက်အောက်ခံဟု ယူဆရသည်။ တတိယတစ်ခုမှာ အပစ်ရပ်အဖွဲ့များကို
တပ်မတော်က ၎င်း၏ ပြည်သူ့စစ်စနစ်အတွင်းသို့ သွတ်သွင်းမှုသည် ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များကို နိုင်ငံရေးကိစ္စအပေါ် ဦးလှည့်လာစေသည်။ မကြာ
သေးမီက အပစ်ရပ်အဖွဲ့များအား ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များအဖြစ်သို့ အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲခဲ့မှုသည် တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အုပ်စုများ၏ စစ်ရေး
အင်အားကို လျှော့ချမှုနှင့် ပတ်သက်နေသည်။ သို့သော် တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အုပ်စုအချို့သည် ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များအဖြစ် အသွင်ပြောင်း
ရန် အဆိုပြုချက်ကို လက်ခံခြင်းမပြုဘဲ တပ်မတော်နှင့် နိုင်ငံရေးတွေ့ဆုံဆွေးနွေးရေးကိုသာ ဦးစားပေးလိုကြသည်။ အဆိုပါစိန်ခေါ်မှုများကို
သဘောပေါက်နားလည်ရန်သည် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးတည်ဆောက်ရန် ကြိုးပမ်းရာတွင် အရေးကြီးသည်။
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ တရားဝင်ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်၏ အပြင်ဖက်တွင် ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့ပေါင်းစုံ လှုပ်ရှားနေမှုကြောင့် စိန်ခေါ်မှုများရှိနေသည့်အလျှောက်
ပြည်သူ့စစ်အဖွဲ့များအား ပိုမိုစနစ်တကျ လေ့လာရန်နှင့် ပဋိပက္ခမှ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးသို့ အသွင်
John Buchanan
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
United Nations Childrfen?s Fund (UNICEF)
Description:
News stories, reports.
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-01
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times"
Date of publication:
2016-09-01
Description:
Substantial coverage of the Conference. Includes full reports on and texts of speeches..."Welcome to ?The Myanmar Times? coverage of the Union Peace Conference, the cornerstone effort of the new National League for Democracy government-led peace process. Dubbed the ?21st Century Panglong Conference? in reference to the landmark 1947 summit led by independence hero Bogyoke Aung San, the Union Peace Conference will be held in Nay Pyi Taw over 5 days, beginning August 31, and will bring together armed ethnic groups, political parties, military officials, and government representatives.
The NLD campaigned heavily on the importance of "national reconciliation" and has identified the peace process as bedrock effort of its opening agenda, but the new government has also indicated that it sees the conference as only a starting point in an ongoing political dialogue with Myanmar?s many ethnic and military players.
Scroll below to see our live coverage, or click here to read background and analysis.
You can also stream the opening of today?s Panglong conference on MRTV here!..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Panglong Peace Conference
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"Democratic Voice of Burma" (DVB)
Date of publication:
2016-08-26
Description:
"Next Wednesday Burma will hold the ?21st Century Panglong Conference” — the latest step in the country?s long peace process. It will be a moment imbued with symbolism.
In 1947, Aung San Suu Kyi?s father, General Aung San, led the Burma delegation at the first Panglong Conference which reached a breakthrough agreement with three armed groups and is still etched in the popular memory of the country today. A lot is at stake with this Panglong Conference. As with the peace process generally in Burma, this is the opportunity to transform the country, into a state the people of Burma have wanted for several decades. But to do so it must be fully inclusive.
Getting all of the ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) to the table is a major challenge in itself. There remain three groups, still in active combat, that were excluded from discussions on the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and how they will participate in the Panglong Conference is still confusing. There has been much focus on the inclusion of these groups and this is important, especially given human rights violations which are particularly prevalent in areas of continuing conflict.
But inclusivity is about more than just political players; it is also about all stakeholders. Experiences in other countries have shown time and time again the need for women to play an equal part, for grassroots organisations and civil society to have a strong voice and for information to be freely available for the people to follow developments. These are the ingredients for a sustainable, inclusive process which can propel the country forward and into the prosperous future for all.
Unfortunately, during my recent visit to Burma I saw signs that the peace process risked neglecting these fundamental aspects. Burma has only a couple of days before the Panglong Conference and quick changes should be made to ensure these vital aspects are addressed..."
