FBR Report: "Updates from the Jungle School of Medicine-Kawthoolei"

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma (Myanmar) and the Middle East. Groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.

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Updates from the Jungle School of Medicine-Kawthoolei

FBR’s Jungle School of Medicine-Kawthoolei (JSMK) operates a 14-month training course for health care workers in Karen State, Burma. The school and hospital/clinic started operations in 2011 and, over the past five years, has graduated more then 100 health care workers, known as medics, from throughout Karen State. Trained medics function within FBR teams providing relief health care, and many go on to work in Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW) clinics. Students are selected for the course by leaders from each district. By the end of fifteen months of training, medics are capable of diagnosing and managing the most important illnesses they will encounter. Following graduation, a small number remain at the campus for additional training ...

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