Who will take these jobs? Jamie ********************************************** Strike-Hit Myanmar Regime Advertises Thousands Of Jobs Team StratNews November 12, 2022 The junta has advertised around 4,000 job openings in less than six weeks since the beginning of October—a sign that the mass strike by civil servants has had a huge impact and that the regime is […]

Solid reporting on health care providers by The Irrawaddy. What do Tracy and Julia and Ko Myat Thu think about landmines? Jamie ********************************************** Myanmar Resistance Medics on Front Line of Fight Against Military Rule Yuzana The Irrawaddy 21 November 2022 It has been nearly two years since Tracy last saw her parents. She left her […]

What social media or journalism platforms can released prisoners use to widely share their stories of conditions inside Myanmar prisons without putting themselves at risk of reimprisonment or death? Jamie

Landmines are a threat to public health. They do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. They will kill and maim Myanmar people years and decades after the junta is defeated. https://irrawaddy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=92bb20b77cd3137f151c8b4a9&id=e1839a8878&e=2f10d3168e Jamie

Along the Myanmar China border, “risk factors associated with malaria infection are overnight staying out of home, at low altitude areas, proximity to streamlets and lack of knowledge of malaria transmission.” https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-022-04312-5 Jamie

Read this “Understanding Civil Society Organizations’ Responses to Covid-19 in Myanmar – How well the Responses are Gender Sensitive?” https://icird7.soc.cmu.ac.th/proceeding-68/ Jamie

Today is World Diabetes Day. Great video by MSF. Does avoidance of salty foods have any role in diabetes prevention or care? I think not. Jamie ************************************************* Diabetes is a chronic non-communicable disease and people living with it need to receive proper treatment to prevent it from getting worse. In Myanmar, more than two million […]

“The mother of a four-year-old drowned in the Moei River while trying to cross back to Myanmar to avoid the Thai police.” Jamie ****************************************** Striking Medics Blame Myanmar Junta for Nurse Death The Irrawaddy 11 October 2022 The Civil Disobedience Movement Medical Network of the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has condemned Myanmar’s junta after […]

This new Organization Registration Law makes implementation next to impossible for many organisations in Myanmar. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15zDuM12LmOiTO9ICk1cYXxQVMrb1yNxN/view?usp=share_link It will simply be used to oppress civil society. Jamie

I guess the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine is no longer controlled by Win Myat Aye. It provides the funding for Asia World Foundation. I think. Jamie ************************************ Handover of National Centre for Pandemic and Infection Diseases in Myanmar; Advanced Facility Built with Donation from AW Foundation StreetInsider November 5, […]

Thanks to a loyal reader for sending me this piece about happy water. It ranks with Vietnamese ‘Black Water’ and Georgian ‘Krokodil’ as the strangest hits I’ve seen. Jamie ****************************************** What’s in ‘Happy Water,’ a Synthetic Drug Cocktail Being Taken by Partygoers? Consumption of the psychoactive beverage, which sees MDMA, meth, ketamine and diazepam dissolved […]

This is the first time I have heard of happy water. I’m not up to date. Jamie ******************* Party goers dance in a private room in a KTV, where drugs are readily available. (Supplied) ‘They use it to find some relief’: drug use on the rise OCTOBER 31, 2022 An absence of policing, increased narcotics […]