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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Patients, including a Buddhist monk at right, wait for their tuberculosis medication at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A TB patient relaxes in a hammock at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A TB patient and her husband eat lunch in their home at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Solar panels at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. They generate electricity for the sanatorium, which is in a remote part of Tak province. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  The Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese snack vendor sells sweets to TB patients the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient while the patient's daughter listens to the conversation at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The girl, who is 11 years old, is one of her mother's caregivers at the sanatorium. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A medic comforts a woman with TB at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A man swallows his pills for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis while other patients, including a Buddhist monk, wait for their medications at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A worker in the pharmacy counts out patients' medications at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A patient walks across the compound at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A medic takes the vitals of a 33 year old woman with HIV and tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A patient grimaces while taking some of the 20 pills she has to take every day for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  The Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A boys plays in the housing area at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A patient sits on the front porch of the clinic at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A medic takes the vitals of a young man with tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Patients, including a Buddhist monk at right, wait for their tuberculosis medication at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient while the patient's daughter listens to the conversation at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The girl, who is 11 years old, is one of her mother's caregivers at the sanatorium. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A man and his daughter help his wife (and the child's mother) to the clinic area at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: TB patients and their family members watch television at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A medic takes the vitals of a 33 year old woman with HIV and tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A man helps his wife, who has TB, get back to their living space at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A man swallows his pills for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis while other patients, including a Buddhist monk, wait for their medications at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A medic takes a blood draw on the husband of a tuberculosis patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. So far the man has tested negative for TB. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A patient swallows some of the 20 pills he has to take every day for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A patient swallows some of the 20 pills she has to take every day for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A medic takes a blood draw on the husband of a tuberculosis patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. So far the man has tested negative for TB. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A girl wearing a breathing mask at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  The Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient while the patient's daughter listens to the conversation at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The girl, who is 11 years old, is one of her mother's caregivers at the sanatorium. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient while the patient's daughter listens to the conversation at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The girl, who is 11 years old, is one of her mother's caregivers at the sanatorium. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: TB patients and their family members watch television at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A medic takes a blood draw on the husband of a tuberculosis patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. So far the man has tested negative for TB. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  Workers in the pharmacy count out patients' medications at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A man and his daughter help his wife (and the child's mother) return to their living area at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A medic takes the vitals of a young man with tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese snack vendor sells sweets to TB patients the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: TB patients and their family members watch television at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Dr. SEIN SEIN THI works with a patient at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese snack vendor pushes his bicycle into the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. He sells traditional Burmese sweets to the patients. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A man counts out his tuberculosis medication before taking the pills at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND:  A patient swallows some of the pills he has to take every day for treatment of tuberculosis at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The monk sitting next to him was waiting for his pills. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: TB patients and their family members watch television at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: Patients, including a Buddhist monk at right, wait for their tuberculosis medication at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2104 - MAE KASA, TAK, THAILAND: A boys plays in the housing area at the Sanatorium Center for Border Communities in Mae Kasa, about 30 minutes north of Mae Sot, Thailand. The Sanatorium provides treatment and housing for people with tuberculosis in an isolated setting for about 68 patients, all Burmese. The clinic is operated by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit and works with several other NGOs that assist Burmese people in Thailand. Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. Funding cuts could jeopardize programs at the clinic. TB is a serious health challenge in Burma, which has one of the highest rates of TB in the world. The TB rate in Thailand is ¼ to ⅕ the rate in Burma.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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