Is this headline in the Irrawaddy accurate? Surely the LGBT Alliance Myanmar condemns human rights violations against all prisoners, not just political ones. https://www.facebook.com/lgbtmyanmar2021/posts/light-behind-barssince-the-military-announced-coup-detat-in-2021-february-there-/353678353335851/ Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Rights Groups Urge Red Cross Probe of Junta Violence Against Political Prisoners The Irrawaddy 28 March 2022 Myanmar rights groups have called on the International Committee of the […]

There has been an attempted escape from a prison in Kalay in Sagaing in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 7 inmates shot dead, 12 hurt in failed jailbreak in Myanmar The Associated Press March 16, 2022 – 12:29 PM BANGKOK (AP) — Seven prisoners were killed and 12 others hurt when they were shot as they tried […]

This post isn’t only about health (What is *not* related to health in Myanmar news these days?) but about funding for civil society organizations under the military junta. https://mailchi.mp/16da7e450a13/review-of-post-coup-cso-funding-submitted-to-un Jamie

Worms in Myanmar five years ago. https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-022-00952-6 Jamie

Here is news about health activist Phyu Phy Tin. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ CRPH member, Phyu Phyu Thin, promises to fight until the military dictatorship falls Phyu Phyu Thin, a member of the exiled parliament, the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), promised on 5 March that she would fight until the fall of the military dictatorship. […]

What is publicly known about Myancopharm? Has WHO approved it? Has the Myanmar FDA? Is it effective? Who will receive it. So many questions. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar produces Myancopharm Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with China Eleven Media 14 March 2022 Myanmar has started producing a Covid-19 vaccine named Myancopharm in cooperation with China, according to […]

A couple days back I posted a paper from the military junta published in a PMC journal and asked for comments. Here are two. ++++++++++++++++++ I think this is rubbish – not only for the journal but also the reviewers. I don’t want to open it – to increase their “reads”, but can imagine the […]

Myanmar and Indonesia lead Southeast Asia in excess mortality due to Covid19 in this new IHME study published in The Lancet. p 16. I’m sure the Myanmar data is dismally inadequate. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext Jamie

The Myanmar military junta has published a paper on Covid19 in Europe PMC which is hosted by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute, partnered with PubMed Central. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/35277209 https://tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s41182-022-00413-8 What do people think of this? Jamie

Learn a bit about the Minister of Health in Myanmar here. https://www.devex.com/news/threats-torture-and-telemedicine-myanmar-s-health-workers-need-help-102803 Jamie

Here is a paper on the mental health of Myanmar people. https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-022-00443-3%20?utm_source=GHR_email&utm_campaign=GHR_Mar_2022&cmp=1&utm_medium=Email Jamie

The care of incarcerated people with influenza and Covid19 is remarkably similar. I care for them regularly. They need to be separated from others. They both need treatment of their symptoms such as cough and fever. This is not complicated. And they need monitoring of their general condition and oxygen saturation to determine if they […]