The Junge Suegeon of Myanmar

One medic finds that moves towards political reform have not benefited his patients in Burma's remote border areas.



By Gigi Berardi

"Tigers do not eat grass, they eat meat … We cannot say they will not fight us."

In January 2012, the government of Myanmar signed a ceasefire deal with the Karen rebels who have been fighting for greater autonomy for over 60 years.

The government's ceasefire attempts were celebrated worldwide. But many Karen rebels considered the move an attempt to hide ongoing tensions and a devastating lack of medical care, which has resulted from over 60 years of civil war and state-driven human rights abuses targeting ethnic minorities.

Over the past seven years, I have been given a window into this little known humanitarian crisis.