This article on tobacco smoking legislation is *remarkably* short on details. I hope Myanmar Times (or Frontier) has planned a follow up story. Will tobacco packaging be addressed and sales points regulated? Will tobacco excise taxes be increased? Will there be a mechanism so that they can be adjusted in future? Will tobacco used with […]

Only a few days left until the deadline for this funding. https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/2019-RA1-MHF%20First%20Reserve%20Allocation-EXTENDED-02June2019.pdf Jamie

Happy Thingyan to all my friends and colleagues in Myanmar. Jamie

TB and civil society in Myanmar starts on page 37. We used to call this kind of study a mapping. https://aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/WHO_Baseline_assessment_of_community_based_TB_services_2018.pdf You can see that the tuberculosis response in Myanmar needs a lot of work. Jamie

Here is a blurb from Duke about malaria in the region. https://spark.adobe.com/page/7Gqgi8wnvn1BI/?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=96e854b810-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_27_01_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d0d062dbd-96e854b810-889767 Jamie

Last week I noted the good news that Eleven Media had reported on HPV vaccination in Myanmar. A reader commented: “Good indeed, but why only females? Evidence shows that we need to also vaccinate males and gender-non-specific, transgen, etc. HPV vaccine is recommended for young women through age 26, and young men through age 21. […]

The Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan was published yesterday. Health begins on page 43. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jeahl9wjdjy4w1d/Myanmar%20Sustainable%20Development%20Plan%202018-2030%20%5BEN%5D.pdf?dl=0 … pic.twitter.com/oQAHdt0Ycw Jamie

Why are important papers on health systems for malaria in Myanmar published three years after the data is collected? Jamie ************************ village health volunteers as good as basic health staffs in providing malaria care? A country wide analysis from Myanmar, 2015 Nay Yi Yi LinnEmail authorView ORCID ID profile,Soundappan Kathirvel,Mrinalini Das,Badri Thapa,Md. Mushfiqur Rahman,Thae Maung […]

Can anyone from UNOPS enlighten us on this story? What is UNOPS’ role with Mukesh Kapila’s Defeat NCD Partnership? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Defeat-NCD Partnership, UNOPS propose technical assistance for non-infectious diseases Ei Thinzar Kyaw Eleven on Tue, 05/29/2018 – 13:21 Defeat-NCD Partnership and UNOPS have proposed to provide technical assistance for non-infectious diseases, according to Ministry […]

“During April 2017, road crashes had led to over 600 deaths and over 3000 injuries, according to a joint statement of the World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Health and Sports.” By publishing a overall figure for April. WHO and the Ministry have made it impossible to determine whether *Thingyan* road deaths and injuries […]

Rosy indeed. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Vaccination campaign paints rosy picture of health care in Rakhine State The Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office undated With nationwide vaccination against encephalitis on 15 November, children under 15 in Maungtaw Township also received the vaccination. Myanmar’s 14 million of children including 1 million children in 17 townships […]

Here is a paper on early infant diagnosis of HIV in Myanmar. You can see the full article online. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Early infant diagnosis of HIV in Myanmar: call for innovative interventions to improve uptake and reduce turnaround time Soe Thiha ORCID Icon, Hemant Deepak Shewade ORCID Icon, Sairu Philip ORCID Icon, Thet Ko Aung […]