Here is a paper for everyone who is concerned about the well being of people who inject drugs everywhere in Southeast Asia and especially in Myanmar. We know that harm reduction interventions reduce HIV incidence in other places. Here is proof that they reduce incidence in people in Kachin. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(23)00036-6/fulltext Jamie

Here is a paper on the care of people with Covid19 in a private hospital in Mandalay. https://www.cureus.com/articles/130724-clinical-profile-of-covid-19-patients-admitted-at-a-private-hospital-during-three-surges-in-mandalay-myanmar?score_article=true#!/ Jamie

You can see the needs among Myanmar refugees to Thailand in this new IOM report. Nice maps. https://reliefweb.int/report/thailand/iom-dtm-thailand-multisectoral-assessment-needs-among-cambodian-and-myanmar-migrants-thailand-round-1-august-october-2022 Jamie

It is interesting to read the WHO Myanmar report for 2021 prepared for the WHO SEARO regional meeting in September of last year. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/362123/sea-rc75-2-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Jamie

Thanks to APCOM for posting this HIV key population summary in preparation for the PEPFAR ROPCOP. It uses a wide range of sources. https://apcom.nationbuilder.com/r?u=4aVQsdadf7JGNmXzUYc7x1IdKsmTaOpE6biOg0MW_SfnU_5_Zl1RP4M3fWrsq6P-bM_JP6CGOcguURexgRDHauH0QU1OW-8I0-L7nZVYAqJEsMRWgAkiB_LkNOjLeDuc&e=1775fbb8c0183638b959538a060b5750&utm_source=apcom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023_02_w1&n=8 Jamie

Here is a job at Save. https://reliefweb.int/job/3932401/head-programme-health-myanmar-nationals-only Jamie

There is no question that there are a lot of problems creating mental health challenges. Though there is *no evidence* that the incidence of suicide is increasing in Myanmar. Would any journalist like to take on the challenge of finding some? Jamie ****************************************** Suicide risk rises in Myanmar due to COVID-19 restrictions and coup fallout […]

Myanmar ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 7 December 2011. This is an example of a start. Jamie ************************************** “A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive UNFPA infomercial 05 January 2023 YANGON, Myanmar – “I applied for a job at a local sewing shop. When they saw my […]

The violence against health care and health care workers and the obstruction of health care in Myanmar by junta forces continues. It is interminable. And horrific. https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/violence-against-or-obstruction-health-care-myanmar-january-2023-update Jamie

Has anyone a comment on the effectiveness of peer to peer counselling in Myanmar? Jamie ************************* Peer-to-Peer Counseling Aids Women in Myanmar Jan. 23, 2023 Myanmar is home to the world’s longest continuing civil war, spanning seven decades. The inevitable toll on mental health cannot be ignored, and recent events such as COVID-19 and economic […]

This is a kind of malaria preexposure prophylaxis. First trialed in Cambodia. Could be useful in Myanmar. How long until it is approved by WHO and then ‘rolled out’? Why did the Global Fund fund this study? I thought research was not a funding priority for the GF? https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00492-3/fulltext#.Y9qalrRuUZg.twitter Jamie

Here is a reminder that what goes on for all prisoners in all prisons in Myanmar affects everyone in the country. It is not just political prisoners. Prison protests: Activists fight on in belly of the beast Keep it up @FrontierMM and @aarp Jamie