Professor Dr. Tha Hla Shwe (Burmese: သာလှရွှေ), President of the Myanmar Red Cross Society since 2006, contributes nearly six decades of invaluable health and medical knowledge to our organization. Born in 1940 in Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar, he graduated from St. Paul’s High School in Yangon in 1957 and received his MBBS degree from University of Medicine 1, Yangon (IM1) in 1964. Following his first medical degree, he went on to specialize in Preventive Medicine and Tropical Medicine and received postgraduate diplomas from IM1, Yangon (1968) and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London (1969). Dr. Tha Hla Shwe also received a Master of Science in Education from University of Southern California, USA (1984) and an honorary Doctorate degree in Medical Science from IM1, Yangon (1999).
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26 July 1940 (age 84)
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Zodiac | Leo |
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