Interesting approach. BTW “Say no to drugs” is a message that doesn’t work. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Fighting addiction with music Kyi Sin Thant Myanmar Times 4 November 2019 “No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.” – Patrick J Kennedy. At the same time, it’s hard to understand […]

Over on LinkedIn Ni Ni Tun is posting papers and reviews that relate to health in Myanmar. Recommended. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nini-tun-60943116a_nice-literature-review-tackling-on-the-question-activity-6595401514351755264-3q9x Jamie

Than Sein, as usual, doesn’t get it. The objective of smoking bans in public places is to contribute to decreasing the prevalence of tobacco smoking. Not to protect people from the small risks of second hand smoke. Decreeing a ban is easy. Enforcing one is not. Public smoking bans are only one of the many […]

I have a couple of questions after reading this article in Frontier Myanmar. How much tramadol produced in Myanmar is exported to countries where it is a recreational drug? Does the U Hla Tun Hospice admit people living with HIV? https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/black-market-fills-the-gap-as-drug-quotas-create-shortage-of-opioids Jamie

Compatability with the Millennium Development Goals is probably not needed any longer when Myanmar develops its new national health policy. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ National health policy to be redrafted Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven Myanmar 31 October 2019 The national health policy will be redrafted at the end of this year and drafting is set to be […]