The new 'free' press and changes in the government and in the Ministry of Health and Sports has led to more articles on health in the mainstream media. And one of the outcomes of more reporting is more questions.

Here is a response from a reader on the National Health Plan draft. I am trying to get a hold of a digital copy for you. And an article

Jamie

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As far as I understand the MOHS has National Health Plan 2016-2020 draft  is not made public yet. MoHS is organizing 100 days project monitoring and discussion about NHP finalizing process this week in NPT. MOHS is going to publish NHP for five years within three months.

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40% of health jobs filled: minister
phochan
Eleven Myanmar
07/28/2016 - 18:02

The Public Health Department needs more than 58,000 staff but only 40 per cent of that number has been employed, Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe has told the Lower House.

MP Dr A Zin Latt proposed a reorganisation of the department to extend and improve public health care.

"The department is allowed to appoint 58,554 people, but we have been able to appoint only 40 per cent. We are now trying to recruit more staff," said Myint Htwe.

Too little expertise in the ministry and too few practitioners on the ground were holding health care back, he said.

The minister unveiled a plan to reconstitute the department, including the appointment of about 2,000 doctors next year.

"We are planning to reconstitute the department to promote public health-care services such as vaccinations, school health, educational talks, effective health-care services and the elimination of infectious and chronic diseases," said the minister.

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