Here is an interview with the Minister of Health.’ Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Interview: ‘We Cannot Accept People Dying,’ Says Myanmar NUG Health Minister “I do not want (the junta) to push hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths,” says physician Zaw Wai Soe, who serves as the parallel National Unity Government’s minister of health and […]

The author of this piece states that Myanmar was last in WHO health system rankings twenty years. It was second to last. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000 Fact checking? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The Diplomat The Tatmadaw’s Assault on Healthcare Reform in Myanmar Eustace Jones June 17, 2021 In downtown Yangon, a red brick colonial building erected by the British in […]

A hero is charged with high treason. And an organogram of heroes is published. https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/former-head-of-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-charged-with-high-treason Jamie

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This article was in my hometown paper so I feel I have to post it. Three points. The photos are excellent. Dr Khin Khin Gyi spouts lies. Why do journalists continue to quote her? And Andrew Kirkwood speaks the truth. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ In Myanmar, Health Care’s Collapse Takes Its Own Toll Richard C. Paddock New […]

An interview. https://phr.org/our-work/resources/this-is-my-second-revolution-a-qa-with-scientist-activist-sandra-mon-on-whats-happening-in-myanmar/ Jamie

Have you seen this video by Deutsche Welle? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Deutsche Welle 01.06.2021 COVID-19 Special: Health crisis in Myanmar Myanmar faces a health emergency. Hospitals are closed or occupied by the military and many facilities are severely understaffed, while COVID-19 remains a threat. VIDEO => https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19-special-health-crisis-in-myanmar/av-57749000 (12 min.)

The Myanmar Red Cross has a challenging relationship with the junta. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar: Red Cross ramps up response as humanitarian crisis deepens IFRC 8 June 2021 Kuala Lumpur/Yangon/Geneva, 8 June 2021 – The Myanmar Red Cross supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is scaling up emergency support […]

This is devastating news. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2984312828463600&id=100006547355157 Jamie

Hey look at this. Data in the bar chart on page 23 of this new UNAIDS report shows that HIV testing in Myanmar *increased* during the Covid19 epidemic there. That was before the coup. https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/global-commitments-local-action_en.pdf Jamie

Myanmar medics targeted by military for treating injured protesters – BBC Newsnight Jamie

I am reminded that AIDS was first described forty years ago tomorrow. Can you remember what you were doing? On that day I was finishing up an internship in the emergency room of Hamilton General Hospital in Canada. And I finished my last public health work in HIV two months ago. Though I still see […]