Yanghee Lee
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-31
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Panglong Peace Conference
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2016-08-31
Description:
"The 21st Century Panglong conference is a symbolic step toward peace and national reconciliation, but huge challenges remain....It?s been a long time since the guns of war were silent in Myanmar.
Fighting erupted within months of independence in 1948, when the Communist Party of Burma launched an armed rebellion against the government. Since then, numerous armed groups have formed, allied and splintered, leading to one of the world?s most complex and long-running civil wars.
The military coup in 1988 ushered in a period of respite. The following year, the head of Military Intelligence, Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt, began negotiating a series of ceasefire agreements. In reality most were ?gentlemen?s agreements”; one of the only formal ceasefires was signed with the Kachin Independence Organisation in February 1994.
Many of the groups that signed the agreements were allowed to keep their arms and maintain some form of territorial control. But the lack of a substantive political settlement left the process vulnerable to backsliding into conflict.
The arrival of the Thein Sein-led government in 2011 marked a new and more ambitious phase, in which a multilateral ceasefire and political negotiations were introduced.
Despite facing substantial obstacles, it has achieved some success, most notably the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement signed last October by eight ethnic armed groups. While its legitimacy has been brought into question by the refusal of most leading armed groups to sign, the NCA has been retained by the National League for Democracy government as the foundation of the peace process.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been a driving force behind the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference, which opened in Nay Pyi Taw on August 31. She said in January that the peace process would be a major priority for her National League for Democracy government after it took office, and it would strive for an all-inclusive agreement. At the time of going to print, most ethnic armed groups involved in the process, including signatories and non-signatories of the NCA, were expected to attend the Panglong conference. This broad participation ? particularly the re-engagement of NCA non-signatories with the political dialogue process ? is likely to be the most substantive outcome of the conference, according to observers..."
Oliver Slow (text), Steve Tickner (photos)
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-31
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Panglong Peace Conference
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Wikipedia
Description:
"The 2016 Panglong Conference, officially known as the Union Peace Conference 21st Century Panglong (Burmese: ပွညျထောငျစု ငွိမျးခမြျးရေးညီလာခံ ၂၁ ရာစု ပငျလုံ) is an upcoming peace conference which began on 31 Aug 2016 in Myanmar Convention Centre 2 of Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
The first Panglong Conference was held in the Panglong region of British Burma in 1947, and was negotiated between Aung San and ethnic leaders. Despite several meetings between ethnic insurgent groups and the government prior to the Panglong Conference in 2016, it is unclear how many of them will actually attend.
Eighteen ethnic insurgent groups are expected to attend the conference, whilst three ethnic insurgent groups (The Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Ta?ang National Liberation Army) are not expected to attend.Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations also attended the opening ceremony..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-31
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Panglong Peace Conference
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
KHRG, KESAN, THWEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
Date of publication:
2016-08-26
Description:
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Date of entry/update:
2016-08-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
The Asian Highway
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
KHRG, KESAN, THWEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
Date of publication:
2016-08-26
Description:
Key Findings:
1. The construction of the Thailand-
financed segment of the Asian Highway between
Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik violated the right to Free, Prior, and Informed
Consent (FPIC) of local communities, who have been negatively impacted by the
road project.
• Contrary to the principle of FPIC, affected villagers were not properly informed
or consulted prior to the commencement of development activities, only
learning about the project once construction had begun.
• At least 17 households were forcibly dispossessed of their land and property
due to an order issued by the Karen state government, which failed to provide
adequate compensation to displaced villagers.
• There is no publicly accessible evidence of project proponents conducting either
an initial environmental examination (IEE) or environmental impact assessment
(EIA) in advance of implementation.
• Villagers were not compensated for environmental damage to their farmlands
as a result of the project.
• Rice production along the affected section of the highway has been reduced
due to excessive water on one side of the road and insufficient water on the
other side as a result of improper installation of drainage pipes.
• Project affected persons were coerced into accepting inadequate compensation
for their losses.
• The Ministry of Construction did not consult or negotiate with project affected
persons on compensation, as amounts were pre-determined and not subject to
reconsideration.
• No grievance redress mechanism was established to facilitate mitigation of
negative impacts to project affected persons and ensure that their rights are
protected.
• There is no resettlement plan for those who were displaced from their land due
to the project.
