Pop stars sing for U=U in Myanmar. I suppose this is demand creation. Is it working? Pop Stars in Myanmar Join ICAP to Raise Awareness for Benefits of HIV Treatment Jamie

A modern view of doing research of any kind in Myanmar. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12736978/doing-research-in-myanmar Jamie

The World Bank in Myanmar has released this lovely Yangon empty street video without a link to the platform it publicises. Though it does link to a US website. Hunh? Jamie

Just three months ago there were plans to reopen Shwedagon to foreign visitors who went through a disinfection chamber. Community transmission has now overun the contact tracing system. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Shwedagon Pagoda to enforce social distancing when it reopens Global New Light of Myanmar July 06, 2020 A disinfection chamber is seen at a visitor […]

I remember when MSF was first planning ART provision twenty years ago. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ MSF hands over long-running HIV project in Yangon to ministry of health Minzayar Oo Press Release After 26 years as one of Myanmar’s major treatment providers, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has now fully handed over our HIV project in Yangon, the […]

I hear that a seroprevalence survey in Sittwe demonstrated 3% Covid-19 virus prevalence among people in public places and government staff. Could any readers confirm this? Jamie

Have you seen this slick WHO infomercial touting the response to Covid19 coronavirus in Thailand? It joins the long lists of well promoted ‘successes’ in the Kingdom. And features a woman with a Myanmar name who works in the community. Does she speak Thai with a Shan accent? The Thai health Minister Anutin in this […]

D614G is irrelevant to control of the epidemic. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02544-6 Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports spokesperson Than Naing Soe says “It is like putting wings to a horse. A horse is originally strong and fast. With wings it becomes faster.” Is there a place where the Ministry trains their spokespeople to say stupid things? https://www.mmtimes.com/news/virus-infection-rate-faster-virulence-same-myanmar.html […]

This is the weekend that the Covid19 coronavirus epidemic ‘explodes’ in Myanmar. Time to read how psychological mechanisms influence the response? Ed Yong! https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/pandemic-intuition-nightmare-spiral-winter/616204/ Jamie

Longform articles on HIV in Myanmar aren’t as common as they used to be. I guess journalists’ focus is elsewhere. http://mizzima.com/article/fight-stigma-new-hope-art https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=22a0ad5870&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1677837433227880316&th=1748e0418666a77c&view=att&disp=inline Jamie

What is being done on NCDs in Myanmar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhu2h4wJ9yI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3H4Is1Q9FHjAr7xCtTWSfuskfB4XoXm2Yc23z4-OWVZQ9PWPj2sV8nLfo Jamie

There is a new national health accounts report for Myanmar. http://mohs.gov.mm/su/heip3603HE from this site: https://www.mohs.gov.mm/content/publication/list?category=National%20Health%20Account&pagenumber=1&pagesize=40 Graphics rich. Jame