Is Suu Kyi still the UNAIDS Ambassador on, er, discrimination? http://www.unaids.org/en/aboutunaids/unaidsambassadors/dassk Is #SuuKyi still the @UNAIDS Global Ambassador against, er, #discrimination? https://t.co/xcH8Fma09R pic.twitter.com/wuk05AHmNf — Jamie Uhrig (@himmoderator) November 13, 2017 Jamie

Here is a new paper on men who have sex with men HIV testing in Myanmar. I have trouble seeing what new knowledge has been generated by it. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.25026/full Jamie

There is a fasinating new graphic on the Stop TB website. Look at the Myanmar page: http://www.stoptb.org/resources/cd/MMR_Dashboard.html In the future there may be gender disaggregation of data. We will be able to see that TB incidence and prevalence in men is about double that of women. Jamie

Are there any other sexuality videos out there like “Puberty Blues”? https://www.facebook.com/swan.shanwomen/videos/1523751804330795/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/swan.shanwomen/videos/?ref=page_internal Jamie

Regular readers of Health in Myanmar [him] http://www.hivinfo4mm.org or those who follow my Twitter @himmoderator know that I have complained about the decreasing quality of journalism at the Irrawaddy. So this article is a breath of fresh air. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/challenges-impede-development-of-myanmars-public-health.html It presents an analysis on parts of the health sector in Myanmar and backs it up […]

The prevalence of hypertension or high blood pressure is increasing in Myanmar. Here is an important new paper. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5659019/ Hypertension is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Jamie

This is good news. But I don’t understand the headline. Did the British colonizers provide Myanmar with health research and development funds? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Gets First Health R&D Funds Since Independence Moe Moe Irrawaddy 7 November 2017 YANGON — The Myanmar government has granted one billion kyats (US$740,000) for research and development in the […]

Can you find Myanmar in the brilliant graphic on NCD burden and health care system readiness? https://www.cfr.org/article/changing-demographics-global-health?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=earned&utm_campaign=Global-Health-Demographics-interactive Jamie

An alliance is needed for NCDs in Myanmar. True partnership is needed rather than competition for funding. I can’t help noticing there is only one woman in a roomful of men in the photo. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Non-Communicable Disease: Preparations Underway To Form NCD Alliance MITV 6 November 2017 As non-communicable disease (NCD) case is on […]

The lack of funding for treatment is probably the biggest HIV story in Myanmar in 2017. I wonder why the mainstream media is not covering it. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Discrimination and Fear Hamper HIV Eradication in Myanmar Rik Glauert The Irrawaddy 3 November 2017 YANGON — While Myanmar has been celebrating triumphs in controlling its HIV […]

I assume that deaths and injuries on the Yangon Mandalay highway will continue at the same rate this month and next. So the number of deaths and injuries has decreased from last year. Why? The article doesn’t say. There may be driver, car, and road reasons. Knowing about them could lead to interventions that will […]