Healthcare for 2000 Rural Villagers in Myanmar

Medacross started its work in Myanmar in October 2016, rebuilding a Basic Health Clinic in Kawthaung that opened in January 2017. To date more than 3000 patients rely on daily care of the Basic Health Clinic for a total of about 7000 consultations in 12 months. The Clinic organizes weekly follow-up visits for more than 1,500 diabetic and HIV positive patients and provides free necessary medicines and nutritional support. The medical staff visits about 50 patients a day, but the number is constantly increasing as the clinic is becoming famous throughout the Kawthaung district and patients also arrive from far villages. About a quarter of patients is composed by children up to 14 years, while the most widespread pathologies are diabetes and hypertension.

During weekends, the medical staff, coordinated by the local partner, run the Mobile Clinics Program visiting two sites at Rubber Plantation and Palm oil plantation where they give medical treatments and health education to Myanmar workers who are working there (around 200 in each site).The workers and their families cannot easily access to medical services because they are living about 4 to 6 hours far from hospitals and clinics. What is more, the do not have any car or motorbike to reach the closer city.

Differently from the most common diseases treated in Kawthaung’s patients, villagers are affected by respiratory tract infections, gastritis and musculoskeletal disorders, while children are affected by malnutrition and respiratory tract infections.

Before the end of 2018 Medacross is planning to improove the Mobile Clinic Program, by buying a new equipped jeep and visiting more and more villagies. Help us to achieve our goal, it's just $50.000 far!