• There is no system in place to provide replacement land for farmers whose
livelihoods have been disrupted due to road construction.
• There have been no consultation or arrangements to relocate project affected
persons whose homes were destroyed by the project......
2. The ADB and Burma/Myanmar Ministry of Construction (MoC) appear poised to
repeat these mistakes in relation to a planned upgrade of a stretch of the AH1
between Kawkareik and Eindu, despite assurances otherwise.
• Villagers have not been properly informed or consulted about the project,
with consultations taking place from December 2nd to December 5th, 2015
in only six out of 16 total affected villages. In these meetings, ADB indicated
that compensation would be provided as money in envelopes and given to the
affected villagers, but at the time, did not specify who would distribute it.
• ADB also indicated that it would not deal directly with compensation and
resettlement
• From June 17th to June 19th, 2015, inadequate consultations took place in three
villages ? Lonenyaw, Nga Taing, and Wei Kayin.
• The number of people who will lose their land due to a government-demarcated
right of way is unknown since ADB excluded the right of way from its
resettlement plan.
• Without proper oversight, the ADB has entrusted the MoC to carry out sensitive
resettlement and compensation activities in accordance with its Safeguard
Policies.
• Compensation procedures have not been disclosed to project affected persons
despite a number of plans and strategies issued by ADB in relation to the project
since 2015......
3.
With a full peace agreement still pending, road construction projects have increased
tensions between different actors competing for control of the highway area. If
the project continues before political agreements to create a decentralized federal
union are
finalized, and a benefit-sharing scheme for the Asian Highway in Karen
State is not established, the potential for armed confl ict to break out will continue
to exist.
• NEDA, ADB and MoC have not adequately considered or addressed the risks to
the wider peace process when pushing through the Asian Highway project.
• Past and continue skirmishes between the DKBA and the BGF/Myanmar Army
over control of the AH1 has endangered villagers, forcing them to
flee their
villages and disrupting their livelihoods. To date, some still have not been able
to return.
• Recent outbreaks of violence and ongoing risk of new clashes continues to
drive villagers away and prevent them from returning home.
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
The Asian Highway
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"South China Morning Post"
Date of publication:
2016-08-23
Description:
"Cary Huang says the democracy advocate has made a statement by choosing Beijing for her first major foreign destination as de facto Myanmar leader, as she seeks to weigh idealist ideology and practical national interest.....Theoretically, nothing is more divided than the ideology between pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi and China?s authoritarian government.
Thus, a democratic Myanmar may be naturally moving closer to the West and farther away from China?s communist regime, which put Suu Kyi?s fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波) in jail.
For a long time, Washington has isolated the military regime and supported pro-democracy forces led by Suu Kyi, while Beijing has steadfastly stood by Myanmar?s military junta and rejected any pro-democracy forces, fearful of a spillover of ideas across the border.
Given her status as one of the world?s most revered human rights and democracy campaigners, the rise to power of Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy(NLD) bodes ill for China?s leaders. However, national interest and pragmatism have always prevailed in diplomacy. And the world is now closely watching how Suu Kyi navigates great power politics and balances her idealist ideology with practical national interest.
Suu Kyi, human rights activist and opposition leader turned de facto state leader, is firstly tasked with the responsibility of governing a country. Many observers believe Myanmar?s China policy is at a critical juncture as the NLD government is faced with the challenge of striking a balance between two diverse policies. It could choose to cater to anti-China sentiment at home and implement a pro-West policy, at the risk of losing Beijing?s support for critical domestic economic development and the peace process. Or, it could try to build friendly relations with the communist giant, but at the risk of losing critical political support at home and in the free world. However, Suu Kyi?s interaction with Chinese leaders during her five-day visit, which ended on Sunday, suggests Myanmar is tilting towards giving priority to its relations with China, as leaders on both sides emphasised the traditionally ?fraternal friendship” between them. That is what lies behind Suu Kyi?s choice of Beijing instead of Washington as the destination for her first major foreign visit...."
Cary Huang
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"South China Morning Post"
Date of publication:
2016-08-26
Description:
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 August, 2016, 2:37pm
UPDATED : Friday, 26 August, 2016, 9:18am.....
