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