Is Unicef in Myanmar working with junta partners? If not, say so. If so, which ones? https://twitter.com/UnicefMyanmar/status/1407601859074920448?s=20 https://www.unicef.org/myanmar/responding-emergencies/delivering-children-time-crisis Jamie

I think the true horror of what has happened and what is happening in Myanmar just began to dawn on me yesterday. Jamie

No one has a big picture of the state of the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar. I hope that the vital stats system is robust enough to determine excess mortality over the next few years. But fear it is not. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-bago-region-sees-sharp-spike-in-covid-19-cases.html Jamie

Excellent piece Frontier Myanmar. It is sometimes hard for others to understand how we health workers get attached to our stethoscopes. “I didn’t dare take even my because if the junta forces see it, they will ask a lot of questions.” CDM crunch: Striking doctors struggle to meet healthcare needs Jamie

The Global Fund paid for a malaria mass drug admininstration trial in a *low* transmission setting in Myanmar *six* years ago. Results are out this week. “malaria elimination programmes should consider using MDA … in foci of higher transmission” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30997-X/fulltext What do you think? Jamie

The Aung Clinic is featured here. https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/community-based-mental-health-services-using-a-rights-based-approach Jamie

Here is an interview with the Minister of Health.’ Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Interview: ‘We Cannot Accept People Dying,’ Says Myanmar NUG Health Minister “I do not want (the junta) to push hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths,” says physician Zaw Wai Soe, who serves as the parallel National Unity Government’s minister of health and […]

The author of this piece states that Myanmar was last in WHO health system rankings twenty years. It was second to last. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000 Fact checking? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The Diplomat The Tatmadaw’s Assault on Healthcare Reform in Myanmar Eustace Jones June 17, 2021 In downtown Yangon, a red brick colonial building erected by the British in […]

A hero is charged with high treason. And an organogram of heroes is published. https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/former-head-of-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-charged-with-high-treason Jamie

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This article was in my hometown paper so I feel I have to post it. Three points. The photos are excellent. Dr Khin Khin Gyi spouts lies. Why do journalists continue to quote her? And Andrew Kirkwood speaks the truth. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ In Myanmar, Health Care’s Collapse Takes Its Own Toll Richard C. Paddock New […]

An interview. https://phr.org/our-work/resources/this-is-my-second-revolution-a-qa-with-scientist-activist-sandra-mon-on-whats-happening-in-myanmar/ Jamie