This is a preliminary analysis of Covid politics in Myanmar. Jamie Myanmar’s Pandemic Politics Goes International – Analysis

Have you seen this Myanmar site on comprehensive sexuality education materials? You can even subscribe. https://t.co/1ICh3pEHIT HT Leigh Mitchell. Jamie

I have an unpopular view on sex and gender and tuberculosis. Indulge me for a moment. Around the globe, men have *double* the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis. *Both* sex and gender must be causes for this. New research with a team that includes Myanmar health scientists outlines the issue of poor treatment outcomes for […]

Xinhua the Chinese news agency reprints whatever the Myanmar junta publishes without analysis. Then other outlets pick it up. Sad. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Over 51 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Myanmar Xinhua Tuesday, 12 Apr 2022 YANGON, April 10 (Xinhua): More than 51.53 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in Myanmar as […]

“We can’t let military dictators use COVID vaccinations as a weapon. I may still be free or detained by the military when you read this. But I will never surrender.” ~ Dr Htar Htar Lin Courage. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Junta Jails Myanmar’s COVID-19 Vaccine Chief for Protecting International Aid Money from Seizure National immunization director Dr. […]

There is much to learn from the response to Covid19 by MSF in Myanmar. Jamie https://www.msf.org/responding-covid-19-myanmar-during-political-crisis

The slope of these two curves of arrests and deaths is *remarkably* straight and smooth for over a year. If I thought that any Myanmar junta strategists could do simple arithmetic then it I might believe it could be the outcome of careful planning. Thank you Assistance Association for Political Prisoners for continuing to inform […]

This is a bit of a lightweight story in the New York Times. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar’s Health System Is in Collapse, ‘Obliterated’ by the Regime The country is also now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a medical worker. At least 30 doctors have been killed since the coup, a […]

I hear that USAID Burma may be looking for an HIV strategic information advisor to work remotely for six months. Contact me if you want details. Jamie

Here is the story of Dr Kyaw Aung of Correctional Health Services in NYC. Jamie https://hhinternet.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/2020/04/health-care-hero-kyaw-aung.pdf

Phyu Phyu Thin’s ‘Nurture AIDS Centre may be forced to close. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Under junta scrutiny, Myanmar HIV clinic and orphanage at risk of closure Donations have dried up after authorities targeted the center’s founder, a deposed former lawmaker. Reported by RFA’s Myanmar Service 2022.04.09 The Nurture AIDS Center (NAC) in Ward 11 of Yangon’s […]

Documenting sexual violence among Myanmar people. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-13038-7 Jamie