A briefing on human rights and Covid19 coronavirus in Myanmar. https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Myanmar-COVID19-Briefing-Paper-2020-ENG.pdf Jamie

Here is some well considered analysis of the Covid19 coronavirus epidemic and the response to it in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ COVID-19: The Health + Human Rights Perspective from Myanmar Asia Catalyst April 28, 2020 As a health and human rights organization that came of age during the HIV epidemic, Asia Catalyst has been working nonstop […]

There are 42,671 people under Covid19 coronavirus quarantine at 7,020 facilities in Myanmar. https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/myanmar-covid-19/covid-19-control-myanmar-keeps-current-measures-health-minister.html Jamie

Here is a United Nations press release a week after Thingyan releases of 25,000 people from jails/prisons in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ UN Supports Government to Safeguard Prison Population Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak in Country Press Release 24 April 2020 The United Nations is implementing activities to support the Government of Myanmar in its efforts to protect […]

Look at the arrows in the diagrams. Myanmar has decreased incidence of all three big diseases with increased spending of Global Fund resources. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30608-5/fulltext?utm_campaign=gbd20&utm_content=127441904&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-27013292 Jamie

Have you seen this OCHA sitrep on Myanmar and Covid19? https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OCHA%20Myanmar%20-%20%20COVID-19%20Situation%20report%201.pdf Jamie

Read Edith Mirante’s new Twitter thread about malaria in Myanmar. The disease itself has a long and fascinating history in the country and the response to it is even more interesting. 1. This History Thread is about #malaria in Burma (Myanmar) and the way approaches to preventing, treating or controlling it have evolved. Malaria had […]

A gender analysis is used in “A qualitative study on acceptability of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in Myanmar” https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-020-0907-2 A short but interesting read. Jamie

Here is the project document for the new World Bank funding for Covid19 coronavirus for Myanmar. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/178971586428026889/pdf/Project-Information-Document-Myanmar-COVID-19-Emergency-Response-Project-P173902.pdf The task team leaders are Nang Mo Kham and Hnin Nhin Pyne. There are three indicators. Number of acute healthcare facilities with isolation capacity Number of acute health care facilities with triage capacity Number of diagnosed cases treated […]

If it is true that “newly released inmates were given certificates to show they were free of the virus so that they will be accepted back into their home communities in their home towns” then all 24,900 prisoners were tested for Covid19 and found to be negative. This is a massive use of testing resources. […]

This is bizarre. There is no indication that the annual Thingyan prisoner release in Myanmar was related to Covid19 coronavirus at all. The government denied that there was any connection between the two. Does UNAIDS think its advocacy on covidecarceration had anything to do with the release or the size of the release? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ […]

24,896 prisoners will be released for Thingyan. About a quarter of detainees in the country. This will partly relieve the inhumane overcrowding in Myanmar prisons. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LKK6hF1bG8d5wxbcFybW4GMOwQONZ1yS Jamie