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It is with a sad heart that we announce that our dear friend and keen supporter Mrs Josephine Nwe died on the weekend. Josephine is the wife of our friend and co-worker, Ps Mynint Nwe and mother of Elizabeth Nwe our Buzz Off Yangon manager . Josephine was a kind …

Australian Mercy has released a progress report for the work Buzz Off is doing in Burma. The report shows that since 2009 Buzz Off has trained 581 malaria volunteers in 10 regional areas. It lists resources developed by the Buzz Off Team and reports that since 2009 40,241, LLIN mosquito …

Earlier this year Buzz Off donated 1000 LLIN nets to a small group of workers who are in rural parts of Northern Cambodia, and who are also going over the border into Lao. Both Pf and Pv malaria are very bad in these regions for most of the year and …

Buzz Off have released 10 new Burmese language malaria videos on its Burmese malaria site  www.myanmar.buzzoff.org  These 10 minute videos feature renowned malaria specialist Saw Marcus Winn. Saw Marcus is an eminent etymologist who has worked in on malaria projects in Myanmar all his professional life. Currently he is the Deputy …

World Malaria Day, 25 April 2014 Invest in the future. Defeat malaria Global efforts to control and eliminate malaria have saved an estimated 3.3 million lives since 2000, reducing malaria mortality rates by 42% globally and 49% in Africa. Increased political commitment and expanded funding have helped to reduce malaria …

The Buzz Off training team have  trained another 102 malaria volunteers in Myanmar as part of the Buzz Off malaria campaign. 55 volunteers were trained in Loikaw in Kyah State and a further 47 in Taungyi the capital of Shan State. The team were surprised to see people in the …

Despite our shipment of 6000 nets arriving in Mae Sot  we need more nets – we will need to raise funds for a further 3000 nets by May this year.  In May the wet season starts and mosquito numbers will increase as with the malaria. The nets we have sent …

After months of delays 6000 LLIN nets purchased by Buzz Off have arrived in Mae Sot for distribution into the IDP areas and also the Mae-la refugee camp. This purchase was made possible through the generous support of an anonymous Singapore based foundation who have been providing funding for Buzz …

Buzz Off, Australian Mercy’s malaria initative has completed another successful series of seminars in Greater Burma. This year the semimars were held in Mon State and Bago. Nearly 100 people attended the 4 day seminars and 86 cetificates were presented to people who completed the training. More than 10 remote …