This is well meaning and misdirected. Awareness will have little to no impact on drug use. Primary prevention of drug use, not a goal I endorse, and primary prevention of drug use disorder, which I do, is not easy. Evidence demonstrates that effective prevention requires several interventions through schools or families or both. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ […]

Good to see articles in the press on diabetes. Is this one available in the Burmese language? When Nick Baker writes ‘lifestyle’ I read ‘behaviour’. Health education campaigns will have little impact on diabetes as knowledge is necessary but not sufficient to change behaviour. Sugar is the main culprit. Coca Cola is full of it. […]

UNAIDS has launched an online consultation to ‘refine’ itself. Please feel free to join. I’m going to suggest closing most country offices and forgetting about the ‘joint programme’ of all those UN cosponsors. That leaves theUNAIDS secretariat in Geneva and country offices in the countries where incidence and burden is high. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ VIRTUAL STAKEHOLDER […]

“We will implement projects to reduce maternal and infant mortality, and we will strive to prevent malnutrition and ensure access to medicine.” was part of the 2015 election manifesto of the NLD. It is good to see this massive national programme going ahead. How much will it cost? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Aung San Suu Kyi launches […]