Why doesn’t the junta Ministry of Health and Sports stop this Facebook fraud? WHO Myanmar? The NUG Ministry of Health? Debunking myths is part of good goverance. Jamie *********************** Medical experts say lack of research on arrowroot for treating snakebite patients AFP Thailand Friday 22 September 2023 Medical experts have warned against Facebook posts touting […]

Better late than never. Have you seen this oral health paper from Mandalay in Myanmar? Jamie https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282880%20

Here is a funding opportunity to look into. https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/funding-financement/democratic-indo-pacific_democratique-indo-pacifique.aspx?lang=eng Jamie

The Myanmar junta is having financial difficulties so they need to charges those who they think have money. Though the public will pay. Jamie ****************************************** Military council to collect income tax from private health workers Thanlwintimes August 29, 2023 The military regime’s Ministry of Planning and Finance announced that a 2% income tax will be […]

It’s been a looooong time coming. Buprenorphine in Myanmar! Here is a LinkedIn post by Yin Min Thaung. It is unclear whether it is only buprenorphine, which can be diverted and injected, or buprenorphine with naloxone, which cannot. Jamie ******************************** 🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I am thrilled to share a significant milestone in our efforts […]

Excellent journalism from Frontier Myanmar here. I have few quibbles with it. Jamie *********************************************** Myanmar on brink of HIV treatment crisis Frontier Myanmar 18 September 2023 Dozens of patients spill out of a clinic in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar General Hospital, filling up a nearby corridor. They hold tokens, waiting for their number to be called, […]

There is a high prevalence of diabetes in Myanmar. And now insulin prices are increasing. Jamie ************************************** Myanmar’s diabetics face crisis as price of insulin soars amid import restrictions In a country where more than 1 in 10 adults have diabetes, the spike in prices could have disastrous public health consequences Aung Naing and Nay […]

You can see @TheLancet Commission on #Tuberculosis has many excellent recommendations. Hidden away in the paper is the dismal performance of Myanmar in TB control. Look! Jamie https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067362301379X?dgcid=coauthor

Another example of police taking direct action to crush CMD action by health care providers. Jamie ************************************************** Myanmar police arrest Mandalay doctor, seize clinic They also detained the man’s wife and son. RFA Burmese 2023.08.24 Junta authorities in Myanmar’s Mandalay city have arrested a doctor and seized his clinic and home in their latest effort […]

Here is a new analysis of PHC in the context of Covid19 in Myanmar. Nilar Tin had a difficult job as the context changed with the coup. Jamie ************************************************** Myanmar: a primary health care case study in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic 31 August 2023 This case study examines country-level primary health care (PHC) […]

Here is an HCV testing pilot from Myanmar. The research was done before the coup but it was published two years later. Expanding Hepatitis C virus testing in Myanmar: Integration with HIV diagnostics https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282585 Jamie

Thank you to a loyal reader who has developed this analysis of the number of people on HIV antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar. ********** Total # of people on ART and the percentage of people living with HIV who are on ART. ???,??? – 66% (2018) This is based on reasonably accurate data. 167,000 – 70% […]