U Thant wrote this sixty years ago. How little has changed.
[him] moderator
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Because there is very little private capital in Burma, the major responsibility has inevitably fallen upon the Government. Its greatest efforts are now being applied to such fields as these. ... Health: Campaigns against malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, and venereal and epidemic diseases. Education for better nutrition and sanitation. New hospitals. Rural health centers. Maternity clinics. Training of public health workers and nurses.
U Thant
Atlantic Monthly
February 1958




