Thanks to AFP for debunking this false claim. I can’t find the original article. The junta ‘Ministry of Health and Sports’ should have shut this down. Jamie **************************************** No evidence effervescent tablet can cure diabetes, health experts say AFP Thailand Tue, July 18, 2023 at 3:30 AM EDT A video promoting a purported diabetes supplement […]

Here is an article on a programme in Thailand for Myanmar people who have undergone trauma. Jamie ******************************************************* Followed by trauma, victims of Myanmar violence seek healing in exile Myanmar Now May 24, 2023 We were gathering in downtown Yangon to protest the coup in March 2021, and I was talking to my coworkers, waiting […]

HMST is looking for an international consultant with 10 years of professional experience in development and 5 years in the mental health of HIV and TB vulnerable groups. This is for a short-term consultancy in Myanmar that involves travel to the country. If interested, please send your CV (3 pages max) to alhadi.osman@hmsteam.org.

No details on why the Sri Lanka plan to donate Covid19 vaccine to Myanmar failed. Jamie “Sri Lanka is looking to for expert opinions and feedback on the disposal of $40 million worth expired COVID-19 vaccines after the island nation’s plans to donate them for Myanmar failed, health officials said.” https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-in-search-of-expert-advice-to-dispose-40-million-worth-pfizer-vaccine-107024/

This is going to make some people angry with me. The NUG should ban the production & use of landmines by PDFs in Myanmar. These mines will kill & maim Myanmar civilians long after the junta is defeated. Health care workers, speak up. Jamie https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/scores-of-myanmar-junta-troops-hit-by-land-mines-while-raiding-resistance-members-home.html

Disastrous news about HIV and TB treatment by MSF in Myanmar. https://www.msf.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/MSF_GapsBriefingPaper_FinalUK_LowRes_Aug2022.pdf Jamie

All civil society organisations, local and international, are struggling to operate in the situation of rapid inflation in Myanmar. Jamie ******************** Myanmar charity groups struggle to operate amid rising fuel prices By RFA Burmese 2022.09.07 Charity groups operating in Myanmar’s former capital Yangon are being forced to cut back on their services amid soaring fuel […]

Another winning article by Frontier Myanmar. Jamie ********************** Healthcare on the run Frontier Myanmar 9 September 2022 One Saturday in October last year, a mobile medical team drove down the dusty roads of Kayah State, arriving at a camp for internally displaced people on the western side of Demoso township. The medical team was made […]

OK, I know it is the MMA funded by a drug company, but digital technology used to show promise in improving health in Myanmar. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(22)00068-3/fulltext Jamie

This is an important development for the health of the people of Myanmar. The junta does not control most of the country. https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SAC-M-Briefing-Paper-Effective-Control-in-Myanmar-ENGLISH-1.pdf Jamie

I hear that the ‘medicine shortage’ is getting much worse in the last month. Jamie ****************** Medicine Shortages in Myanmar as Junta Controls US Dollar The Irrawaddy 27 July 2022 The Myanmar regime’s foreign currency restrictions are being blamed for increasing medicinal shortages. The regime last week told pharmaceutical importers that they will only receive […]

Are there any updates on the hunger strike at Obo? Jamie ****************** Myanmar Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike Beaten and Placed in Solitary Confinement The Irrawaddy 15 August 2022 Political prisoners on hunger strike at Mandalay’s Obo Prison have been beaten and placed in solitary confinement since August 3, and are being denied medical treatment, […]