Here is an area for Myanmar to emulate Singapore. A ban on advertising and warning labels for sugary drinks. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ War on diabetes: Unhealthy label for high-sugar drinks, total ban on ads to be introduced in Singapore Eleven Myanmar 11 October 2019 SINGAPORE – The war on diabetes continues with a total ban on […]

Remember this analysis from [him] 3238? https://www.scirp.org/pdf/Health_2019092716142688.pdf That increase in overweight and obesity among women in Myanmar mirrors a global phenomenon. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-018-0437-7 *This* is what is going to kill women in a few years. Action needs to be taken now. Jamie

Hey look at this. An analysis of #tobacco industry interference in #Myanmar. #CDoH http://globaltobaccoindex.org/download/11 Jamie

It appears that a law passed thirteen years ago may now be implemented in some places. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Seven townships picked for tobacco-free zone projects Eleven Myanmar 5 October 2019 Ministry of Health and Sports will draft a plan for tobacco-free zones at hotels, restaurants and ancient cultural heritage zones in seven regions including Yangon. […]

This study in the Lancet shows that women are treated badly during childbirth in Myanmar. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2819%2931992-0 Comments? Jamie

Nice concatenation. Dr Sasa from Chin State in Myanmar is visiting the high school of Ibram X Kendi the author of the courageous and inspirational How To Be An Antiracist. Read it. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ International Guest Visits Stonewall Jackson High School Prince William Living October 4, 2019 Students in Stonewall Jackson High School’s International Baccalaureate […]

The UN in Myanmar has a new Resident Coordinator. https://twitter.com/olaalmgren?lang=en https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sga1913.doc.htm This is a critical position. Jamie

The new Global Fund annual report is out. It is replenishment time. https://www.theglobalfund.org/media/8752/corporate_2019resultsreport_report_en.pdf?u=637044316700000000 There is a nice photo of Shan people in Chiang Mai on page 27. Maybe they are from Myanmar. And Myanmar progress (or lack of progress) on tuberculosis is shown on page 31. Take a look. Jamie

New techniques alone are not going to improve TB outcomes. Programmes are. Is it true that “those with multidrug-resistant TB must take medicine from 11 to 20 months”? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Yangon to go high-tech in TB fight Aung Phay Kyi Soe Myanmar Times 3 October 2109 Yangon health authorities said they will utilise state-of-the-art machines, […]

There is an extraordinarily low level of domestic investment in the three Global Fund diseases in Myanmar. http://aidspan.org/sites/default/files/publications/Domestic%20financial%20contributions%20to%20HIV%2C%20TB%20and%20malaria%20in%20high%20impact%20Asia%20countries.pdf Jamie

Here is some not very good news for Myanmar. The maternal mortality rate is still 250. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 TO 2017 Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZFHvTSlkpnZOeU126RyPBlpdSVi2mvYH/view?usp=sharing Jamie