Suu Kyi says: “We will conduct the vaccination programme all over the country without leaving anyone behind. This is our policy. No one will be left behind.” These are carefully chosen words. Will anyone hold her accountable? She also appears to think that re-infection occurs. It is, in fact, exceedingly uncommon. https://www.gnlm.com.mm/state-counsellor-gives-advice-guidance-on-measures-against-covid-19/#article-title Jamie

It is good to read that Sister Martha Paul is still serving the community in Myanmar. Read this: “The 20 dying AIDS patients who received the ART drugs are still alive. The 5-year-old children then are now studying in high school. We are still serving over 90 HIV patients in two centers.” Onward, Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ […]

It appears that some health care system and other leaders think that the problem of transmission of the virus is simply due to misbehaviour. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Government Under Fire as Coronavirus Cases Top 90,000 Radio Free Asia 2020-12-01 Myanmar’s government is facing growing criticism from physicians and experts over its handling of the coronavirus […]

Does the Ministry of Health think Myanmar will reach the 90-90-90 global targets in the next three weeks? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i1ptcjPm9vey4WM4vUuDoIAkTOi1a98W/view?usp=sharing I don’t have trust in 90-90-90 progress as presented in this National AIDS Programme paper. Jamie

Excellent article. The NLD government in Myanmar “containment measures” are less a single coherent framework than a collection of national, regional and local orders, some of which undermine or even conflict with each other”. Myanmar’s COVID-19 response is at a crossroads, and something has to give Jamie

Just another article on sex work and Covid19 in Myanmar. https://www.mmtimes.com/news/factory-work-sex-work-yangons-outer-townships.html Jamie

Oops! There is massive out of pocket spending on health in Myanmar. http://mohs.gov.mm/su/ajxs1167AJ What concrete steps has the NLD government taken to reduce it? Jamie

This is a rational analysis of the national response to Covid19 in Myanmar. I have an objection to labelling civil war as ‘domestic unrest’. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/12/01/myanmars-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/?preview_id=1252117 Jamie

I look forward to reading the full chapter on COVID-19 in Myanmar by Kai Ostwald and Tun Myint when it is published. Here is a precis. https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/covid-19-myanmar Jamie

This World AIDS Day read behind the scenes at MSF in Myanmar. All the usual suspects are there. #Myanmar #Rohingya #genocide #HIV https://www.msf.org/speakingout/msf-and-rohingya-1992-2014 https://www.msf.org/sites/msf.org/files/2020-11/socs-rohingya-en_0.pdf Jamie