This article on the newly approved national health and education budgets is all over the place. But the national health budget is still only 4% of the total budget. And per capital health expenditure is among the lowest in the region. There is a nice graph in the article. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Govt to spend more […]

This is a glowing review of a shisha bar by the Irrawaddy. I wonder whether the bar paid the reviewer. It appears that she didn’t know, or forgot, that shisha is tobacco. Someone told her so she added the last paragraph. Many places regulate or ban shisha bars. Will Myanmar? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Blow Away Your […]

Here is a Myanmar tax law demonstrating low rates of taxation on tobacco in the first few pages. https://www.ccifrance-myanmar.org/sites/ccifrance-myanmar.org/files/2017_-_union_taxation_law_-_english_version.pdf This could be changed by the NLD government. Increased tobacco taxes would improve the health of Myanmar people and increase government revenue. Jamie

Hla Htut Lwin used to talk about snakebites he had seen in rural Myanmar. http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0006643&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosntds%2FNewArticles+%28PLOS+Neglected+Tropical+Diseases+-+New+Articles%29&utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=96dbc04369-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_10_08_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d0d062dbd-96dbc04369-889767 Jamie

It has been three months since this article on condoms in Myanmar was published. Sorry to say that it has been sitting in my Health in Myanmar pending box. An interesting analysis. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The condom stigma Htet Htet Naing and Thomas Kean Frontier Tuesday, July 10, 2018 WHEN FAMILY planning non-profit DKT International launched […]

Myanmar ranks 140 out of 195 in this human capital assessment. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31941-X/fulltext Jamie

Here is a job opportunity for someone who wants to support the development of research capacity in Myanmar. https://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=PHP-PHES-2018-01 Jamie

Here is a report on the report by the Global Fund Office of the Inspector General. http://www.aidspan.org/node/4734 Jamie

It is worth seeing this webinar on test and treat the same day. https://columbiauniversitymsph.adobeconnect.com/_a840579320/pz2ltz58thjv/?proto=true Jamie