Chronic Emergency: The Health and Human Rights Crises in Burma/Myanmar

Date and Time: May 25, 2022 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Burma/Myanmar is in crisis. The 2017 attacks by the military against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine State have now been deemed an act of genocide by the US Department of State. The General who led that campaign subsequently led the February 1, 2021 coup against the elected National League for Democracy government. Peaceful protest and non-violent civil disobedience campaigns, with significant leadership from the country’s health professionals, were met with lethal force. The military is now at war against it’s own people, and has used some of the same shock troops deployed against the Rohingya in Burma’s towns and cities. Attacks on health care facilities and providers have been a signature feature of this campaign, and have exacerbated the ongoing health crisis. This is a complex emergency, and one in urgent need of greater attention and redress.

Speakers:
Chris Beyrer MD, MPH
Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Parveen Parmar
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Chief of the Division of Global Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California