One doesn’t hear much about Riuli these days. Sounds like people there are caught between two ways of responding to the Covid19 epidemics. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/05/1052811962/one-chinese-town-has-started-a-fiery-online-debate-about-chinas-zero-covid-polic

Eleven Myanmar has dropped this little bomb. Covid19 testing rate positivity is a crude and inaccurate measure of epidemic control in a situation where testing is limited. Say, for example, in Myanmar. Parroting junta press releases is not journalism. Not even for the Global New Light of Eleven. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar calls for communal efforts […]

“As global health professionals we fail our ethical imperative to do no harm if we remain passive observers of this situation.” Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Guest Column Myanmar’s Military Regime Has Weaponized Public Health FABIO SAINI, ROSALIA SCIORTINO AND MARC VAN DER PUTTEN The Irrawaddy 6 November 2021 Since the military overthrew the civilian government in Myanmar […]

Prisons in Myanmar would make Foucault proud. Panopticons all. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M2mS3pCTKQaF5Q0XsOCwVeDwqbiWYlKm/view?usp=sharing Jamie

Remember Kyannmar? Now may not be the time to start a new NCD initiative. Or maybe it is the best time. Applications now open for the second cycle of NCD Labs. https://www.knowledge-action-portal.com/en/ncd_lab Jamie

Here is a short situational report on the dangers to healthcare professionals in Myanmar. It is published by Myanmar Doctors For Human Rights Network @DoctorsRights. Well done. https://mdhrn.org/short-situational-report-of-healthcare-in-myanmar-the-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-for-healthcare-professional-9-month-review/ Jamie

Civil society and its organisations in Myanmar. An analysis. CSOs after the coup: Operations squeezed, funding crunched Jamie

Casey and the crayons. Self awareness stories are always enlightening. https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2021/10/humans-of-hopkins-casey Jamie

There is targeted violence against patients, health care providers, and health care facilities by the Myamar junta. Read the report. http://insecurityinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Violence-Against-Health-Care-in-Myanmar-February-September-2021-October-update.pdf https://phr.org/news/297-reported-attacks-and-threats-to-health-care-during-eight-months-of-myanmar-militarys-brutal-crackdown/ Jamie

Here is a government report on the progress of Covid19 vaccination in Myanmar. By the National Unity Government. https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-18-Report-To-The-Public-About-Progress-Of-NHC-Vaccination-Program-pio-bu.pdf Jamie

One adaptation the SUNISEA project could consider is to stop working with the illegitimate junta in Myanmar and discuss with the National Unity Government how the funding could be used to empower civil society to address NCDs. https://www.suni-sea.org/en/articles/interview-half-way-into-the-project/ Jamie

The junta is trying to build legitimacy by having its Ministry of Health and Sports civil servants appear at Zoom meetings and write in minor online publications. Like this. https://www.miragenews.com/supporting-myanmar-in-building-cost-efficient-656880/ The junta MoHS is not the only actor to respond to NCDs. International actors and funders do not need to engage with them. Jamie