Mobile medical units: Reaching older people after Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar

Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy Delta on May 2-3, 2009 causing widespread destruction. Of the 2.4 million people affected by the cyclone, 200,000 were 55 years old or older at the time. HelpAge International moved quickly to set up Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) to provide regular, accessible and free healthcare to some of the most vulnerable communities in the Delta. This video, supported by DFID, shows one of these medical units in action.

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• emergencies
• cyclone
• nargis
• myanmar
• burma
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• elderly
• asia