Here is another review that shows that HIV testing is not prevention. People who test negative do not change their behaviour. We have known this since 2007. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649006/pdf/JIA2-23-e25635.pdf Testing is the first step to treatment. Jamie

The new global @UNAIDS report for World AIDS Day is out. https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/prevailing-against-pandemics_en.pdf There are a couple of references to Myanmar. The number of people who got methadone in Myanmar increased during the covid crisis. p 33 Good. It says that HIV self screening (testing) has expanded in Myanmar. p 36 How many people self tested […]

You can judge for yourself how well Myanmar is doing in HIV prevention by looking at this new HIV Prevention Coalition report. Lots of graphics. The Myanmar two pager is on page 90 and 91. https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/fourth-annual-progress-report-global-hiv-prevention-coalition_en.pdf Jamie

Is plasma still being used to treat people with Covid19 in Myanmar? Yes. Does it work? No. “No significant differences were observed in clinical status or overall mortality between patients treated with convalescent plasma and those who received placebo.” https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2031304?query=featured_home Please stop it and use the funds for something else. Jamie

How many of these truck drivers who tested positive successfully completed their long quarantines? The article doesn’t say. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ More than 180 truck drivers and helpers test COVID positive in Bago Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven 23 November After swab tests taken from truck drivers and their helpers in Bago Region, more than 180 tested […]

Cool weather does not boost the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. This was long ago disproven. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Citizens Asked to Stay Home During Cool Season to Avoid COVID-19 Zaw Zaw Htwe The Irrawaddy 20 November 2020 Yangon – Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports has requested residents stay at home and avoid gatherings as […]

China is concerned about malaria in Myanmar. Borders mean nothing to mosquitos or plasmodia. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ From control to elimination: a spatial-temporal analysis of malaria along the China-Myanmar border Fang Huang, Li Zhang, Jing-Bo Xue, Hong-Ning Zhou, Aung Thi, Jun Zhang, Shui-Sen Zhou, Zhi-Gui Xia & Xiao-Nong Zhou Infectious Diseases of Poverty volume 9, Article […]

Here is an update on what the Myanmar Red Cross is doing on Covid. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/EN_COVID-19%20Monthly%20Update_Oct-Nov%202020.pdf Jamie

Here is a job with a short timeline. It calls for a nonMyanmar person who speaks Burmese with five years of relevant experience. Hmm. https://www.unv.org/calls/MMRR000133-8197 Jamie

Dr Myo Kyaw Lwin is featured in this UN press release on COVID-19. I am puzzled about this one statement about 90-90-90. “Myanmar is close to reaching the national AIDS targets set for 2020, including that 90% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status, 90% of those living with HIV receive antiretroviral […]

This is the first I have heard that tokay populations have been depleted in Myanmar. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2020/11/16/2003746987 Jamie

What *is* Myanmar’s progress towards the global 95-95-95 targets.? No one at WHO knows. Check out the new dashboard. https://whohts.web.app/MMR And WHO also notes that the country is not in compliance with WHO testing strategy What is going on? Jamie