Myanmar News » Ayeyarwady News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: Millions at risk as Myanmar wells surpass WHO arsenic guidelines
Twelve million people in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta face serious long-term health risks from the harmful substance, arsenic, in their drinking water. The study, led by the University of Portsmouth, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: Ayeyarwady River and Myanmar Economy
WWF report on risks and opportunities from perspective of people living and working in the basin Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River is both unique and special. It is one of the largest free-flowing rivers in ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: Myanmar issues food safety advisory for badly flood-affected areas
Rescuers attempting to mend a breach of the Ngawun River embankment in Laymyethna township in Ayeyarwady region, Myanmar. More than 40,000 people have been affected by flooding from July 30 to Aug. 7 ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: “Baffling” new snake species in Myanmar looks like multiple species at once
Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new species of pit viper in Myanmar that seems to blur the very definition of what a species is. This snake, now named the Ayeyarwady pit viper, puzzled ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: Junta sentences 7 men to death in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region
Myanmar’s military regime sentenced seven men in Ayeyarwady region to death, Pyapon township residents told Radio Free Asia over the weekend. Pyapon District Court issued the sentences on Friday, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: Forced recruitment underway in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region
Junta authorities in southwestern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region are compiling lists of draft-eligible residents amid a roll-out of the country’s conscription law, sources told RFA Burmese. On Feb. 10, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: The Assessment of value chains in pilot areas of the Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (My-PEC) in the Ayeyarwady Region, Yangon Region and Mon State
This assessment examines selected value chains, and identifies emerging or potential economic opportunities within them, in pilot areas targeted by the Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Health: Ayeyarwady River beside the temple plain of Bagan
Ayeyarwady River runs through the centre of Myanmar, forming a north–south axis that links the country’s uplands with the Andaman Sea. It begins in Kachin State in the far north, where the N’mai and ...