Vision

The vision of the Back Pack Health Worker Team is that of a healthy society in which accessible and quality primary health care is provided to all ethnic people in a Federal Union of Burma.

Mission

The Back Pack Health Worker Team is a community-based organization established by health workers from their respective ethnic areas. The BPHWT equips ethnic people, living in rural and remote areas, with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage and address their own health care problems, while working towards the long-term sustainable development of a primary healthcare infrastructure in Burma.

Goal

The goal of the Back Pack Health Worker Team is to promote the emergence of quality and accessible health care for all ethnic people so as to reduce morbidity and mortality, and minimize disability by enabling and empowering communities through primary health care.

Principles

The BPHWT integrates the following principles into its programs in order to ensure adherence to the vision and mission of working towards and sustaining a healthy society in Burma.

• Promote and protect the basic human right to health.
• Provide healthcare services to all, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, culture, political affiliation, age, or gender.
• Focus our resources and programs toward those remote, displaced, and vulnerable populations where there is otherwise no or limited access to primary health care.
• Respect the traditions and culture of those we serve.
• Collaborate with local people, communities, and organizations to provide assistance based upon local needs and establish a sustainable primary healthcare infrastructure.
• Draw, where appropriate, upon locally-available resources for our programs and activities.
• Do not cause harm to the local people and our health workers through data collection and use all collected data for the benefit of the people.
• Foster inter-ethnic unity and trust among our ethnically diverse staff, and also among the communities and organizations served by/partnered with us.