Congratulations to Myanmar as a photo of the TB prevalence survey graces the webpage announcing the new global tuberculosis report: https://www.who.int/news/item/14-10-2020-who-global-tb-progress-at-risk You can see an opportunity to colocate hypertension and tuberculosis care. Was the opportunity taken? Though the news on Myanmar in the report itself is mixed. The incidence decrease goal has been met. Good. […]

More analysis of the response to Covid19 coronavirus in Myanmar. http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue202002/jogh-10-020374.pdf Jamie

A broken promise. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Seven years ago, Aung San Suu Kyi, then Myanmar’s opposition leader, called for the decriminalization of homosexuality in a speech at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. She said that the criminalization of homosexuality was hindering efforts to treat HIV-infected gay men in the country. Aung […]

Respect for Myat Mon Yee. Courage is not lack of fear but working through it. What do you think of her post work routine: “I spray disinfectant on all my things, and I stay isolated for an hour.” Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ UN in Myanmar comes together to protect people from COVID-19 UN News 11 October 2020 […]

The Minister of Health and Sports has stated that “the COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar was the biggest public and medical challenge in the ministry’s history”. https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/1590 And I wonder how much of what Suu Kyi says in these statements was lost in translation. They are barely intelligible. https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/1556 https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/1585 Jamie

Township medical officers are expected to do a lot to respond to Covid19 coronavirus. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ UNION MINISTER DR MYINT HTWE DISCUSSES COVID-19 MEASURES WITH TOWNSHIP MEDICAL OFFICERS Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/04/2020 – 10:36 UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe held a videoconference with township medical officers from six states/regions […]

It is hard to keep track of the changes in designated spokespeople from the Ministry of Health and Sports. But this is a revealing interview with one of them. I find the comments on the Minister, quarantine, and “car accidents” the most interesting. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Inside Myanmar’s COVID-19 Fight – Exclusive Interview Soe Zeyar Tun […]

There is a webinar tomorrow for any group that wants to apply for a Frontline AIDS Rapid Response Fund grant. https://frontlineaids.org/our-work-includes/rapid-response-fund/ bit.ly/30waRbe Jamie

Does Myanmar have the capacity to measure excess deaths? Tracking excess deaths due to #covid19 #coronavirus is important in order to know the impact that the virus has in countries. Does #Myanmar have the capacity to measure and report on them?https://t.co/hEPXXawUMG — Jamie Uhrig (@himmoderator) September 28, 2020 Jamie

This is a remarkably sound article on Covid19 coronavirus testing in Myanmar by Aung Phay Kyi Soe. Well done. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Testing times: Myanmar struggles to keep pace as COVID-19 takes off The health ministry was able to rapidly scale up COVID-19 testing when the second wave of the virus first broke, but since the […]

Here is a newish report on key populations in prison in Myanmar. It presents a lot of material that has not before been published. Thanks Assistance Association for Political Prisoners and Frontline AIDS. https://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/prison-reform-with-key-population-Eng.pdf Jamie