Many health-care workers in Myanmar joined the Civil Disobedience Movement to protest against a coup by the nation’s military.Credit: Ya Aung Thu/AFP/Getty
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s democratically elected government was overthrown in a…

Many health-care workers in Myanmar joined the Civil Disobedience Movement to protest against a coup by the nation’s military.Credit: Ya Aung Thu/AFP/Getty
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s democratically elected government was overthrown in a…

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