Outdoor masked distanced protests do not increase Covid19 epidemics. The racial justice demonstrations in the US last summer demonstrated this. https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-warned-take-precautions-prevent-third-wave-covid-19.html Jamie

PSI is looking for a technical lead for their big new USAID-funded tuberculosis. https://reliefweb.int/job/3711440/technical-lead-hiv Jamie

Two comments on this paper on cash transfers, behaviour change communication, and undernutrition in Myanmar. https://www.nber.org/papers/w28443 I can’t find evidence that ethical review panel clearance was obtained for the experiment. And there are no Myanmar authors listed. Anyone care to comment? Jamie

You can read about support to the Drug Policy Action Group DPAG in Myanmar here. Supercharging reform – The Support. Don’t Punish Initiatives Programme 2019-2020 Jamie

At last report, Myat Thet Thet Khine is in critical condition. Please beware of rumours that she has died. The shooting of Myat Thet Thet Khine in Naypyitaw.#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/6iK6XoIWt2 — Jamie Uhrig (@himmoderator) February 9, 2021 Today I remember Rouzan al Najjar. https://nytimes.com/2018/12/30/world/middleeast/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html Jamie

Gatherings of over five people have been banned in most places. Protest with care. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NFstdZbn_c-SIU5lEN73vHviySY5Nwgp?usp=sharing Jamie

Access to news. https://www.bbc.com/burmese/access-to-news Jamie

The former Minister of Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe is greeted by Dr Tun Myint, the Director of the Yangon Health Department in Yangon at the entrance of the expressway from Naypyitaw. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_MnqXvaEwNnyXfebRektN-49gn4MJiU/view?usp=sharing Respect. Jamie

Health care providers are involved in nonviolent civil disobedience in Yangon. Maybe elsewhere. What support do they request from those of us outside the country? Email HIV.Information.for.Myanmar@gmail.com. Jamie

I want to hear more about the coup. Jamie

To meet its first short term goal Myanmar must give Civid19 vaccine to an average of seventy-five thousand people a day. Does anyone think this is feasible? https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/myanmar-covid-19/myanmar-starts-vaccinating-medics-nationwide-covid-19.html Jamie

There is USAID support for a new tuberculosis initiative in Myanmar. https://mm.usembassy.gov/usaid-launches-new-tuberculosis-project-in-yangon-region/ https://mm.usembassy.gov/remarks-as-prepared-for-usaid-mission-director-aler-grubbs-in-myanmar-for-the-virtual-launch-of-the-local-action-toward-tuberculosis-free-myanmar-act/ Jamie