In case you missed this movie about tuberculosis in Myanmar. I did. Under the Mask: A Film on Tuberculosis at the Thai-Myanmar Border https://t.co/wfosfViSA5 — NDMPapers (@NDM_Papers) May 9, 2022 Jamie

Two health care providers left the military … Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/military-nurse-05042022172947.html

Is any of this news on Myancopharm true? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40015364 Myanmar starts administering locally produced Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines Xinhua May 5, 2022 YANGON, May 5 (Xinhua) — Myanmar has begun administering locally filled-and-packed doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, locally known as the Myancopharm vaccines, according to the Ministry of Health on Thursday. “The […]

An update on human resources for health in Myanmar. Jamie https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/from-battlefields-to-hospitals-short-staffed-junta-moves-personnel-into-vacant-roles

Here is a wideranging view of the response to Covid19 in the south. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Tanintharyi People’s Voice holds press conference to release report titled “Myanmar Military’s Weaponization of COVID-19 in Tanintharyi Region 4th May, 2022 After the Myanmar Military launched its attempted coup on 1 February 2021, the military junta’s weaponizing of the COVID-19 […]

I wonder how the retired public health specialist came up with a figure of “at least 10 years for the healthcare system to recover”. Perhaps they made a graph. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Coup creates public healthcare emergency Frontier Myanmar 3 May 2022 Myanmar’s public health system is collapsing under the military regime, and a shortage of […]

Good to see a quote from Vit. But I don’t understand what this op-ed is getting at. How much Covid19 vaccination could take place from across the border? Jamie https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmars-covid-crisis-needs-thai-cooperation-for-cross-border-vaccine-aid.html

The tobacco industry has won a victory in Myanmar. The military junta has just sentenced more people to death. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Postpones Plain Packaging Tobacco Reporter April 28, 2022 Myanmar has postponed the implementation of standardized tobacco packaging until April 2023, following a lobbying campaign by opponents of the measure, reports Eco-Business. The law […]

Have you seen this summary of child health in Myanmar in 2022 by Unicef? Jamie https://unicef.org/media/111976/file/2022-HAC-Myanmar.pdf