There is not a word in this piece on multi drug resistant TB or tuberculosis in Yangon about the new WHO recommended short course TB treatment. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/311389/9789241550529-eng.pdf Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Efforts to fight TB in Yangon Aung Phay Kyi Soe Myanmar Times 28 October 2019 For the past three months Daw Khaing Mar Wai from No. […]

It is hard to put into words how important misopristol is for the health of women. Google it. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christopherpurdydkt_myanmar-abortion-activity-6592849819482542080-89Hk/ Congrats to DKT. Jamie

Here is a report on the health of Rohingya children in Bangladesh. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Health risks of Rohingya children in Bangladesh: 2 years on Ahmed Hossain Shakil Ahmed Mohammad Shahjalal Gias U Ahsan The Lancet 19 October 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31395-9 The Rohingya crisis is a concern for Bangladesh, currently hosting more than 1·1 million Rohingya people […]

The Technical Review Panel TRP of the Global Fund has some observations that will be helpful for people in Myanmar currently scrambling to get the next Funding Request development process in order. Recommended. https://theglobalfund.org/en/updates/other-updates/2019-10-24-technical-review-panel-observations-on-the-2017-2019-allocation-cycle/ Jamie

There is a brand new paper on health spending in Myanmar. Here is the abstract and link. A lot is riding on UHC. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar’s health sector has received low levels of public spending since 1975. Combined with the country’s historic political and economic isolation, poor economic management and multiple internal armed conflicts, these […]

Thanks to Ni Ni Tun for posting this paper on her LinkedIn feed. Human resources for health is just one of the many problems that the new health plan must address. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018349983 Jamie

Support for people who use drugs in Myanmar. In music. Listen. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BJB3QFipsky4ukgpNrFzBKenErv9V7m2 And read about it the production. http://www.mizzima.com/article/us-embassy-and-12-artists-support-drug-dependent-communities Substance use disorders are *health* problems. Not moral ones. Jamie

Has anyone ‘written the book’ on correctional health and correctional reform in Myanmar? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ AAPP to cooperate with CSOs for prison reform No byline Eleven Myanmar 3 October 2019 Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) will seek cooperation and advice from civil society organizations from various fields for its efforts for prison system reform, […]

Here is an alcohol use primer for Myanmar people. It would be nice to see the gender aspects discussed. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Don’t let the drink take you Dr Thel Khin Hla Myanmar Times 18 October 2019 “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you,” wrote F. Scott […]

This is a courageous first hand account of the failure of the government to implement the recommendations of the Annan Advisory Commission. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Health access denied in northern Rakhine Dr Nay Lin Tun Frontier 17 October 2017 Massive shortfalls in government services, blocks on NGOs and travel restrictions for residents continue to starve communities […]

Which foreign organisation donated these vitamins and what is in them? WHO recommends iron and folic acid. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/250800/WHO-RHR-16.12-eng.pdf;jsessionid=2EBAC6D4D82B19503EF7860F2F45A456?sequence=1 Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Ministry hands out vitamins to pregnant women Myat Thura Myanmar Times 10 October 2019 The Health Ministry on Wednesday began distributing free prenatal vitamins to pregnant women to ensure the health of their babies by […]

About twenty years after people first started talking about it, triple therapy for malaria is now being seriously proposed. Here are two articles: one for and one against. Vote? https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-019-2955-z https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-019-2976-7 Jamie