If you are interested in the treatment of HIV you are likely a fan of integrase inhibitors. Here is an analysis. https://www.amfar.org/Perspectives-May-2018/?tr=y&auid=17577631 Jamie

This article on sex work in Myanmar is better than most. Legislative paralysis seems to have gripped the country in many fields. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Prostitution, exploitation and the need for change Su Myat Mon Frontier Tuesday, August 07, 2018 Legal changes are urgently needed to protect sex workers from violence and abuse, say activists, but […]

There is a final agreed national point estimate of 83,000 men who inject drugs in Myanmar. This is based on four year old data. Not much different from the old estimate. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Estimating the Population Size of Males Who Inject Drugs in Myanmar: Methods for Obtaining Township and National Estimates Lisa G. Johnston, Phyu-Mar […]

Now that the clinic in Myitkyina prison has been open for a while it is time to see an update on how the prisoners’ health had been improved. Or what activities take place in the clinic. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 3MDG turns over new clinic facility for inmates Myint Kay Thi Myanmar Times 21 JUN 2018 The […]

Here is a recently released update on HIV in Myanmar. http://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/country_review/Myanmar_Country_Card_2018.pdf Comments? Jamie

Great article featuring a doctor working on Union activities in Mandalay, here labelled as Myanmar’s capital city. You can contrast the response to the epidemic in 2005 and today. It would be nice to have some numbers and a view on how decreasing funding has affected antiretroviral initiation. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ “All our work is with […]

This is perhaps the most important paper on health in Myanmar that you will read this year. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30318-8/fulltext?utm_campaign=lancet&utm_content=74886765&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Comments? Jamie