Cynthia Maung
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Dr. Cynthia Maung (born 6 December 1959) is a Karen medical doctor who since 1989 has lived in Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burmese border. She left Burma (now Myanmar) after the 8888 Uprising and has since run a clinic treating Burmese refugees, migrants and orphans at Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border, together with 100 paramedics and teachers.
She received Southeast Asia’s Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership and she was listed as one of 2003 Time Magazine’s Asian Heroes. Altogether she has received six international awards for her work. In 1999, she was the first recipient of the Jonathan Mann Award, sponsored by US and Swiss health organizations.
[edit] External links
- Seattle Times biography
- Time Magazine 2003
- University of Washington
- Mizzima News article
- Dr. Cynthia's Mae Tao Clinic Home Page
- Dr. Cymthia and Mae Tao Clinic
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