I wonder how the retired public health specialist came up with a figure of “at least 10 years for the healthcare system to recover”. Perhaps they made a graph. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Coup creates public healthcare emergency Frontier Myanmar 3 May 2022 Myanmar’s public health system is collapsing under the military regime, and a shortage of […]

Good to see a quote from Vit. But I don’t understand what this op-ed is getting at. How much Covid19 vaccination could take place from across the border? Jamie https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/myanmars-covid-crisis-needs-thai-cooperation-for-cross-border-vaccine-aid.html

The tobacco industry has won a victory in Myanmar. The military junta has just sentenced more people to death. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Postpones Plain Packaging Tobacco Reporter April 28, 2022 Myanmar has postponed the implementation of standardized tobacco packaging until April 2023, following a lobbying campaign by opponents of the measure, reports Eco-Business. The law […]

Have you seen this summary of child health in Myanmar in 2022 by Unicef? Jamie https://unicef.org/media/111976/file/2022-HAC-Myanmar.pdf

This is a preliminary analysis of Covid politics in Myanmar. Jamie Myanmar’s Pandemic Politics Goes International – Analysis

Have you seen this Myanmar site on comprehensive sexuality education materials? You can even subscribe. https://t.co/1ICh3pEHIT HT Leigh Mitchell. Jamie

I have an unpopular view on sex and gender and tuberculosis. Indulge me for a moment. Around the globe, men have *double* the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis. *Both* sex and gender must be causes for this. New research with a team that includes Myanmar health scientists outlines the issue of poor treatment outcomes for […]

Xinhua the Chinese news agency reprints whatever the Myanmar junta publishes without analysis. Then other outlets pick it up. Sad. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Over 51 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Myanmar Xinhua Tuesday, 12 Apr 2022 YANGON, April 10 (Xinhua): More than 51.53 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in Myanmar as […]

“We can’t let military dictators use COVID vaccinations as a weapon. I may still be free or detained by the military when you read this. But I will never surrender.” ~ Dr Htar Htar Lin Courage. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Junta Jails Myanmar’s COVID-19 Vaccine Chief for Protecting International Aid Money from Seizure National immunization director Dr. […]

There is much to learn from the response to Covid19 by MSF in Myanmar. Jamie https://www.msf.org/responding-covid-19-myanmar-during-political-crisis

The slope of these two curves of arrests and deaths is *remarkably* straight and smooth for over a year. If I thought that any Myanmar junta strategists could do simple arithmetic then it I might believe it could be the outcome of careful planning. Thank you Assistance Association for Political Prisoners for continuing to inform […]

This is a bit of a lightweight story in the New York Times. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar’s Health System Is in Collapse, ‘Obliterated’ by the Regime The country is also now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a medical worker. At least 30 doctors have been killed since the coup, a […]