Chronic Emergency

Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma

Back Pack Health Worker Team

7 September 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Thai Senator Jon Ungphakorn 1

Foreword by Dr. Cynthia Maung 5

Definitions and Abbreviations 6

Executive Summary 9

Recommendations 12

Introduction 15

Basic health indicators 17

Four cuts policy 19

The Backpack Health Workers Team 21

Methodology 24

Surveydesign 24

Training 25

Survey outcomes 26

Findings 29

I. Survey locations 29

II. Demographic characteristics 30

III. Health indicators 32

Mortality and common causes of death 32

Malaria 34

Morbidity 37

Prevalence of childhood malnutrition 37

Water and Sanitation 38

Reproductive Health 39

IV. Human rights violations and their Impacts on health

indicators 42

Forced Displacement 44

Landmine injuries/deaths 47

Food destruction and looting 50

Forced Labor 56

Soldierviolence 58

V. Health Care Issues in the context of Human Rights

Violations 61

Conclusion 65

Recommendations 70

References 72

Appendix: Survey Questionnaires 79