Doctors Without Borders ordered to stop work in Myanmar city


Doctors Without Borders -- widely known by its French initials MSF -- have received a letter from regional authorities "asking us to suspend all activities" in southeastern Dawei, where it has provided HIV care for over two decades. - AFP

YANGON (AFP): An international medical charity warned Wednesday (June 9) of "life-threatening" consequences for thousands of HIV and tuberculosis patients in Myanmar after it was ordered by the junta to stop work in a southern city.

Doctors Without Borders -- widely known by its French initials MSF -- received a letter from regional authorities "asking us to suspend all activities" in southeastern Dawei, where it has provided HIV care for over two decades.

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