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Dr Tha Tun Kyaw, director-general and newly appointed spokesperson of Myanmar's health ministry, at a conference in Yangon in January. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Myanmar well equipped to battle Covid-19, says health ministry spokesperson
Hospital capacity is sufficient, and weather and quarantines will limit spread of virus, ministry...
Published on Apr 5, 2020
Dr Zaw Oo, former Presidential advisor and director of the Centre for Economic and Social Development (Photo: Dr Zaw Oo)
Microfinance sector oversupplied and under-regulated, economist says
Hopes that microfinance would lift Myanmar out of poverty also being stymied by sluggish economy and oversupply, says leading economist
Jan 7, 2020
Daw Khin Ma Ma Myo, director of the Myanmar Institute of Gender Studies (Phyo Thiha Cho / Myanmar Now)
‘Gender equality is crucial to a culture of peace’
NAYPYIDAW — A gender equality proposal, outlining a 30 percent women’s quota in the peace process, was submitted to the “political” breakout session of the just-concluded Union Peace...
Jul 18, 2018