"China?s national prestige and energy security among factors behind pressure being put on Aung San Suu Kyi... Relations between China and Myanmar took a positive turn this month during Aung San Suu Kyi?s five-day visit to China as Myanmar?s de facto leader.
But both sides have yet to work out their differences over the deadlocked Myitsone dam project, which strained bilateral ties five years ago when it was suspended by the Myanmarese government, casting fresh uncertainty over efforts to put bilateral ties back on track..."
Shi Jiangtao
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Action for Shan State Rivers
Date of publication:
2016-08-23
Description:
"We are strongly opposed to any dams on the free-flowing Salween River, a vital artery sustaining
millions of ethnic people in eastern Burma. Any blockage to its mighty flow would have far-reaching
environmental and social impacts. However, the general perception in central Burma appears to be that
the Salween is at a remote edge of the country, and dams will have little impact. In particular there is
little public knowledge about the Salween in ?remote” northeastern Shan State. We therefore wish to
highlight some specific concerns about the Naung Pha Dam as follows:..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Shan, Burmese, Thai
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Source/publisher:
Myanmar State Counsellor?s Office
Date of publication:
2016-08-23
Description:
"Nay Pyi Taw, August 23
The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, committed to finding lasting solutions to the complex and delicate issues in the Rakhine State, will establish an Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. A Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed between the Ministry of Office of the State-Counsellor and the Kofi Annan Foundation. The nine-member Advisory Commission, a national initiative to resolve protracted issues in the region, will be chaired by former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chairman and Founder
of the Kofi Annan Foundation and noble laureate, Mr. Kofi Annan and will be composed of (3) international and (6) national persons of Eminence who are highly experienced, respected and neutral individuals. The commission members are :
• U Win Mra, Chair of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission
• Dr. Thar Hla Shwe, President of Myanmar Red Cross Society
• Mr. Ghassan Salame?, Lebanese Minister of Culture (2000- 2003), UN Special Advisor to Secretary-General (2003-2006)
• Ms Laetitia van den Assum, Special Advisor to the UNAIDS (2005-2006), the Netherlands? Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2012-2015)
• U Aye Lwin, Core Member and Founder of Religious for Peace, Myanmar
• Dr. Mya Thida, President of Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of MMA, Member of the Myanmar Academy of Medical Science
• U Khin Maung Lay, Member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission
• Daw Saw Khin Tint, Chairperson (Rakhine Literature and Culture association, Yangon) and Vice-Chairperson (Rakhine Women Association)
The Commission will undertake meetings with all relevant stakeholders, international experts and foreign dignitaries to hear their views and to analyze relevant issues with a view to finding the best possible solutions to prevailing problems..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Govt. of India
Date of publication:
1923-05-10
Description:
CENSUS OF INDIA, 1921, Volume X - BURMA.
Part I. Report.....
The census "was taken between the 15th November 1930 and
the 18th March 1921"
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
1921 Census
Language:
English
Format :
pdf pdf
Size:
11.82 MB 19.72 MB
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Source/publisher:
Seeley, Service & Co. (Publ.)
Date of publication:
1921-00-00
Description:
"The record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet"
Captain F. KINGDON WARD
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
British colonial period : Commentary (non-official books, academic papers, articles and reports), Accounts of Burma by travellers, diplomats, merchants, soldiers et al
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
4.93 MB
Local URL:
Kingdon-Ward-1921-In_farthest_Burma-tu.pdf
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Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2016-05-28
Description:
"Solar-power plants are an obvious solution to Myanmar?s electricity shortage. They are faster to build than their fossil-fuel and hydropower alternatives and are cleaner and cheaper to operate..."
David Fullbrook
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Solar energy
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Nikkei Asian Review
Date of publication:
2016-08-18
Description:
"Growing criticism within Myanmar?s political circles about the erosion of parliamentary power is being directed at Aung San Suu Kyi?s fledgling leadership of the country. Several lawmakers, particularly veterans of the earlier parliament which sat from 2011 to 2016, have publicly criticized the heavy hand of the ruling National League for Democracy, which dominates the executive branch. Despite earlier hopes that a revived parliament could play a transformative role in post-junta Myanmar, some critics are now asking whether the institution will become steadily marginalized in the NLD-led political system..."
Renaud Egreteau
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
26 Shan community groups
Date of publication:
2016-08-17
Description:
"...We are writing to express our great concern at your government?s announcement on August 12 that you will proceed with hydropower dams on the Salween river, as the best option to meet Burma?s energy needs.
