Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dr. Cynthia Maung (Burmese: စင်သီယာမောင် [sɪ̀ɴθìjà màʊɴ]; born 6 December 1959) is a Burmese medical doctor who since 1989 has lived in Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burmese border. An ethnic Karen, Dr. Maung left Burma (Myanmar) after the 8888 Uprising and has since run a clinic treating Burmese refugees, migrants and orphans at Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border, together with 100 paramedics and teachers.Maung received Southeast Asia’s Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership and she was listed as one of 2003 Time Magazine’s Asian Heroes. Altogether she has received six international awards for her work. In 1999, she was the first recipient of the Jonathan Mann Award, sponsored by Swiss and US health organisations.Cynthia Maung has been married to Kyaw Hein since 1992. Together, they have two children: Nyein Chan Maung and May Thint Sin.. }
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- Cynthia_Maung abstract "Dr. Cynthia Maung (Burmese: စင်သီယာမောင် [sɪ̀ɴθìjà màʊɴ]; born 6 December 1959) is a Burmese medical doctor who since 1989 has lived in Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burmese border. An ethnic Karen, Dr. Maung left Burma (Myanmar) after the 8888 Uprising and has since run a clinic treating Burmese refugees, migrants and orphans at Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border, together with 100 paramedics and teachers.Maung received Southeast Asia’s Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership and she was listed as one of 2003 Time Magazine’s Asian Heroes. Altogether she has received six international awards for her work. In 1999, she was the first recipient of the Jonathan Mann Award, sponsored by Swiss and US health organisations.Cynthia Maung has been married to Kyaw Hein since 1992. Together, they have two children: Nyein Chan Maung and May Thint Sin.".