Excellent article “Why people in Myanmar don’t want the junta’s jabs” by John Liu for Frontier Myanmar. https://mailchi.mp/frontiermyanmar.net/why-people-in-myanmar-dont-want-the-juntas-jabs?e=cc2e99cf93 Jamie

I saw this video today. #Nov27Coup DR ROSE: Watch this interview with a consultant physician who refused to serve the SAC Junta and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement. She was the first in her hospital to do so. https://t.co/Q17xZEjRoR#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/zpnSlSmK2U — Shafiur Rahman (@shafiur) November 27, 2021 Only vitamins for PDF? Doctors like Rose need […]

The arrest of health care providers in Loikaw was abominable. When helping to treat/save patients in #Myanmar has now become a crime. #Military raided a church clinic in #Loikaw #Kayah state, eastern Myanmar & arrested almost 20 volunteer doctors, nurses accusing them of aiding "terrorists". #WhatsHappeningInMyanmarhttps://t.co/3fGA8gfIRS pic.twitter.com/lCVDUCEc2Q — May Wong (@MayWongCNA) November 24, 2021 Medical […]

Are there many accounts of being in prison in Myanmar that have been written and distributed? Why not? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/15/im-proud-of-myself-as-a-mini-political-prisoner Jamie

I wonder if prevention of diabetes was among the topics covered. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Webinar creates awareness among Myanmar priests on health care Jimmy Sa Ei Taw RVA Pwo Karen News Service 15 November, 2021 Myanmar’ Pathein diocese organized a webinar on health care awareness for priests in the Ayeyarwaddy Region on November 13. Doctor Nant […]

I heard junta forces are making people remove their face masks. A systematic review of eight studies found mask wearing and handwashing led to similar reductions in relative risk of covid19 incidence. 0.5 Distancing not so much. https://bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-068302… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEedJZAXsAUgcmu?format=jpg&name=900×900 Jamie

Here is an article on Covid19 in Myanmar that touches on most of the important issues. https://70b706f2.flowpaper.com/CommNovember2021/#page=22 Jamie

Here is the latest TB profile for Myanmar. It is going to show no progress next year. Sad. https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/tb_profiles/?_inputs_&entity_type=%22country%22&lan=%22EN%22&iso2=%22MM%22 Jamie

Here is a ‘humanitarian health’ scholarship at Hopkins. http://hopkinshumanitarianhealth.org/education/scholarships/open-scholarships/mph-tuition-scholarship-for-refugees/ Jamie

Good news that Danny Fenster has been released. I hope thousands more follow him out of the prison gates. Incarceration is bad for everyone’s health. Jamie

Read these rapid assessments on the situation for older people in Myanmar. The authors are correct that there is great diversity in the country. And that elderly people are also suffering. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/RNA%20of%20older%20people%20in%20Myanmar%20-%20Because%20I%20can%27t%20run%20like%20the%20others%20%28HelpAge%29.pdf https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/because-i-can-t-run-others-rapid-needs-assessment-situation-older-people-myanmar?fbclid=IwAR2dqFLbid-MQCtEQwyF9TcUJ6r1AaYBKWi_H43RNqYApk5XjffAmBJBIVc

I missed this Covid denialist piece in Mizzima a few months back. Mizzima can do better. https://www.mizzima.com/article/pushback-official-covid-19-narrative-collapsing Jamie