Here is an abstract and link to an optimistic paper on HIV care in the time of Covid in Myanmar. It was submitted before the coup. Lots of take home methadone! Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ How Myanmar Is Working to Maintain Essential Services for People Living With HIV and Key Populations During the Covid-19 Pandemic May 20, […]

Is anyone counting the deaths in Insein? In custody? https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/diabetic-man-dies-after-two-months-in-insein-prison Jamie

Thanks to the authors of this WaPo op ed for telling it like it is. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Opinion: The generals in Myanmar are waging war on doctors and nurses Leonard Rubenstein and Sandra Mon The Washington Post May 20, 2021 at 6:41 p.m. GMT+2 Leonard Rubenstein is a professor of practice at the Johns Hopkins […]

It appears that the UN now has a common position on incarceration. https://www.unodc.org/res/justice-and-prison-reform/nelsonmandelarules-GoF/UN_System_Common_Position_on_Incarceration.pdf What action are members of the UN system taking on increased incarceration in Myanmar? Jamie

Has anyone an update to this Covid19 vaccination report from Myanmar? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar provides a single dose for over 1.5 m people and second dose for about 340,000 Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven Myanmar 24 April 2021 More than 1.5 million people are given a single dose of COVID-19 and about 340,000 people are given […]

Read this excellent interview with Nay Lin Tun about health care providers and the resistance. https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/news/interviews/5067-myanmar-the-military-turned-medical-workers-from-heroes-to-criminals-overnight Jamie

Here is an up to date and comprehensive review of . https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(21)00070-9/fulltext Jamie

Good to read news about what is going on outside of large cities in Myanmar. There is a little vaccine diplomacy going on. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Ethnic groups step in as Myanmar’s COVID response falls apart Nu Nu Lusan and Emily Fishbein 10 May 2021 As Myanmar’s national COVID-19 response collapses following a February 1 military […]

Sorry I’ve been away for a while. So this is almost a week old. https://myanmar.un.org/en/126289-un-reiterates-call-health-workers-and-facilities-be-protected WHO and the UN may not name the perpetrators of violence. But I do. It is the Tatmadaw. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ 05 May 2021 UN Reiterates Call for Health Workers and Facilities to be Protected မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကုလသမဂ္ဂအဖွဲ့မှ ကျန်းမာရေးဝန်ထမ်းများနှင့် ကျန်းမာရေးဌာနအဆောက်အအုံများအား ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက် ပေးရေး […]

Here is a systematic review of factors infuencing participation in two types of malaria prevention intervention in Myanmar. Community engagement is going to be difficult in malaria control efforts these days. Jamie A systematic review of factors infuencing participation in two types of malaria prevention intervention in Southeast Asia Breagh Cheng1 , Saw Nay Htoo2 […]

The British Medical Journal has published this about doctors in Myanmar. Myanmar’s doctors are risking their lives in the civil disobedience movement　 Jamie

The World Health Organisation in Myanmar is documenting attacks on health workers by the Tatmadaw. https://extranet.who.int/ssa/Index.aspx Just enter Myanmar into the country box and press Search. You can see a full list. Including abductions. This is official data. The junta cannot say it is wrong. Jamie