It is important to urge people to obey the law. Otherwise all kinds of rights can be exercised. Has the [him] blog site been blocked yet?

Police Major Kyee Tin is, strictly speaking, correct when he says that people with addictions who inform the police that they have an addiction will not be arrested. They will be sent to a detox centre. If they refuse to go, then they will be arrested.
At least that was the situation a couple of years ago. Has anything changed?

Metastudy after metastudy has proven that condom promotion does not lead to earlier sex, more sex, or more partners. Why do we need to keep studying this issue? The evidence is clear even if external destructive elements in the US administration want to deny it.

The Assam Rifles of India serve on the Myanmar border. They are being forced to undergo HIV testing and carry condoms.

This is good news.

The [him] moderator wishes that there were more important products being introduced into Myanmar. People living with HIV lose weight without such devices.

Directly observed short course therapy for tuberculosis is good. There are other ways of approaching treatment that should be explored.

The [him] moderator has previously complained about the cant of Susan Hunter and this book review mirrors his views.
Pisani is not quite accurate when she says that “Virtually all the sex worker sites in the Philippines, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the most populous countries in the region other than India, report prevalence rates <5%.”. Indonesia has reported higher rates from Papua. Yangon and Mandalay also have higher rates

The [him] moderator apologises for posting yet another ‘expose’ story on Riuli.
Western reporters seem to find the place fascinating. Maybe they are influenced by Amy Tan.

The [him] moderator wonders how international NGOs in Myanmar who receive USAID funding are handling the tricky issue of the prostitution pledge.
Have PSI, Medecins du Monde, or Medecins sans Frontieres Holland (AZG) signed a pledge? Have they responded to this survey?

The [him] moderator wonders how many of the people with TB also have HIV.

The [him] moderator found this posting on a blog. Comments welcome.