The Salween is a vital artery for millions of ethnic people in eastern Burma, Thailand and China, who will be irreparably impacted by blockage of its mighty flow. There has been consistent opposition to the Salween dams by communities in Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon States, as well as other parts of Burma and neighbouring countries.
We wish to remind you that the Salween river basin has been a conflict area for decades, where the Burma Army has been relentlessly expanding and committing systematic atrocities against villagers in its attempts to control ethnic lands and resources. Pushing ahead with these unpopular dams will inevitably lead to more Burma Army militarization, increased conflict, and ongoing atrocities..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2016-08-17
Description:
"It?s complicated: In an interview with The Irrawaddy, longtime Burma expert Bertil Lintner assesses the many interests at play during State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi?s visit to China on Wednesday... As a Burmese government delegation led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi leaves for a state visit to China, what can the Burmese expect from this trip?
It is quite possible that China would want to restart the Myitsone project, but that would be political suicide for any Burmese government. If China wants to improve its tarnished image in Burma, it should drop Myitsone altogether, and also make a public announcement to that effect.
The Burmese have always been concerned about China interfering in Burma?s internal affairs. In the North, China continues to support ethnic rebels including the Wa and Kokang. At the last ethnic summit in Mai Ja Yang, the Chinese envoy said that it supports and backs all forces working to achieve internal peace in Burma. It seems Beijing wants to see more stability along the border.
It is important to remember that China, not some Western, self-appointed peacemakers and interlocutors, is the most important foreign player in the peace process. China wants peace and stability along the border, but it will not give up the leverage it has inside Burma by severing ties with the UWSA [United Wa State Army], the MNDAA [Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army], the NDAA [National Democratic Alliance Army, also known as the Mongla Group] and other ethnic armed organizations. China?s relations with those groups gives it bargaining chips, and a much stronger position in the peace process than any Norwegian, Swiss or Australian entity could ever hope for..."
Bertil Lintner
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Carter Center
Date of publication:
2016-08-16
Description:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
"On Nov. 8, 2015, Myanmar held the first general election under the 2008 Constitution in which all main political parties, including those that boycotted the election in 2010, chose to participate. The Carter Center observed the election process for over one year, from December 2014 through March 2016. Based on its in-depth observation, The Carter Center reaffirms its congratulations to the people of Myanmar, who exercised their political rights with pride and enthusiasm. Their empowerment and commitment to the democratic process was not only remarkable but crucial to counterbalancing the considerable structural impediments to fully democratic elections. Despite flaws observed, the post-election period confirms the Carter Center?s view that Myanmar appears to be on a positive trajectory toward a peaceful, democratic transition as a result of these elections. To maintain this trajectory, it is important for all actors to engage in a dialogue and consensus-seeking process to identify constructive steps toward lasting peace and national reconciliation. The Carter Center encourages the government, parliament, electoral authorities, and civil society of Myanmar to prioritize political and electoral reform based on internationally accepted democratic standards and offers its continued support for reform..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Transnational Institute (TNI)
Date of publication:
2016-08-16
Description:
"Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD government faced a tough situation with China at the time of their inauguration in March. But, as she visits Beijing this week, hopes are high again in China that a redirection of Myanmar?s foreign policy could be underway and the pendulum of Myanmar?s balancing diplomacy is swinging back to the east. But many challenges lie ahead. These include resolution of the Myitsone dam impasse, repositioning political relations between the two countries, and peaceful settlement of ethnic conflicts in the Myanmar borderlands. The stakes are very high. The outcome of Aung San Suu Kyi?s meetings could well come to define Myanmar-China relations for many years to come..."
Yun Sun
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations
Language:
English, Chinese
Format :
htm
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Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2016-08-15
Description:
"A new sense of pragmatism on all sides bodes well for the visit of Aung San Suu Kyi—Burma?s state counselor and foreign affairs minister—to China later this week, says Bangkok-based expert on Asean affairs Kavi Chongkittavorn, in an interview with The Irrawaddy?s founding editor Aung Zaw..."
Kavi Chongkittavorn interviewed by Aung Zaw
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance
Date of publication:
2016-05-00
Description:
Executive Summary: "Following 19 months of consultation and eight interim papers,
each focusing on a specific aspect of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR), this report sets out the Review on Antimicrobial
Resistance?s final recommendations to tackle AMR in a global
way, as commissioned by our sponsors, the UK Government
and the Wellcome Trust.
