Is anyone else tired of hearing phrases like “Education is key to everything”? Education is just a small part of change. Knowledge is necessary but not sufficient to affect change. And I’m not even sure how necessary it is. There is much governmental regulation that could decrease the opportunities for Nestle and other powder milk […]

TB and civil society in Myanmar starts on page 37. We used to call this kind of study a mapping. https://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/WHO_Baseline_assessment_of_community_based_TB_services_2018.pdf You can see that the tuberculosis response in Myanmar needs a lot of work. Jamie

Mandalay prison is not filled with political prisoners. But releasing all political prisoners in the country is a good idea anyway. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Mandalay prison filled to overflowing Phyo Wai Kyaw Myanmar Times 27 March 2019 Mandalay Central Prison has three times the number of prisoners that it should have, said Daw Khin Aye Swe, […]

I’ve put off posting this article due to the strong emotions I’ve stirred up in readers when I previously made posts on betel. Here goes … Both areca and tobacco cause cancer. “Betel quid’ is a double whammy carcinogen mixture. A single intervention like a scare campaign is unlikely to sustainably reduce consumption. We have […]

Gender based violence GBV is a health issue in Myanmar. It takes courage to address it. https://mailchi.mp/50219760caec/daring-to-defy-myanmars-patriarchy-new-report Jamie

The Lancet has published a paper on state violence affecting health of Rohingya, Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Violence and mortality in the Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar, 2017: results of a quantitative survey of surviving community leaders in Bangladesh Parveen K Parmar, MD Jennifer Leigh, MPH Homer Venters, MD Tamaryn Nelson, MPA on behalf of the Physicians […]

You are going to be bored hearing me say this again and again. Vaccinating only girls against HPV is a strategic mistake. 1) HPV and cervical cancer will be eradicated more quicky through genderblind or genderneutral vaccination. Boys and girls. 2) Vaccinating only girls will lead to an antivaxxer backlash by those who worry about […]

I’m unsure what “unfair competition to legal businesses” in the second para means to the Ministry of Information of Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Sale of imported pharmaceuticals to be held in Tatmadaw Hall next month Ministry of Information 22 March 2019 A THREE-DAY sales expo of imported pharmaceuticals and medical equipment will be held from 27-29 […]

I thought ICAAP was dead but it is apparently still breathing. http://icaap2019.com/ #icaap19 Jamie

Here is a summary of the technical assistance provided by UNAIDS in the region recently. https://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/UNAIDS_technical_support-gf-grants-asia-pacific-2017-8.pdf Comments? Jamie

Here are two papers from the recent CROI on hepatitis C treatment in Myanmar. http://www.croiconference.org/sessions/effectiveness-hepatitis-c-treatment-hivhcv-coinfected-patients-myanmar http://www.croiconference.org/sessions/cost-effectiveness-hcv-treatment-among-hiv-positive-individuals-myanmar I wish all conferences were as open in posting abstracts and videos. Jamie

Wondering who the main decisionmakers and implementers are in jail/prison health in Myanmar. Anyone have information on this? Jamie