This one belongs in the humor column … Soe Tha asks us to believe that the two weeks notice time before field trips are spent by civil servants feverishly preparing safety arrangements in the field.

The [him] moderator doesn't know whether to laugh or cry about this rumour. It is said the the new name of United Nations country team members working on HIV will be the Joint United Nations Team on AIDS. That's right, JUNTA for short. With juntas in power in Myanmar / Burma and Thailand, do we really need another?

Laurie Garrett was a fine reporter for Long Island’s newspaper of record. But she is out of her depth when she starts to analyse the Burma / Myanmar epidemic. She appears to be unaware of the millions spent through the Fund for HIV/AIDS in Myanmar. And she blames the epidemics in Mumbai and Jakarta on the Generals! …

The [him] moderator wonders about the title of this piece from a CARE magazine. It demonstrates the limits of current one prong PMTCT programmes. She says nothing about birth spacing after the birth of her child and nothing about her own antiretroviral therapy.

The following reminder is from Global Fund Observer. Is the CCM submitting a Round Seven proposal? Is any other institution?

The [him] moderator would like to recommend that you visit a new website called 'NGOs in the Golden Land' …

At a recent press conference in Naypyidaw the Minister of Health Dr Kyaw Myint made a speech in which he outlined the National AIDS Programme response to HIV. It is a useful summary to serve as a reference document. There is also information about the 'other' two diseases. Attached.

The NLD marked WAD … read on.

This new International Crisis Group report is probably the best analysis of the Global Fund fiasco written to date. It also reports on the inflation and deflation of humanitarian space in Burma / Myanmar these days The overview is below and the entire report attached. If you can't download it and want to get a digital copy of the entire report please email the [him] moderator.