This was just published. Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) model in Myanmar: protocol for an open stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/11/8/e050400.full.pdf Jamie

Sasa and VOA make the claim that half of the population of Myanmar could be infected with Sarscov2. OK. Why haven’t the methods used to make this estimate been published? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Faces COVID Vaccination Woes as Health System Under Threat Tommy Walker VOA September 11, 2021 08:53 AM BANGKOK, THAILAND – Myanmar’s COVID-19 […]

I’m back. Where is a copy of the declaration and why was Myanmar invited to a WHO meeting? https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/who-regional-committee-meeting-ends-with-12-point-declaration/ Jamie

Thanks to Manny Maungat Human Rights Watch for this. Her recommendations, at a minimum, include testing, limited covidecarceration, and public information Health workers from Myanmar and I work daily to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in New York City jails. Our approach is slightly different. Here is what we do. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mitigating-harm-covid19-coronavirus-jails-prisons-other-jamie-uhrig/ Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Covid-19 Surge […]

Hey, don’t miss this. Jamie https://www.tni.org/en/article/covid-19-home-based-care-guidelines-in-ethnic-languages?content_language=my

Health in Myanmar [him], formerly HIV Information in Myanmar, is closing in on its four thousandth posting. I’m going to my homeland Canada for the first time in a year and a half. Watch for more postings in September. Jamie

In this article we learn that Frank Smithuis is an Oxford professor: “Smithuis, who is also a professor at Oxford University”. Who knew? Jamie https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-s-unchecked-epidemic-threatens-COVID-19-tsunami

There is a wealth of public material on Covid19 in the Burmese language on the WHO Myanmar website. I wish it was in other languages: Karen, Shan, and Kachin for a start. Jamie https://www.who.int/myanmar/emergencies/coronavirus-disease-2019

What do you think of this Economist take on the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The second horseman The Burmese army is making a bad pandemic worse The covid-19 death rate is one of the highest in the world Aug 7th 2021 SINGAPORE Than than soe has not had a day off since covid-19 […]

All prisoners should be released to effect covidecarceration. Prioritise the eldest or sickest if you must. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://www.icj.org/myanmar-the-right-to-life-and-health-of-prisoners-must-be-protected-amidst-a-worsening-covid-19-situation/

Any comment from WHO on this? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Citizens Reject Junta’s Immunization Plans and Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Doctors support vaccination but say they understand why people do not trust the military government. RFA 2021-08-05 Myanmar’s military junta has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign as the country struggles under a third COVID-19 wave, but many […]

Zin Mar Aung of the NUG is clear that, with respect to humanitarian aid, “We don’t want international organizations to pick sides, but [to] engage with both the State Administration Council [SAC] and the NUG.” Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ International efforts ‘urgent’ to avoid Myanmar becoming global COVID-19 epicenter People wait to fill empty oxygen canisters on […]