It is nice to have an app for health care providers to support them in giving high quality care for people living with HIV in Myanmar. Does anyone at ICAP believe the 74% figure? I don’t. https://hivinfo4mm.org/more-on-progress-towards-the-global-hiv-95-95-95-targets/ The country has not revised its standard treatment guidelines in *five years*. Not good. Jamie ********************************************* In Myanmar, […]

Following up on the WHO article posted yesterday. Even if targets are met, tuberculosis control in Myanmar is a mess. The slope of the blue curve is flatter than Naypyitaw. https://x.com/himmoderator/status/1707010637656625649?s=20 Jamie

Who wrote this piece on the Myanmar national tuberculosis TB programme a few months ago? Jamie https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/feature-stories/detail/how-myanmar-achieved-the-2020-milestone-of-reducing-TB-disease-burden

Why doesn’t the junta Ministry of Health and Sports stop this Facebook fraud? WHO Myanmar? The NUG Ministry of Health? Debunking myths is part of good goverance. Jamie *********************** Medical experts say lack of research on arrowroot for treating snakebite patients AFP Thailand Friday 22 September 2023 Medical experts have warned against Facebook posts touting […]

Better late than never. Have you seen this oral health paper from Mandalay in Myanmar? Jamie https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282880%20

Here is a funding opportunity to look into. https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/funding-financement/democratic-indo-pacific_democratique-indo-pacifique.aspx?lang=eng Jamie

The Myanmar junta is having financial difficulties so they need to charges those who they think have money. Though the public will pay. Jamie ****************************************** Military council to collect income tax from private health workers Thanlwintimes August 29, 2023 The military regime’s Ministry of Planning and Finance announced that a 2% income tax will be […]

It’s been a looooong time coming. Buprenorphine in Myanmar! Here is a LinkedIn post by Yin Min Thaung. It is unclear whether it is only buprenorphine, which can be diverted and injected, or buprenorphine with naloxone, which cannot. Jamie ******************************** 🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I am thrilled to share a significant milestone in our efforts […]

Excellent journalism from Frontier Myanmar here. I have few quibbles with it. Jamie *********************************************** Myanmar on brink of HIV treatment crisis Frontier Myanmar 18 September 2023 Dozens of patients spill out of a clinic in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar General Hospital, filling up a nearby corridor. They hold tokens, waiting for their number to be called, […]

There is a high prevalence of diabetes in Myanmar. And now insulin prices are increasing. Jamie ************************************** Myanmar’s diabetics face crisis as price of insulin soars amid import restrictions In a country where more than 1 in 10 adults have diabetes, the spike in prices could have disastrous public health consequences Aung Naing and Nay […]

You can see @TheLancet Commission on #Tuberculosis has many excellent recommendations. Hidden away in the paper is the dismal performance of Myanmar in TB control. Look! Jamie https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067362301379X?dgcid=coauthor

Another example of police taking direct action to crush CMD action by health care providers. Jamie ************************************************** Myanmar police arrest Mandalay doctor, seize clinic They also detained the man’s wife and son. RFA Burmese 2023.08.24 Junta authorities in Myanmar’s Mandalay city have arrested a doctor and seized his clinic and home in their latest effort […]