Project: Backpack Medic and Medicine Support
Donation Impact
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Field Updates 2017
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Field Updates 2013
This year, a four person medical team from Burma Humanitarian Mission spent three days traveling to villages in Karen State to help those in need.
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So far this year, Burma Humanitarian Mission has received $11,940 in donations through TFISH. Below are two Skilled Birth Attendants who were able to take part in training, empowering them to be midwives in their communities and provide maternal health services to the women in their remote areas, all thanks to donations like these.
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Field Updates 2012
The ethnic minorities in eastern and northern Burma suffer significant health problems due to austere conditions and lack of available medicines. As a result, health challenges, such as malaria, dysentery, and complications from child birth, have dramatically high mortality rates.
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To combat this troubling situation, BHM assists and empowers the Burmese people as they develop their own solutions. They respond to the people's initiatives, doing their best to provide support whenever it is required. Today, BHM partners with the Backpack Medic Teams to train medics in eastern Burma, reaching tens of thousands of villagers.
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In 2012, BHM provied 1 million doses of medicine, which the medics used with tremendous results. In areas where the backpack medics operated, deaths from malaria decreased by 48% and deaths from dysentery declined by 51%.
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In addition, child mortality rates reduced from 20 deaths to 14 deaths per 100 children - a 30% reduction. Maternal mortality rates fell four-fold compared to historical averages for those in eastern Burma lacking backpack medics.
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