I wish this photo exhibition in Chiang Mai had received wider coverage. Jamie ************************* Resisting by all means possible Sally Kantar Myanmar Now October 12, 2023 The trauma of escaping death can only be understood by those who have lived through it, explains Ko Htoo, a former medical student speaking from an undisclosed location in […]

Are there any other reports on Sit Tat doctors? “On social media, a Khit Thit Media post about a Tatmadaw doctor who killed himself because he did not want to stay on the frontline has the most interactions and generates the most likes, comments and shares.” https://mailchi.mp/frontiermyanmar.net/soldiers-seizing-villagers-rice?e=cc2e99cf93

There are few medicines needed for people with seasonal influenza. But overcrowding increases transmission. Jamie ********************************* Seasonal flu ravages Myanmar refugee camps Obstruction of humanitarian assistance by the army ‘making annual outbreak particularly hard on children, elderly’ UCA News reporter October 09, 2023 08:57 AM GMT Thousands of refugees have fallen victim to seasonal flu […]

I know that people who recommend podcasts are annoying. But Insight Myanmar is really good. Jamie

Why does a press service need to debunk health treatment myths in Burmese on Facebook? Isn’t this the responsibility of the national government. Or at worst, the junta or WHO? Jamie https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33XC73Q

Epidemics of viral conjunctivitis used to sweep through South and Southeast Asia *before* monsoon and in early monsoon. These epidemics now appear to occur later. Jamie **************************************************** Viral conjunctivitis cases surge in Mon State Thanlwintimes September 29, 2023 Mon State has seen increased cases of conjunctivitis or eye allergies not only in children but adults […]

Over two weeks have passed since this mass HPV vaccination event in Myanmar. How many of the eighty thousand girls received their vaccination administered by the junta? Jamie ************************************ Health Ministry to provide HPV vaccine to over 80,000 school-age girls in Arakan State DMG Newsroom Development Media Group 14 September 2023 More than 80,000 girls […]

The power in this piece is in its understatement. I am reminded of Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Đặng Thùy Trâm. Jamie *********************** From ‘a revolutionary hospital in the forest’: The diary of a frontline medic Frontier Myanmar Su 15 September 2023 OPINION I left my home in Yangon in March last year to […]

Thailand has increasing malaria again. It has arrived in people from Myanmar. The national malaria control programme in Myanmar has not released figures for this report. Jamie https://reliefweb.int/report/thailand/mekong-malaria-elimination-epidemiology-summary-volume-22-april-june-2023

It is nice to have an app for health care providers to support them in giving high quality care for people living with HIV in Myanmar. Does anyone at ICAP believe the 74% figure? I don’t. https://hivinfo4mm.org/more-on-progress-towards-the-global-hiv-95-95-95-targets/ The country has not revised its standard treatment guidelines in *five years*. Not good. Jamie ********************************************* In Myanmar, […]

Following up on the WHO article posted yesterday. Even if targets are met, tuberculosis control in Myanmar is a mess. The slope of the blue curve is flatter than Naypyitaw. https://x.com/himmoderator/status/1707010637656625649?s=20 Jamie

Who wrote this piece on the Myanmar national tuberculosis TB programme a few months ago? Jamie https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/feature-stories/detail/how-myanmar-achieved-the-2020-milestone-of-reducing-TB-disease-burden