Torture has physical and mental outcomes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rapLLyhkg Jamie

Early rainy season diarrhea is troublesome for adults but dangerous for children. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Monsoon Rains Cause Gastro Sickness Among Displaced Children in Karen State – Lack of Shelter and Clean Drinking Water Concerning Health Workers Karen Information Center Monday, June 06, 2022 Saw Doe Doh Eh K’lu, a medical trainer at KawThooLei Department of […]

The illegal military junta in Myanmar allowed this devastating report to be published. https://www.themimu.info/node/118824 https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/welfare-and-vulnerability-findings-first-round-myanmar-household-welfare-survey-strategy-support-program-working-paper-18-june-2022 Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Welfare and vulnerability: Findings from the first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey, Strategy Support Program | Working Paper 18 (June 2022) 6 Jun 2022 ABSTRACT The first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a […]

I agree with Frontier. “The letter is a warped retelling of Myanmar’s Delta wave – one that bears little semblance to reality, but suits the agenda of the regime. It should never have been published in a prestigious academic journal, and disrespects the many people who lost their lives during Myanmar’s greatly under-reported deadly Delta […]

I’m going to take a couple of weeks off but will be back. Jamie

Don’t forget to keep an eye on Asia Catalyst. https://rights.health/ Jamie

Is the Defeat NCD Partnership still supporting the Myanmar junta? Funding? Human resources? Technical resources? Dr. Mynt Htwe, Minister of Health from Myanmar, presented a costed action plan to address #NCDs @WorldHealthSmt #defeatNCD #Myanmar #NCD #NCDs #COVID19 #WHS2020 #SDG #SDGs #SDG3 #SDG3.4 #globalhealth #UHC pic.twitter.com/WsdBOC1ir8 — The Defeat-NCD Partnership (@DefeatNCD) October 26, 2020 Jamie

Remember routine vitamin A for babies? As countries get richer it may not do any good. Myanmar? https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268507 Jamie

Here is a press release on an evaluation of nutrition programming in Rakhine. Not a positive one. Jamie https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/barriers-bottlenecks-and-solutions-nutrition-programming-rakhine-state-myanmar https://reliefweb.int/attachments/234290f9-7c1b-49a7-8a3b-23c8c9350500/Barriers_Bottlenecks_and_Solutions_for_Nutrition_Programming_in_Rakhine_State_Myanmar.pdf

There is a TB screening app for use in Myanmar. This is a preprint. https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/37779/accepted Can the junta see the raw data including names? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Usability of a mobile health application in tuberculosis screening and compliance to perform chest x-ray examination among presumptive cases detected by the app in Myanmar Kyaw Ko Ko Htet […]

Great question posed in this headline. Look at ASEAN’s record in HIV or any other infectious disease. There isn’t one. And Myanmar must be left out. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Can a Regional Public Health Emergency Centre Work for ASEAN? Melinda Martinus Fulcrum 27 May 2022 ASEAN’s plan to set up a regional public health emergency centre […]

People in Myanmar can talk about menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Here is an example. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Period pain: Women in Myanmar struggle with menstrual hygiene Emily Fishbein and Nu Nu Lusan 28 May 2022 A year after Myanmar erupted into civil war prompted by a February 2021 military coup, more than half a million people […]