Confusion over Philippines birth policy
Varied implementation of a Department of Health (DOH) policy advocating health facility-based delivery under the care of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has health officials and advocates worried that the policy may be doing more harm than good.
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Evacuation volunteers fan out in Bangladesh
DHAKA,
16 May 2013
(IRIN) -
Some 50,000 volunteers in coastal communities across southern Bangladesh are out and about warning people to move to higher ground ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated so far.
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Landmine casualties rising in Kachin, Myanmar
LAIZA,
15 May 2013
(IRIN) -
Former rebel fighter Lahpai Hkam has been in pain every day since a landmine destroyed his lower right leg during a battle with government soldiers 18 months ago in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State.
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Rohingya evacuation under way in Myanmar
BANGKOK,
14 May 2013
(IRIN) -
The government of Myanmar has launched a large-scale effort to relocate to higher ground tens of thousands of Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDPs) ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, says the UN.
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