The word prevention occurs once in this report on the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) activities in Yangon. Does anyone know what prevention is being planned or implemented? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Anti-cancer NGO to assist Yangon develop programme Eleven Fri, 11/17/2017 – 16:51 Yangon is Myanmar’s largest city and most important commercial centre. The Union […]

A new TB building. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Mandalay gets new TB treatment facility Myint Kay Thi Myanmar Times 27 November 2107 A NEW tuberculosis treatment facility in Mandalay was turned over to the health ministry on Saturday to further boost Myanmar’s fight against the deadly but curable disease, the Three Millenium Development Goal Fund management office […]

Rosy indeed. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Vaccination campaign paints rosy picture of health care in Rakhine State The Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office undated With nationwide vaccination against encephalitis on 15 November, children under 15 in Maungtaw Township also received the vaccination. Myanmar’s 14 million of children including 1 million children in 17 townships […]

Minister: No medical research in Rakhine Myint Kay Thi Myanmar Times 9 January 2018 Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) Minister Myint Thwe on Thursday warned local and international organisations against conducting medical research in troubled northern Rakhine State without securing the approval of pertinent government agencies. He said that research studies conducted in Rakhine […]

I think this is *not* an example of the quality of posters at the 46th Myanmar Health Research Congress 2018. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pdhajjawiygwba/one%20page.pdf?dl=0 This poster is overtly racist. The Global New Light of Myanmar is proving true to form. Jamie

The official public health statistics published by the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar last year are worth digging in to. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Public_Health_Statistics_Report2014-2016_web.pdf Jamie

First off, congrats to the police source who got this news on 2017 road fatalities out in a timely fashion. It sounds like a bit of good news. Secondly, attributing ‘speeding’ as the main cause of road crashes ignores the more complex issues of reasons due to driver factors, vehicle factors, and environment factors. An […]

You can read about Global Fund grants to Myanmar in the newish Global Fund Observer number 326. http://www.aidspan.org/sites/default/files/gfo/326/English/GFO-Issue-326.htm Jamie

Here are some new documents on health in Myanmar posted by the ever intrepid AIDS Data Hub. All documents are vetted by Myanmar authorities. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ http://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Myanmar_Strategic_Action_Plan_for_Strengthening_Health_Information_2017-2021.pdf http://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Myanmar_National_Strategic_Plan_on_Viral_Hepatitis_2016-2020.pdf http://aidsdatahub.org/tuberculosis-infection-control-manual-second-edition-national-tuberculosis-programme-myanmar-2017 http://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Myanmar_National_TB_Programme_Annual_Report_2015.pdf http://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Myanmar_National_Strategic_Plan_for_Tuberculosis_2016-2020.pdf http://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Myanmar_National_Health_Plan_2017-2021.pdf