Cameron Brown visits HIV Aids clinic in Myanmar
“Part of my trip to Myanmar involved visiting an HIV Aids clinic in Yangon. It was difficult to hear stories about how much stress doctors are put under while trying to do their jobs in the public health system. Often hospitals are so under supplied that doctors must go out-of-pocket and buy the medicine to take care of their patients. There also continues to be a huge knowledge gap in Myanmar about HIV and there is a very negative social stigma placed on those who live with the virus. Privacy and discretion is very important. Until the government adopts a better public plan to deal with the country’s health and education problems, people will continue to struggle.”
Cameron Brown’s November 2012 visit to Myanmar
Volunteers Cameron Brown (left) and Morgan Notman at Taste the World, Four Seasons Hotel Ballroom in Vancouver
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