18
Nov

Conditions inside prisons

What social media or journalism platforms can released prisoners use to widely share their stories of conditions inside Myanmar prisons without putting themselves at risk of reimprisonment or death? Jamie

17
Nov

Landmines

Landmines are a threat to public health. They do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. They will kill and maim Myanmar people years and decades after the junta is defeated. https://irrawaddy.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=92bb20b77cd3137f151c8b4a9&id=e1839a8878&e=2f10d3168e Jamie

16
Nov

Malaria risk factors

Along the Myanmar China border, “risk factors associated with malaria infection are overnight staying out of home, at low altitude areas, proximity to streamlets and lack of knowledge of malaria transmission.” https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-022-04312-5 Jamie

15
Nov

Gender sensitive

Read this “Understanding Civil Society Organizations’ Responses to Covid-19 in Myanmar – How well the Responses are Gender Sensitive?” https://icird7.soc.cmu.ac.th/proceeding-68/ Jamie

14
Nov

Diabetes day

Today is World Diabetes Day. Great video by MSF. Does avoidance of salty foods have any role in diabetes prevention or care? I think not. Jamie ************************************************* Diabetes is a chronic non-communicable disease and people living with it need to receive proper treatment to prevent it from getting worse. In Myanmar, more than two million […]

10
Nov

Drowned

“The mother of a four-year-old drowned in the Moei River while trying to cross back to Myanmar to avoid the Thai police.” Jamie ****************************************** Striking Medics Blame Myanmar Junta for Nurse Death The Irrawaddy 11 October 2022 The Civil Disobedience Movement Medical Network of the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has condemned Myanmar’s junta after […]

8
Nov

ORL

This new Organization Registration Law makes implementation next to impossible for many organisations in Myanmar. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15zDuM12LmOiTO9ICk1cYXxQVMrb1yNxN/view?usp=share_link It will simply be used to oppress civil society. Jamie

7
Nov

New building

I guess the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine is no longer controlled by Win Myat Aye. It provides the funding for Asia World Foundation. I think. Jamie ************************************ Handover of National Centre for Pandemic and Infection Diseases in Myanmar; Advanced Facility Built with Donation from AW Foundation StreetInsider November 5, […]

4
Nov

More on happy water

Thanks to a loyal reader for sending me this piece about happy water. It ranks with Vietnamese ‘Black Water’ and Georgian ‘Krokodil’ as the strangest hits I’ve seen. Jamie ****************************************** What’s in ‘Happy Water,’ a Synthetic Drug Cocktail Being Taken by Partygoers? Consumption of the psychoactive beverage, which sees MDMA, meth, ketamine and diazepam dissolved […]

3
Nov

Happy water and more

This is the first time I have heard of happy water. I’m not up to date. Jamie ******************* Party goers dance in a private room in a KTV, where drugs are readily available. (Supplied) ‘They use it to find some relief’: drug use on the rise OCTOBER 31, 2022 An absence of policing, increased narcotics […]

2
Nov

More doctors sacked

“A doctor who has been in hiding for more than a year after the junta issued a warrant for her arrest on charges of “incitement” told RFA that she and others on the list have no intention of ending their commitment to the anti-coup movement, regardless of the suspension of their licenses.” Jamie ************************** More […]

1
Nov

Go figurer

The new HURFORM report says 40% of youth in Ye Township, Mon, and Yebyu Township, Tenasserim, have succumbed to drug abuse. I don’t know what drug abuse is and there is no evidence presented for this figure in the report. https://nd-burma.org/the-junta-wiped-us-out-again/ Jamie

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