Daniel Pedersen

Infectious diseases and human rights in Burma

Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley

  Rangoon, Burma

December 12, 2009

Decades of repressive military rule, civil war, corruption, bad governance, isolation, and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have rendered Burma’s1 health care system incapable of responding effectively to endemic and emerging infectious diseases.2 Burma’s major infectious diseases—malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis (TB)—are severe health problems in many areas of the country >>> The gathering storm

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