Bravo to programme implementers who can adapt their activities to reflect the new realities in Myanmar. https://www.suni-sea.org/en/articles/projects-adaptation-in-myanmar/ Jamie

Oops. The twitter link at the bottom of the Ministry of Health webpage https://moh.nugmyanmar.org leads to “Ministry of Health Singapore @MinistryofHea16”. Jamie

Is there any comment from the NUG about this announcement of more vaccine doses going to the control of the junta? https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-to-receive-over-6-million-covid-vaccine-doses-through-gavi-alliance.html Jamie

UNAIDS Indonesia puts out a quarterly newsletter. Does UNAIDS Myanmar? We are proud present the UNAIDS Indonesia Newsletter for Q3 of 2021 (July – September 2021)! ✨Check out our activities in the areas of AIDS data, Human Rights, HIV Prevention, COVID-19, multi-sectoral response and more 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/BIWRFamGsG — UNAIDS Indonesia (@unaids_id) October 5, 2021 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17qR6U02AI4Eil9u98tzqufKyFGPuEsAn/view?usp=sharing […]

Poorly written para in this piece. Do INGOs pay taxes? No. They may collect taxes from the wages of their employees. https://www.devex.com/news/it-has-fallen-out-of-the-spotlight-aid-workers-demand-focus-on-myanmar-101704 Jamie

Here is the Myanmar report on Covid19 and Covid19 vaccination developed by Asia Catalyst. https://asiacatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/4B-Country-Report-from-Myanmar.pdf and more … COVID-19 VACCINE INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY PROJECT Jamie

Today I have made four thousand postings to Health In Myanmar, formerly HIV Information for Myanmar [him]. Some of the early postings were un-numbered and loyal readers know I have made mistakes in sequential numbering of the posts on many occasions. I lost subscribers when I started calling out the Myanmar Rohingya genocide four years […]

We don’t hear much about Covid19 in prisons in Myanmar these days. Any updates? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Nearly 50 Held in Myanmar’s Insein Prison Now Infected With COVID-19 International experts accuse Myanmar’s military rulers of ‘weaponizing’ the virus by blocking aid from civil society and humanitarian groups. Radio Free Asia 2021-07-16 Nearly 50 prisoners held in […]

Here is a preprint on virus infections associated with diarrhea among displaced Myanmar people. https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiab466/6377863 https://tinyurl.com/5yct8fju Jamie

Are these widely distributed? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ COVID-19 Home-based Care Guidelines in Ethnic Languages TNI 09 August 2021 Myanmar is currently facing a severe COVID-19 crisis, with high infection rates but limited access to medical aid. Reliable and comprehensive information on home-based care for COVID-19 suspected cases is also not sufficiently available, especially in ethnic nationality […]

I think that focusing on ‘lifestyle’ during the current crisis is useless. Jamie The risk factors for #NCDs in #Myanmar have changed since the junta took power early in the year. I'm not sure that adopting "healthy lifestyle behaviours" covers what is needed. https://t.co/L0aN81B7Yj — Jamie Uhrig (@himmoderator) September 23, 2021

Sasa says: “So many people died, we cannot even, and there is no way for us to, count the deaths.” If the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) can count arrests then surely a civil society organisation can count deaths. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Faces COVID Vaccination Woes as Health System Under Threat Tommy Walker Voice […]