The right to health is a human right. Myanmar’s national human rights commission needs reform. Here are some suggestions. https://www.icj.org/four-immediate-reforms-to-strengthen-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/ Jamie

Have you seen the last progress report of the UNAIDS HIV prevention coalition? Myanmar is in it. Though a quick search for the word ‘Myanmar’ in it reveals most of the progress appears to be making plans to do things instead of progress in the implementation of plans. https://hivpreventioncoalition.unaids.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GPC-Report_web-003.pdf This sounds familiar. Jamie

Here is a report on some research on community malaria volunteers in Myanmar. Retention of malaria knowledge and skills and adherence to National Malaria Treatment Guidelines by integrated community malaria volunteers The CMV programme is young. And the poster was written only by Myanmar authors. Jamie

The following health issues are taken from the National League for Democracy NLD platform or manifesto that was posted for voters in the 2015 election. Most of them are aspirational goals and without outcomes or indicators so we cannot measure progress. In your view, how many of the NLD campaign promises have been kept and […]

Ross Dunkley is detained with sick detainees. What does he really think of them? “You’ve got people coming in there, they’ve got tuberculosis or HIV and they’re on their last legs, and people die” https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/ross-dunkley-myanmar-times.php Jamie

Has anyone looked at a gender-disaggregated HIV treatment cascade for Myanmar? For TB? There may be surprises and areas for action. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tmi.13334 Jamie

Details are scant in this article on drugs and football. One hopes the activities are evidence-informed. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ MFF, US kick off anti-drug programme in Myanmar no byline The Myanmar Times 15 November 2019 The United States Embassy and Myanmar Football Federation have teamed up to host the Community Champions sports programme aimed at fighting […]

Though it is old, here is a paper on how stroke is handled in Myanmar. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kaung_Kyaw/publication/51112918_Stroke_in_Myanmar_Attitudes_and_treatment/links/5b3cd17fa6fdcc8506f01104/Stroke-in-Myanmar-Attitudes-and-treatment.pdf Jamie

Vaccines are in the news. What are the challenges of vaccination in Myanmar? Will the global HPV vaccine shortage affect HPV vaccination in the country? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Measles Resurgence, Polio Persistence & HPV Vaccine Shortages Concern Health Experts Elaine Ruth Fletcher Health Policy Watch 11/10/2019 Measles is undergoing a worrisome worldwide resurgence, and it has […]

Yesterday I wrote about slow progress against TB in Myanmar. Where is the anger? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Fighting TB: Slow Progress Should Ignite Action Madhukar Pai Forbes 17 October 2019 Today, the World Health Organization released its 2019 Global Tuberculosis Report. The bad news is that, despite a decline in number of deaths, TB continues to […]

The Global TB report 2019 has some excellent graphics on TB in Myanmar. https://extranet.who.int/sree/Reports?op=Replet&name=%2FWHO_HQ_Reports%2FG2%2FPROD%2FEXT%2FTBCountryProfile&ISO2=MM&LAN=EN&outtype=html https://www.who.int/tb/data/GTBreportCountryProfiles.pdf?ua=1 Incidence is falling too slowly. Jamie

Mobile internet access may have a negative impact on young people’s health. ‘Hate speech fatigue’ is especially troubling. Please read at least the executive summary of this research with young nonBurman participants. https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/node/16212/pdf/mobile_myanmar_2019_2019-10-30_0.pdf Jamie