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 […]

“A doctor who has been in hiding for more than a year after the junta issued a warrant for her arrest on charges of “incitement” told RFA that she and others on the list have no intention of ending their commitment to the anti-coup movement, regardless of the suspension of their licenses.” Jamie ************************** More […]

The new HURFORM report says 40% of youth in Ye Township, Mon, and Yebyu Township, Tenasserim, have succumbed to drug abuse. I don’t know what drug abuse is and there is no evidence presented for this figure in the report. https://nd-burma.org/the-junta-wiped-us-out-again/ Jamie

A few comments on this Xinhua piece. Why should we trust a Chinese news agency. Road traffic deaths are not accidents. They are preventable. We used to see regular road traffic deaths and injury figures published. What happened to them? Jamie ************************************************* 8 killed in road accident in central Myanmar Xinhua News Agency 30 October […]

There is no data here to show that suicides are increasing in Myanmar. “Suicides surge in post-coup Myanmar” Jamie **************************** Suicides surge in post-coup Myanmar

Frontier Myanmar continues its brave reporting. This piece on the difficult situation for sex workers in Yangon is an example. It is free of the usual cliches. The marks on Ma Sara’s arms are more likely due to cutting than domestic violence. Jamie ********************************************************* Yangon sex workers Moe Taw Dar Swe Frontier Myanmar 4 October […]

Viral load monitoring coverage, the third 90, in Myanmar has always been dismal. In here is an independent assessment of coverage. Viral load monitoring for people living with HIV in the era of test and treat: progress made and challenges ahead – a systematic review https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-13504-2 Jamie