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DPNS: Facts and References...
» Human Rights Violations
Extrajudicial killings, reports of rape and other sexual violence by
Burma's armed forces, continuing use of torture and political arrests and
harassments....
» War on Drugs
Burma surpassed Afghanistan as the largest opium and heroin producer in the
world. Burma is also a major supplier of heroin to international markets.....
» AIDS & Public Health
HIV prevalence is rising rapidly in Burma/Myanmar, fuelled by population
mobility, poverty and frustration that breeds risky sexual activity and
drug-taking ..... Burma's health status has deteriorated since a military junta
in 1988. Furthermore, the World Health Organization estimates that half a
million people in the country are infected with HIV--nearly 1 percent of the
population.
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