By Jennifer Zurick | Executive Director
Backpack Medics focus on these core areas:
Stories of the Medics:
"I’m Lway Poe Khaung. I’m the Field-in-Charge medic for a Pa’laung backpack medic team in Northern Burma. My team operates in northern Shan State, near the Kachin State border. There is fighting in this area between my people, the Pa’laung and Burmese army. The fighting has been going on since 2011.
"In 2020, COVID is a big concern. I came to Mae Sot to get training and supplies. We use our CHEEP to teach villagers about COVID. We teach them how to not get it or not spread it. Here in Mung Ding Pa village, we put up posters to help the villagers. Despite COVID we still treat all the same conditions."
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