This webpage is a treasure trove of information on Health in Myanmar. http://www.healthdata.org/myanmar Take a look at it. Jamie

Three months of Health in Myanmar [him] on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/him.mod.58. What do you think? Jamie

This blog post from ADB is not so much about gender. It is about women. A gender analysis of transport infrastructure such as rural roads would uncover gender-specific transportation issues for men that also need to be taken into account. Poor lighting and bumpy roads make motorcycle driving unsafe. And electricity provision? Homes filled with […]

At the bottom of every [him] email you can read a quote attributed to U Thant. “In times of war and of hostilities the first casualty is truth.” This article may be accurate. But my interest lies in what the article does *not* say. Why are other health services not used by both Rakhine Buddhists […]

Looks like Australia, Denmark and the European Union will no longer contribute to the 3MDG Fund after the end of the year. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 3MDG pledges $40m in new funds to support health sector in 2018 3MDG Fund 6 July, 2017 YANGON, 6 July 2017: The Three Millennium Development Goal Fund will be extended for […]

DKT Myanmar now offers three unique IUDs. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6285483839796056064/ Check them out. Jamie

Interesting paper on a qualitative study of barriers to TB care on a Myanmar border. Migrant tuberculosis patient needs and health system response along the Thailand–Myanmar border https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjg5eGtsPTUAhVEcz4KHaFBCIEQFggmMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fheapol%2Farticle-pdf%2Fdoi%2F10.1093%2Fheapol%2Fczx074%2F18087528%2Fczx074.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEjWV1W2YheG2XipfQoFanJG8gqJQ&cad=rja Twice as many female respondents were inteviewed. TB is twice as prevalent in men as it is in women. Hmmm. Jamie

The only praise I have for this article is for the photo. I love it. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 3MDG puts $284 million into Myanmar health sector Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven on Wed, 06/28/2017 – 12:06 3MDG (Three Millennium Development Goal Fund) announced that it had provided US$284 million to the Myanmar health sector over the last […]

Good to see Nang Mo Kham raise her voice. And speak a bit of truth to power. Myanmar people are not small because their parents are small. They “are tiny because they suffered from malnutrition.” Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 30pc of Myanmar children suffer from malnutrition Nay Aung Myanmar Times Thursday, 29 June 2017 For every 100 […]