There are remarkably few figures here to know if Prep is being rolled out in Myanmar or not. Jamie ************************** PrEParing for the next chapter of HIV prevention in Myanmar UNAIDS 19 SEPTEMBER 2022 Two young men are sitting on a couch scrolling on their phones when May Oo, a famous makeup artist and lesbian, […]

The junta has many ways to murder people. “Teenage boy incarcerated in Insein Prison dies days before his release” https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/teenage-boy-incarcerated-in-insein-prison-dies-days-before-his-release Jamie

Remember when malaria ‘experts’ said that artemisinin resistant malaria needed to be contained in Asia or it would spread to Africa. It developed by itself in Africa. https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-022-04224-4 Jamie

Please stop reporting junta official Covid19 figures from Myanmar. They are misleading. Talk to people in cities and the countryside instead. Jamie https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-covid-09122022051459.html

Remember this group? Is there a way to donate to it from outside the country? Email me. Jamie *************** Healthcare on the run Frontier Myanmar 9 September 2022 One Saturday in October last year, a mobile medical team drove down the dusty roads of Kayah State, arriving at a camp for internally displaced people on […]

This brave piece is difficult but necessary to read. The negative outcomes of torture including sexual assault on health and mental health are many. I reported on the military’s abuses, and then I became a victim Jamie

Have you seen this? Sandra Mon and Chris Beyrer do not mince words in it. “the NLD’s leaders, including now imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, failed to denounce the violence against the Rohingya and, indeed, spoke in support of the military’s actions in the Hague in 2019” “The Rohingya genocide and lessons learned from […]

Mixagrip only treats the discomfort of upper respiratory tract infections and is not lifesaving. The price of amlodipine has doubled. I wish that RFA had reported on the price increases for some antibiotics. Jamie ************************ Price of medicines soars in Myanmar, leaving clinics short of supplies Antibiotics and drugs treating long-term illness have seen the […]

It is said that mental health graphics and videos are now available in seventeen languages spoken in Myanmar. How many Burmans speak one of them? S’gaw Karen, Moken, Daai Chin, Khong So, Likhy, Hakha, Karenni (Kayah), Kayan, Mon, Tedim (Zomi), East Pwo, Shan (Tai Lung), Ta-ang, Rakhine, Rohingya Lainong Naga and Jinghpaw mentalhealthmyanmar.com/languages HT Charlie […]

In the tradition of Seagrave … Jamie ********************** The 21st Century Burma Surgeon – OpEd Than N. Oo Eurasia Review September 6, 2022 Dr. Soe Min stared at the monsoon downpour that varied between drizzling and torrential rain from inside his makeshift field hospital—a squat building with open sides, a corrugated roof, and wooden floor. […]

This comment came in response to him 3755 – malaria care in eastern myanmar. “It is very sad to know from the underground health teams inside Burma/ Myanmar, malaria has been coming back. The accomplishments of the Malaria Elimination Task Force have now gone…and METF has to restart the elimination program from scratch again…. Currently, […]

Here is an excellent analysis of disability in Myanmar. Thanks, MIMU. https://themimu.info/disability-analysis Jamie