The magnitude of the problem is now accepted. We estimate
that by 2050, 10 million lives a year and a cumulative 100 trillion
USD of economic output are at risk due to the rise of drugresistant
infections if we do not find proactive solutions now
to slow down the rise of drug resistance. Even today, 700,000
people die of resistant infections every year. Antibiotics are a
special category of antimicrobial drugs that underpin modern
medicine as we know it: if they lose their effectiveness, key
medical procedures (such as gut surgery, caesarean sections, joint
replacements, and treatments that depress the immune system,
such as chemotherapy for cancer) could become too dangerous
to perform. Most of the direct and much of the indirect impact of
AMR will fall on low and middle‑income countries.
It does not have to be this way. It is in policy makers and
governments? hands to take steps to change this situation..."
Jim O'Neill (Chair)
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.26 MB
Local URL:
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Source/publisher:
Review on Antimicrobial Resistance
Description:
"Concerned about the rising levels of drug resistance whereby microbes evolve to become immune to a known drugs, the UK Prime Minister asked economist Jim O?Neill to analyse this global problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and propose concrete actions to tackle it internationally. In July 2014, the UK Government commissioned the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust. The Review is independent and engages widely with international stakeholders to understand and propose solutions to the problem of antimicrobial resistance, from an economic and social perspective. In May 2015, Jim O?Neill, who is widely known for coining the term BRICs for the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, was appointed to the House of Lords and became Commercial Secretary to Her Majesty?s Treasury in the UK. He continues to chair the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance in a personal capacity.
If we fail to act, we are looking at an almost unthinkable scenario where antibiotics no longer work and we are cast back into the dark ages of medicine" ? David Cameron, UK Prime Minister
The real implications of spreading drug resistance will be felt the world over, with developing countries and large emerging nations bearing the brunt of this problem. Routine surgeries and minor infections will become life- threatening once again and the hard won victories against infectious diseases of the last fifty years will be jeopardized. Hospital stays and expenses, for both public health care providers and for out of ?pocket payers will increase significantly. Drug resistant infections are already on the rise with numbers suggesting that up to 50,000 lives are lost each year to antibiotic-resistant infections in Europe and the US alone. Globally, at least 700,000 die each year of drug resistance in illnesses such as bacterial infections, malaria, HIV/Aids or tuberculosis.
The Review on AMR has been assessing solutions to avoid these terrible costs, producing thematic papers looking at all aspects of the problems raised by drug resistance ? including the supply of new drugs, the use of diagnostics, surveillance, infection control, alternative treatments and the use of antibiotics in agriculture. These themes will form the basis of the final report to the UK Prime Minister, with recommendations for global solutions, by the summer of 2016..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-14
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
World Health Organisation (WHO) - Fact sheet N°194
Date of publication:
2015-04-00
Description:
Key facts:
"Antimicrobial resistance threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi.
It is an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society.
Antimicrobial resistance is present in all parts of the world. New resistance mechanisms emerge and spread globally.
In 2012, WHO reported a gradual increase in resistance to HIV drugs, albeit not reaching critical levels. Since then, further increases in resistance to first-line treatment drugs were reported, which might require using more expensive drugs in the near future.
In 2013, there were about 480 000 new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been identified in 100 countries. MDR-TB requires treatment courses that are much longer and less effective than those for non-resistant TB.
In parts of the Greater Mekong subregion, resistance to the best available treatment for falciparum malaria, artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), has been detected. Spread or emergence of multidrug resistance, including resistance to ACTs, in other regions could jeopardize important recent gains in control of the disease.
There are high proportions of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause common infections (e.g. urinary tract infections, pneumonia, bloodstream infections) in all regions of the world. A high percentage of hospital-acquired infections are caused by highly resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
Treatment failures due to resistance to treatments of last resort for gonorrhoea (third-generation cephalosporins) have been reported from 10 countries. Gonorrhoea may soon become untreatable as no vaccines or new drugs are in development.
Patients with infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria are generally at increased risk of worse clinical outcomes and death, and consume more health-care resources than patients infected with the same bacteria that are not resistant..."
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-14
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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