About onethird are mired in poverty. Nearly half of all the children never get to go to school. Malaria and tuberculosis are widespread. Mortality rates in Burma are among the highest in Asia. At least 37.000 died of HIV/AIDS in 2005 and over 600.000 are infected with HIV. Burmas suffering destabilizes southeast Asiaheroin and methamphetamines. HIV/ AIDs. and other infectious diseases. as well as hordes of refugees spilling across Burmas borders into neighboring countries. The international community must respond to this ongoing tragedy by providing humanitarian aid to a desperate and deserving people. Current levels of international assistance are simply woefully insufficient.
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