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Myanmar Medical Association

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Formation
  
1949 (1949)

Location
  
Myanmar

Type
  
Professional body

Membership
  
18,000 (2013)

Myanmar Medical Association

Motto
  
အာရောဂျံ ပရမံ လာဘံ (ārogyaṃ paramaṃ lābhaṃ)

Headquarters
  
Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon

The Myanmar Medical Association (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆရာဝန်အသင်း; abbreviated MMA; formerly the Burma Medical Association) is Myanmar's only professional organisation of physicians. MMA was founded in 1949 and has a current membership of approximately 17,000 members (2011). It is administered by a central executive committee and is divided into 33 different societies dedicated to a broad range of medical specialties. MMA holds an annual conference and also provides continued medical education for its members. MMA publishes the Myanmar Medical Journal.

Leadership

Past presidents of the organisation include:

References

Myanmar Medical Association Wikipedia