What is the burden of alcohol in Myanmar? In the world? https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2818%2931310-2 Harm reduction for alcohol is woefully neglected. Jamie

Is the 3MDG fund providing health care to prisoners? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Half of inmates linked to drug cases Eithinzar Kyaw Eleven Wed, 09/26/2018 – 10:14 About half of 90,000 inmates in prisons who are serving their prison terms are linked to drug charges, according to the Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) which is providing […]

The government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is responsible and accountable for the health of all detainees in the country. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ ICRC wants to take care of prisoners’ health Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven Mon, 09/17/2018 – 13:19 YANGON- The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) is willing to provide healthcare services […]

Here is a one pager from WHO on NCDs in Myanmar. http://www.who.int/nmh/countries/2018/mmr_en.pdf?ua=1 It looks like women have already met one 2025 target … for men. Jamie

Don’t miss this webinar on Test and Treat the Same Day. (Archived Webinar) ICAP Grand Rounds Webinar: Same-Day ART Initiation Jamie

You can see ‘progress’ on TB tuberculosis in Myanmar on page 194 of this new WHO global report. http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/gtbr2018_annex2.pdf The graphs on the right tell a story of: Unchanging incidence. Unchanging reporting. Unchanging mortality. In short, a disaster. Jamie

Myanmar has finally left the list of low human development countries to join the list of the medium ones. It is 148 out of 189 countries in the new rankings. http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2018_human_development_statistical_update.pdf Jamie

There will be private health care worker universities in Myanmar. The Minister of Health and Sports states that the country “can open them after the [educational] law is enacted”. Timeline? I won’t comment on the sex ratios in medical training. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Govt Plans to Open Private Medical Universities Moe Moe The Irrawaddy 18 […]

Hundreds of people from Myanmar attend International AIDS Conferences. Few write about them. Thanks to Khine Su Win for doing so. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Postcard from the International AIDS Conference Khine Su Win, Program Officer – Myanmar Asia Catalyst September 14, 2018 The 22nd International AIDS conference was organized from 23-27 July 2018 in Amsterdam, the […]

Is Juul available on the streets in Myanmar yet? It will be soon. https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1805758 Tobacco smoking harm reductionists are right that vaping is less harmful than tobacco smoking. And there are real harms from nicotine alone. Time to regulate now. Jamie

Would you trust a tobacco company to teach your children about healthy breathing or cancer? Why trust Nestle to teach children about nutrition? Nestle kills. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Milo maker launches campaign to teach kids about nutrition Myint Kay Thi Myanmar Times 11 July 2018 Chocolate drink brand Milo has launched the Milo Champion School roadshow […]

Exercise prevents falls among older people in Asia. https://www.healthevidence.org/view-article.aspx?a=works-falls-prevention-asia-systematic-review-meta-analysis-randomized-34113 … Is anyone working on this in Myanmar? Jamie