Karen is home to Myanmar's non-Burmese ethnic groups, who, in addition to the lack of health services, incessant fighting, endemic tropical diseases and harsh living conditions, now have to contend with an influx of displaced people.
L'absence de services de santé, les combats incessants, les maladies tropicales endémiques, les conditions de vie pénibles ont rendu ces populations qui ont à accueillir nombre de déplacés, particulièrement vulnérables.