Do check out tweets from the businessman with a fever and the tourist with a cold. I am officially finished with my quarantine for #coronavirus The Doctors called an Uber for me and now I am officially no longer on the #Myanmar do not travel/do not fly list. Freedom！ #COVIDー19 #Covid_19 #CoronavirusPandemic pic.twitter.com/aR5JPQBa5p — Adrian […]

You probably already know what I am going to say about the visit of the Thai princesses. “UNAIDS South-East Asian Director Mr Eamonn Murphy briefed on the PrEP programme, which will be carried out for drug addicts in Myanmar, and which would result in a good exemplary lesson within the region.” There has been only […]

If the Ministry of Health and Sports does not regulate the sale of nicotine vaping equipment then members of the legislative branch will need to do it for them. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar legislator seeks to regulate e-cigarettes, water pipes Myat Thura Myanmar Times 9 March 2020 A Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) legislator has filed a […]

The Ministry of Health and Sports in Myanmar recommends avoiding crowds while Suu Kyi draws them. Some countries have developed risk assessments for mass gatherings. Maybe the NLD should take note of them. Here is one: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/health-professionals/mass-gatherings-risk-assesment.html Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar State Counselor’s Public Meetings Draw Criticism Amid Coronavirus Fears Zarni Mann The Irrawaddy 11 March […]

I hear that Princess Soamsawali and Princess Patty of Thailand will be in Myanmar this week. Soamsawali is UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV Prevention for Asia and the Pacific. Her daughter Patty is interested in prison issues. Will she visit Insein? I hope readers will let me know. Jamie

There is a new “Fact Sheet on Global Fund Sustainability, Transitioning, and Co-Financing (STC) Policy and the World Bank Transition Checklist in the Burmese Language” http://www.apcom.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GF-STC-Factsheet_MM_v1.pdf Thanks, APCOM. Jamie

More on Covid-19. That draft bill I wrote about yesterday has not been passed so it is not law. http://hivinfo4mm.org/new-law/ You can get official figures here: http://mohs.gov.mm/Main/content/publication/2019-ncov The Ministry of Health and Sports reports no case detections of the virus in Myanmar yet. I think there are about 3,000 test kits and fewer than 200 […]

Have there been any case detections of Covid-19 in Myanmar? How many tests have been performed? Has anyone been charged with leaking information? Are these questions I’m asking an offence? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Bill seeks to control news of outbreaks in Myanmar Aung Phay Kyi Soe Myanmar Times 24 February 2020 At a time when the […]

Whose job is it to enforce #Myanmar regulations on #tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Who is not doing their job? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Cross-sectional study on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) and violations of tobacco sale regulations in Myanmar: do these factors affect current tobacco use among Myanmar high school students? Cho SM1, Saw YM2,3, […]

Better late than never, an HIV progress report is out. I hope the national programme evaluation report is not delayed so long. https://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Myanmar_Progress_Report_2018.pdf The migrant and mobile people activities are a waste of time and money. The same goes for out-of-school youth, uniformed services personnel, and people in the workplace. Sorry to see that free […]

What ever became of this initiative? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Call to ease restrictions on Myanmar-origin doctors with permanent resident status Aung Myat Thu Mizzima 30 November 2019 Minister of Health and Sports Dr. Myint Htwe said that they would ease restrictions imposed on Myanmar-origin doctors staying with permanent resident (PR) status in Myanmar. Dr. Myint Htwe […]

There is no treatment for measles. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Measles treatments quelling virus among children in Ann Township: official Development Media Group Monday, February 03, 2020 Amid concerns of a measles outbreak at a village in Arakan State’s Ann Township, a local administrator told DMG on January 31 that more than 30 children out of over […]