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Unintended Consequences

30 images Created 10 Mar 2014

One of the unintended consequences of the democratization of Myanmar is that more NGO resources are flowing into Burma making fewer resources available on the Thai side of the Burmese border even through the need on the Thai side has not diminished.

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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman comforts her child while medics examine him after his surgery for an abscessed sore at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A man sits with his wife in the OB/Gyn ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A health worker, right, helps a new mother swaddle her baby in the OB/Gyn ward at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: The status board in the prosthetics workshop at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. Although the wars in Burma are winding down, the clinic still sees a number of traumatic amputations caused by landmines and unexploded bombs. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A woman sits next to her husband's coffin in the hearse taking them home after he died at the Mae Tao Clinic. The Mae Tao Clinic provides  healthcare to over 150,000 displaced Burmese per year and is the leading healthcare provider for Burmese along the Thai-Myanmar border. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations to Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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