Health Archives - Myanmar Now

Nay Min NiAugust 23, 2023

Prominent private hospital shut down by junta order in Mandalay

The closure of Mingalar Hospital is part of the military regime’s ongoing persecution of healthcare providers suspected of participating in strikes organised by the Civil Disobedience Movement

Hay Man PyaeApril 2, 2020

Myanmar’s illegal trade in medical waste poses coronavirus risk

Myanmar Now investigation finds waste collectors selling used syringes and intravenous drips to be made into household goods

Tin Htet PaingMarch 31, 2020

Man with underlying cancer becomes Myanmar’s first official Covid-19 fatality

The 69-year-old recently returned to Yangon from Australia via Singapore

Tin Htet PaingMarch 30, 2020

Coronavirus cases hit double digits in Myanmar

Two men in mid-40s test positive, bringing total to 10 and local transmissions to two, though testing still lagging

Tin Htet PaingMarch 27, 2020

No space to quarantine returnees from Thailand as Myanmar confirms fifth coronavirus case

Thousands of migrant workers returning from Thailand must quarantine with relatives because there isn’t space in government facilities

Health

Prominent private hospital shut down by junta order in Mandalay

Myanmar’s illegal trade in medical waste poses coronavirus risk

Man with underlying cancer becomes Myanmar’s first official Covid-19 fatality

Coronavirus cases hit double digits in Myanmar

No space to quarantine returnees from Thailand as Myanmar confirms fifth coronavirus case

Myanmar military’s bombs kill mother of six as junta struggles to retake territory from Karen forces

Indonesia to host discussions on Myanmar conflict: diplomat

‘We are in a strong position and making significant progress’—Ei Thinzar Maung

Flood-hit Myanmar braces for more as meteorology department issues warning

The women surviving labour rights violations in Myanmar’s garment sector

Myanmar military’s bombs kill mother of six as junta struggles to retake territory from Karen forces

Flood-hit Myanmar braces for more as meteorology department issues warning

Kachin fighters seize second town in ‘special region’ near China-Myanmar border

12 Myanmar political prisoners died from inadequate medical care in 2024: report

Airstrikes by Myanmar regime kill four in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township

Myanmar regime tightens rules on importing pharmaceuticals

More than 25,000 businesses have closed in Myanmar since the coup

Japan supermarket director detained in Myanmar released: junta

China-owned company wins contract to expand Shwe gas project off Myanmar’s west coast

Singaporean company pulls out of Myanmar energy project

Thai officials call on Myanmar regime to crack down on fraud, trafficking gangs on Thai-Karen State border

Myanmar military continues to lose ground to anti-junta forces in northern Shan State

Despite escalating violence, Myanmar junta leader says elections will proceed

NUG-founded bank set to sell shares to meet ‘emergency needs’

Myanmar’s junta bears ‘sole responsibility’ for Suu Kyi’s health—NLD

Karenni youth fight for freedom at the cost of their lives and limbs

The mothers of the Magway resistance

A Myanmar artist finds freedom behind bars—by portraying prisoners’ oppression

As Myanmar’s revolution beckons, a new breed of activist photographers heeds the call

The man behind the Myanmar junta’s campaign of terror in Sagaing

Authorities tighten restrictions on passport process for Myanmar nationals in Thailand