Solitary confinement is torture. Jamie https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/in-myanmar-prisons-showing-solidarity-with-martyrs-leads-to-solitary-confinement.html

Here is a boilerplate press release on breastfeeding from WHO in Myanmar. What is WHO doing to counter powder milk industry marketing in the country? What is the junta Ministry of Health and Sports doing? Jamie https://www.who.int/myanmar/news/detail/15-08-2023-from-nourishment-to-nurture–elevating-health-through-nutrition-and-breastfeeding-in-myanmar

It is the job of the junta Ministry of Health and Sports to debunk false marketing. It is not doing its job. Jamie https://news.yahoo.com/advert-falsely-promotes-milk-powder-064336227.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ7v48eoWFIGtN8JWaXGsVOWWOBurJ9Lx6FZEYzTPFAAmjxxeqQX4_CSgyt4CKhl-7FePgeUEb4MjhOc4JTJAqASQEG9eKcoJRu9wv3XS7YqiatqogOupDgxqiYOEY3H99bOUeyegAnU4WvWmj8XlWhVFAqJlVTT7ICnBjw5IX3V

Who set the landmine that killed the political prisoner who was a doctor? Jamie ****************************************** Jailed Myanmar Doctor Killed, Another Critically Injured in Prison Transfer The Irrawaddy August 16, 2023 A jailed doctor was killed and another political prisoner critically injured when a Myanmar junta convoy reportedly hit two mines during a transfer from Monywa […]

Some Thai hospital executives whine about treating patients from Myanmar. Some don’t. I heard that the central government reimburses them for some of these losses. Am I right? Migrants from Myanmar fuel Thailand’s economic growth. Jamie https://thethaiger.com/news/northern-thailand/umphang-hospital-grapples-with-40-million-baht-deficit-due-to-myanmar-crisis

“I didn’t know that I needed to bribe medical staff in a public hospital! Had I known, I would have handed over money at the start rather than risk my life.” Remember when medical care was free of charge to patients in the public health care system in Myanmar? Jamie ‘No remedy’: A broken public […]

Whatever happened to these vaccines? Jamie Cambodia donates one million vaccines to Myanmar

Here is official UNAIDS HIV data for Myanmar. Scroll down it to see that the National AIDS Programme cannot produce even the simplest of graphics to demonstrate progress towards the global and national 95-95-95 targets. Sad. Jamie https://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/resource/myanmar-data-book-2022-en.pdf

Children has UNICEF. Women has UNWomen. Olders have Helpage International. You can read the full report on Myanmar here: https://www.helpage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Myanmar_Situational-overview-of-older-peoples-needs_2023.pdf Jamie *************************************************** Alarming challenges faced by older people in Myanmar Helpage International 21 July 2023 News Alarming challenges faced by older people in Myanmar The latest report by HelpAge International, “Situational Overview of Older People’s […]

Here’s an exploration of fever among Karen people. It contains the curious statement: “Current economic upheavals are accelerating the unregulated flow of undocumented migrants from Myanmar to Thailand”. That’s a euphemism for war. Jamie *********************** Abstract Background Fever is a common reason to seek healthcare in Southeast Asia, and the decline of malaria has complexified […]

I only see information about Yangon in this article on the rising prices of medications in Myanmar. The plummeting value of the kyat is clearly the cause. It would be informative to look at prices in other places in the country. Jamie **************************************** Soaring Drug Prices Squeeze Myanmar’s Patients The Irrawaddy July 28, 2023 The […]