Over the past couple of months we have been processing the results of Buzz Off’s effectiveness in Burma over the past three years. Our reporting shows that since 2009 Buzz Off has saved over up to 30,000 people from malarial deaths, distributed nearly 30,000 mosquito nets, and provided testing kits …
Buzz Off Burma malaria training set for June 2013
Buzz Off will be training more malaria workers in Myanmar in June 2013. We are expecting over 100 attendees from remote and regional areas to the attend the 4 day seminars that will be held in Mon State and in Bago just north of Yangon. The seminar training team will …
Buzz Off sets goal of 20,000 nets for 2013
Buzz Off has seen a 40% growth in the LLIN nets it distributed in 2012 – last year we distributed 14,350 LLIN nets into remote areas of Burma, Papua New Guinea and western Papua. The previous year we saw less that 10,000 nets distributed. Each LLIN net saves the lives …
Buzz Off seeks to extend its malaria campaign in Burma
Buzz Off is looking at innovative ways through which it can extend its malaria work in Burma. At the present time are seeking a new round of funding for 2013 and three years beyond but have not as yet heard back from the anonymous donors who have funded us over the past 3 …
Buzz Off launches Burmese malaria site
Buzz Off, Australian Australian Mercy’s international initiative against malaria has launched a Burmese version of the Buzz Off site. The site makes resources available to speakers of Burmese and other languages spoken in Myanmar. We believe that this site could be the first Burmese malaria site. The site can be …
Mosquito net distribution continues in greater Myanmar
Buzz Off is continuing to distribute LLIN Nets in greater Myanmar. Recently we receive 100 LLIN nets and have been distributing them through the networks that we have set up through the Malaria seminars we have been running in-country. These nets were distributed in Kachin State a risky place where there …
Buzz Off to launch Burmese malaria site
Buzz Off is about to launch a new malaria site myanmar.buzzoff.org. The new site will be be soley in Burmese. We believe that it may well be the first Burmese malaria site on the web! The site will seek to offer information and downloadable videos about malaria and other mosquito …
Buzz Off Prepares to run Malaria seminars in Karen State and Delta region of Myanmar
The Buzz Off training team is preparing to run Malaria seminars at two more locations inside Burma. The Seminars will be run in Hpa-an and in the Delta region. More than 60 people will be expected in Hpa-an and more again in the Delta. The Buzz Off seminars have already …
Feed back from Africa
A couple of years ago Buzz helped a US based missions organization to do a small malaria project in Ghana – today we have received some feedback from that project “Thanks to you (Buzz Off) and some others our organization is going to do both an anti-malarial project and and …
Father Abraham’s Clinic
If you take a 5 hour drive along rugged roads north of Jayapura in Papua – you will be likely to come across a little shack on the side of the road – this is Father Abraham’s clinic. Abraham is a retired medic of 35 years experience who runs this …