Robert Bennoun of the 3MDG Fund has replied to my recent rant about the lack of evidence for the health benefits of yoga. I wrote “Yoga, or mindful stretching, is nice. There is very little scientific evidence that it improves health.” Robert has replied: “Strange, I’ve seen lots of what looks like scientific evidence https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-benefits-of-yoga.” […]

Nothing about progress in implementation of the Control of Smoking and Consumption of Tobacco Product Law enacted twelve years ago. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Health Minister Sounds Alarm over Tobacco Use San Yamin Aung The Irrawaddy 26 June 2018 YANGON — The Union Health Minister has warned that tobacco use is at a dangerous level in Myanmar […]

One of the primary rules of journalism is to expand on the lede. This article does not present any information to show that consumption of tobacco among young people in Myanmar is increasing. Perhaps it is decreasing. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Smoking on rise among youth, say experts Myint Kay Thi Myanmar Times 1 June 2018 Anti-tobacco […]

Here is a commentary on malaria. It has a reference to a paper on Myanmar that does not yet appear to be available. http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/ghsp/early/2018/06/06/GHSP-D-18-00158.full.pdf Some points here to consider …. http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/early/2018/06/06/GHSP-D-17-00318 Jamie

Yoga, or mindful stretching, is nice. There is very little scientific evidence that it improves health. http://www.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-library-special-collection-yoga-improving-health-and-well-being Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Devotees stretch as Yoga Day marked in Myanmar and around the world Mizzima/AFP 23 June 2018 The 4th International Day of Yoga is being observed today in Yangon with a mass Yoga demonstration at Thuwunna National […]

Good press release. Any chance that the Government of Myanmar will take over operation the mobile clinic and community staff? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ “The health volunteer saved my life” – Combatting maternal death in Rakhine United Nations Population Fund 11 Jun 2018 Khin Phyo, 23, expected to give birth at home with help of a traditional […]

There are many aspects of mental health that require development in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The Need for Mental Health Care in Myanmar Bo Kyi Irrawaddy 20 June 2018 Myanmar is suffering from a hidden mental health epidemic. Years of internal conflict have led to a traumatized society and a multitude of mental health issues. This […]

The USAID UHF Project has a bit more than a year to run. https://www.facebook.com/UHFProject/videos/173367866648878/ Jamie

It was just a few short years ago that no one wrote about health ‘policy’ in Myanmar. Now we see papers like this: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.242 and the following article based on it. Time for Myanmar to get serious about tobacco. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar’s public health could go up in smoke Big Tobacco returns following the lifting […]

You can see who is presenting and what is being presented from Myanmar at the International AIDS Conference next month. http://programme.aids2018.org/Search/Search?search=Myanmar If any presenters want to share their work on Health in Myanmar after the conference please contact the [him] moderator. Jamie

Can anyone from UNOPS enlighten us on this story? What is UNOPS’ role with Mukesh Kapila’s Defeat NCD Partnership? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Defeat-NCD Partnership, UNOPS propose technical assistance for non-infectious diseases Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven on Tue, 05/29/2018 – 13:21 Defeat-NCD Partnership and UNOPS have proposed to provide technical assistance for non-infectious diseases, according to Ministry […]