Myanmar paediatricians during military coup: we strike and survive

After Myanmar military coup on 1 February 2021, medical professionals and other government staff went on strike, joining the civil disobedience movement (CDM).1 The junta’s security forces brutally suppressed CDM doctors and nurses providing voluntary medical services in the community even during th...

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Published inArchives of disease in childhood Vol. 107; no. 10; pp. 956 - 957
Main Authors Win, Thet Htar Shwe Sin, Me, Myint Me, Winn, Wah Wah, Kyaw, Kaung Myat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.10.2022
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Civil disobedience
Coronaviruses
Coups d'etat
COVID-19
Data collection
Families & family life
Family (Sociological Unit)
Global Health
Government (Administrative Body)
Guidelines
Legal Responsibility
Medical personnel
Medical Services
Paediatrics
Pandemics
Patient Education
Patients
Pediatrics
Physicians
PostScript
Telemedicine
Trainees
Myanmar (Burma)
Global Health
Paediatrics
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Summary:After Myanmar military coup on 1 February 2021, medical professionals and other government staff went on strike, joining the civil disobedience movement (CDM).1 The junta’s security forces brutally suppressed CDM doctors and nurses providing voluntary medical services in the community even during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.2–4 Medical university boards and professional bodies were replaced by promilitary persons.
Bibliography:Letter
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ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2022-324073