Mae Tao Clinic has continued to provide essential primary health care to a significant number of clients. This population would be unable to afford health care in Burma or Thailand. Our vision continues to be that we provide quality and affordable healthcare to all people who are from Burma. Key Health Service Statistics 2018 We have seen a consistent decline in patient admissions and consultations since 2013. This is largely attributed to the increased availability of primary health care services along the border and in Eastern Burma, which MTC is part of the Health Systems Strengthening project to support these services. Additionally, the Thai government has imposed more stringent regulations on undocumented migrant workers making it more difficult for them to cross the border and travel within Thailand. At the same time, more migrant workers have obtained a work permit with appurtenant health insurance. Mae Tao Clinic provided 98,762 consultations; of them, 7,314 were admitted for the further diagnoses and treatment. Among the total patients, 61% were women and 25% were children under 5 years old. In addition, 61% of clients are from the Thai side. Mae Tao Clinic Inpatient wards walkaway (Last Update: 19 August 2019)  

While Mae Tao Clinic began as a humble health service delivery organisation, it has evolved into an umbrella social services network for refugees, migrant workers, and other displaced Burmese. As a focal point of these activities, child protection is the most rapidly growing area of need. The continued deterioration of services in eastern Burma, coupled with the steadily growing population of migrant families, accounts for the increased demand for our work. Students enjoying an event at CDC school The services supported by MTC are community-created and operated, with the goal of creating a strong civil society network to best protect children and foster positive youth development. We partner with local community-based organisations from basic logistics and supplies through policy and advocacy issues. The objective of our children’s programmes is not just education. Our objective is to enable the development of strong community networks and services that are locally sustainable. To support this broader objective, we organise various collaborative community projects and forums to maximise the use of limited resources and to strengthen protection mechanisms. Due to the ongoing violence and unrest in Burma, many Burmese people, especially ethnic minorities, have fled to Mae Sot. It is estimated that there are...

Mae Tao Clinic serves as a training facility for health workers along the border and for health workers of ethnic health organisations of Eastern Burma. We have a track record of training health workers utilising our skilled trainers and technical consultants, including Burmese doctors, senior medics, and international professionals. Due to the vast number of patients visiting Mae Tao Clinic, we function as a practical training site, too. Trainees come from all over Burma to attend trainings at MTC. Certificate in Public Health (CPH) Batch-9 Trainees are examined styptic treatment History Health workers, doctors, or medical students arriving on the Thai-Burma border in 1989, no matter their specialty, were all responding to the same emergency – Malaria.  There were simply not enough medical facilities to attend to the continual flow of new arrivals to the border. Eventually, each refugee camp established its own health care facility, but staffed with only a few doctors and senior medics it was not enough. After about a year on the border, the health workers of the different camps began to discuss providing coordinated medical trainings, which led to the first formal medical trainings. At this point MTC was focused on offering referral services to...