The healthcare crisis in Myanmar leaves many groups of people without care. Jamie https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmars-healthcare-crisis-leaves-expecting-mothers-stranded-and-at-risk

Solid paper. Titration of the dose of methadone is an important element in providing high quality treatment for people with opioid use disorder. In Myanmar or anywhere else. Jamie https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667118221000234?via%3Dihub

Why are journalists still quoting Khin Khin Gyi? Blaming the failure of the junta response to Covid-19 on the delta variant is disingenuous. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Delta variant brings elevated transmissibility and added concerns: health official Development Media Group 4 September 2021 Dr. Khin Khin Gyi, director of the Health Awareness Division of the Public Health […]

A remarkably balanced view of the response to Covid19 in Myanmar from Moe Thuzar at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/09/14/the-myanmar-militarys-politicisation-of-covid-19/ Jamie

Thirty years into the HIV pandemic we find that a major intervention for members of key populations may not be effective. What could have been done with all the funds that have been spent on drop in centres? https://www.aidsmap.com/news/sep-2021/large-review-finds-some-evidence-peer-support-beneficial-hiv-care Jamie

Doh Athan looks at the impact of the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar on people living with HIV. Listen. Podcast: Myanmar’s HIV patients missing out on treatment Jamie

Here is a Q&A with a nurse working with MSF in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar: Q&A with a Canadian nurse responding to COVID-19 MSF 10 SEP John Pringle is a Canadian nurse and epidemiologist with a doctorate in public health. He has done five overseas assignments with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and is […]

This was just published. Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) model in Myanmar: protocol for an open stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/11/8/e050400.full.pdf Jamie

Sasa and VOA make the claim that half of the population of Myanmar could be infected with Sarscov2. OK. Why haven’t the methods used to make this estimate been published? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Faces COVID Vaccination Woes as Health System Under Threat Tommy Walker VOA September 11, 2021 08:53 AM BANGKOK, THAILAND – Myanmar’s COVID-19 […]

I’m back. Where is a copy of the declaration and why was Myanmar invited to a WHO meeting? https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/who-regional-committee-meeting-ends-with-12-point-declaration/ Jamie

Thanks to Manny Maungat Human Rights Watch for this. Her recommendations, at a minimum, include testing, limited covidecarceration, and public information Health workers from Myanmar and I work daily to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in New York City jails. Our approach is slightly different. Here is what we do. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mitigating-harm-covid19-coronavirus-jails-prisons-other-jamie-uhrig/ Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Covid-19 Surge […]

Hey, don’t miss this. Jamie https://www.tni.org/en/article/covid-19-home-based-care-guidelines-in-ethnic-languages?content_language=my