There is a brand new fascinating series of articles on malaria by Leslie Roberts of Science magazine in what some call the Mekong subregion. Including Myanmar.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/drug-resistance-triggers-war-wipe-out-malaria-mekong-region

Don't miss the piece on Myaing Myaing Nyunt:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/student-activist-returns-home-fight-malaria?IntCmp=malaria-8

The big personalities and big egos of the foreign actors are not news. But it is sad to see them try to take one another apart as the parasite develops resistance.

Jamie