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Worldwide Pharmaceutical Industry, Aid Organizations Warn of Second Disaster in Myanmar

Date:6/12/2008

ill lead to widespread disease. The other barriers to preventing the outbreak of disease in Myanmar are four-fold:

1. Lack of systems to deliver drugs and basic medical services. There are

currently no formal systems in place to provide the preventive and

treatment services necessary to handle possible widespread disease

outbreaks. Any delivery mechanisms that existed prior to the cyclone have

been either severely damaged or destroyed.

2. Incapacitated local health care workforce. Those who were able to provide

health care services before are now either incapacitated or coping with

their own personal tragedies. The present situation also presents few

opportunities to utilize health care workers from other countries.

3. Inability to access available health resources. The widespread

destruction of transportation and communications infrastructure has

prevented people from finding appropriate medical care and from knowing

when such care might be available in their local area.

4. Poor management and integration of preventative health solutions. Myanmar

is currently systemically incapable of incorporating plans for managing

health outcomes related to the catastrophe, including implementing

clean-up and sanitation programs, eliminating standing water sources,

communicating disease prevention and treatment plans, and establishing

livelihood resumption schemes.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), acute respiratory infection, bloody diarrhea, and dengue fever have already been reported. In Myanmar, dengue season hits its peak in July, increasing the likelihood of a widespread outbreak of this serious and potentially deadly disease.

For more information about outreach in Myanmar by Direct Relief International, visit http://www.DirectR
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