Did 3MDG really say that the number of ‘drug abusers’ or people with drug use disorder is on the increase? Link to the research, please. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Drug abusers increase in Kachin State Ei Thizar Kyaw Eleven Myanmar 3 July 2018 The number of drug abusers is on the increase year by year in conflict […]

The moderator fully agrees with U Myint Htwe, the Minister of Health and Sports, when he says “Implementation research is very important as it can reflect the real situation”. The Central Statistical Organisation / UNDP / World Bank ‘Living Conditions Survey’ does not appear, however, to be implementation research. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Progress in education, water […]

Here is a brilliant study of road safety on motorcycles in Myanmar. The takeaways: 1) Prevalence decreases for each additional rider. 2) Prevalence in motorcycle-experienced Mandalay is triple that of formerly motorcycle-banning Yangon. 3) Children are largely unprotected. https://www.dropbox.com/s/m8cvk0m61g38mz6/ICAP%202018%20-%20Naturalistic%20Observation%20of%20Motorcycle%20Helmet%20Use%20-%20Felix%20Siebert.pdf?dl=0 Remember the carnage on Vietnam’s roads until motorcycle helmets were mandatory and the regulation was enforced? […]

When you listen to this podcast please remember that tattooing does *not* transmit HIV. In Myanmar or anywhere else in the world. https://t.co/utpeWHx2EI Jamie

Why are important papers on health systems for malaria in Myanmar published three years after the data is collected? Jamie ************************ village health volunteers as good as basic health staffs in providing malaria care? A country wide analysis from Myanmar, 2015 Nay Yi Yi LinnEmail authorView ORCID ID profile,Soundappan Kathirvel,Mrinalini Das,Badri Thapa,Md. Mushfiqur Rahman,Thae Maung […]