Projects

One of the activities of Burma Watch International is to provide assistance and support to projects that meet our goals and objectives. A project might be one undertaken collectively by Burma Watch members, or it might be one undertaken by an individual member or it might be one undertaken by another organization.

Health and Human Rights Training for Burmese Health Workers

Beginning in 1999, Dr. Khin Saw Win, working in her capacity as an executive of the Burma Medical Association (BMA), helped organize and present a series of workshops for people in the Thailand-Burma and India-Burma border areas. The workshops are aimed at providing education and training about health and human rights. Details of the project ...

Dr. Khin Saw Win was formerly a physician at the Rangoon General Hospital and personal physician of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She holds M.B.,B.S. and M.Med(Int Med) degrees and is presently a Faculty Lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing and Medicine at the University of Alberta. She is on the executive of the Burma Medical Association (BMA) and is also a Director of Burma Watch International.