Weekly reports on junta attacks on health care in Myanmar are available. https://reliefweb.int/attachments/48d1d69c-0ec8-42ef-9fb7-90c81043584b/16-29-November-2022-Violence-Against-or-Obstruction-of-Health-Care-in-Myanmar.pdf https://reliefweb.int/organization/insecurity-insight Jamie
World malaria report 2022
There is very bad news for Myanmar in the WHO World malaria report 2022. https://t.co/m2quUkkjQv Jamie
Poison in coffee
Sibutramine is a dangerous drug in Vitaccino promoted through Facebook in Myanmar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibutramine I wish that ‘three in one’ coffee would be withdrawn from the market there. It poses different health risks. Jamie ******************* Health authorities warn ‘diet coffee’ product promoted in Myanmar could be harmful AFP Thailand Mon, December 5, 2022 at 11:44 PM· […]
Profiles on TB and HIV
Have you seen the new Myanmar tuberculosis profile? It is not good. Especially since the coup. https://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/resource/myanmar-tb-profile-2022.pdf Or the HIV one? Terrible. The country cannot even produce data to determine progress against the 90-90-90 targets. https://www.aidsdatahub.org/resource/myanmar-country-snapshot-2022 Jamie
Disabilities?
Are there any other reports from Myanmar on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities? Jamie ******************************** People with disabilities face more violence under junta, says Myanmar Coordination Committee for Equal Rights of People with Disabilities Than Lwin Times Frontier Myanmar press digest Undated People with disabilities face more violence under junta […]
All detainees
Have you seen “Mass Pardon: the Junta’s Strategy in Veil” in the latest Mohinga Matters @mattersmohinga? Freedom Memoirs (November 2022) The human rights and well-being of *all* detainees is of concern. Not just political prisoners. Jamie
Jobs
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 […]
Tracy and Julia and Ko Myat Thu
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 […]
Conditions inside prisons
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
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
Malaria risk factors
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
Gender sensitive
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

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