Here is a month old article on Covid19 in Myanmar. You can see how quickly the situation changes. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ ‘The presumption is we have Covid running rampant’ Andrew Haffner Southeast Asia Globe MAY 25, 2021 ‘The presumption is we have Covid running rampant’ Police march past a billboard related to stopping the spread of […]

Ok, I know this is CNN but Nathan Maung is now safe and can talk about the torture he endured while in detention by the junta. He is one of the few who can describe junta torture to a massive audience. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/27/media/nathan-maung-interview-myanmar-intl-hnk/index.html Jamie

In case you missed it. The regionality of the health care collapse in Myanmar is discussed in this penetrating piece by Yu Nandar Aung. Hat tip to a reader for pointing it out. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The post-coup health crisis in Myanmar is not a local issue, it is a ticking time-bomb for the region Yu […]

Here is a sanguine piece in the Lancet on hepatitis C elimination in Myanmar. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(21)00038-9/fulltext “The findings of this study are being used to support the financing of larger scale hepatitis C elimination strategy, and to assist decision-makers in Myanmar on the prioritisation of funds between hepatitis C and other health issues.” It was written […]

Is Unicef in Myanmar working with junta partners? If not, say so. If so, which ones? https://twitter.com/UnicefMyanmar/status/1407601859074920448?s=20 https://www.unicef.org/myanmar/responding-emergencies/delivering-children-time-crisis Jamie

I think the true horror of what has happened and what is happening in Myanmar just began to dawn on me yesterday. Jamie

No one has a big picture of the state of the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar. I hope that the vital stats system is robust enough to determine excess mortality over the next few years. But fear it is not. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-bago-region-sees-sharp-spike-in-covid-19-cases.html Jamie

Excellent piece Frontier Myanmar. It is sometimes hard for others to understand how we health workers get attached to our stethoscopes. “I didn’t dare take even my because if the junta forces see it, they will ask a lot of questions.” CDM crunch: Striking doctors struggle to meet healthcare needs Jamie

The Global Fund paid for a malaria mass drug admininstration trial in a *low* transmission setting in Myanmar *six* years ago. Results are out this week. “malaria elimination programmes should consider using MDA … in foci of higher transmission” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30997-X/fulltext What do you think? Jamie

The Aung Clinic is featured here. https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/community-based-mental-health-services-using-a-rights-based-approach Jamie

Here is an interview with the Minister of Health.’ Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Interview: ‘We Cannot Accept People Dying,’ Says Myanmar NUG Health Minister “I do not want (the junta) to push hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths,” says physician Zaw Wai Soe, who serves as the parallel National Unity Government’s minister of health and […]

The author of this piece states that Myanmar was last in WHO health system rankings twenty years. It was second to last. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000 Fact checking? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The Diplomat The Tatmadaw’s Assault on Healthcare Reform in Myanmar Eustace Jones June 17, 2021 In downtown Yangon, a red brick colonial building erected by the British in […]