Hospital cleaners and health care providers are brave. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Doctor Condemns Security Forces Attack on Yangon Hospital The Irrawaddy 1 April 2021 Yangon — Myanmar’s security forces used slingshots against Tet Lann Hospital in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, on March 8. On Tuesday morning, they broke into the hospital. While international law prohibits […]

Here is some ‘news’ on Covid19 testing from Eleven Myanmar. Should I post news from Eleven Myanmar or boycott it? Let me know. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Covid Test No Longer Needed for Domestic Air Travel Shun Lei Win Eleven Myanmar 27 March 2021 The Ministry of Health and Sports has stated that a Covid-19 Test is […]

The CPRH has set today as the deadline for civil servants to join the civil disobedience movement. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Striking Healthcare Workers Threatened by Myanmar Junta Officials The Irrawaddy 26 March 2021 Striking healthcare workers in Ayeyarwady Region’s Ngapudaw Township who are participating in the civil disobedience movement (CDM) are being pressured to return to […]

MSF is speaking out. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2088743/hope-solidarity-amid-coup-crisis Jamie

I’m sure you have read this by now. Or thought about it. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar’s post-coup healthcare breakdown ‘The public health system has practically collapsed.’ Irwin Loy The New Humanitarian 25 March 2021 Myanmar’s public health system teeters on the brink of collapse weeks into a violent military coup, aid groups say, sparking warnings that […]

Read this … “complete breakdown of the public health system” “nearly all Covid19 testing and treatment has halted” ~ UN Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Andrew Kirkwood. And then watch. http://webtv.un.org/watch/myanmar-acting-resident-and-humanitarian-coordinator-for-the-united-nations-in-myanmar-mr.-andrew-kirkwood-press-conference/6241994516001/ Jamie

Dr Tedros the Director General of WHO has spoken about Myanmar. “Syria is one of many crises around the world, from Myanmar to Yemen and Tigray in Ethiopia, where millions of people have been denied access to essential health services, and where health facilities have been destroyed and #health workers have been attacked and intimidated. […]

“I express solidarity with the people of Myanmar and recognize the exceptional leadership of young people, women and social activists in trying to uphold human rights,” said UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima. Thanks. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ UNAIDS warns that violence in Myanmar is impeding access to services for people living with and affected by HIV GENEVA, […]

Please support independent journalism in Myanmar. Teenage girl caught in Myanmar protest crossfire fights for life Jamie

Here is Ye Yu Shwe and Eamonn Murphy et al on ending AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1krcjKlpzA4q0XdNe4LnxgzRsJWDpCcJS/view?usp=sharing It is honest in showing that Myanmar has “no data” on the first and third nineties of 90-90-90. Jamie

Please feel free to forward this message to people who provide health care for people in prisons in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ There are tens of thousands of people detained in prisons in Myanmar. This number is, for obvious reasons, increasing. Health care for these detainees is currently provided by a wide range of people. Some […]

Has the Covid19 response crumbled in Myanmar? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Covid-19: Military coup in Myanmar sees virus response crumble as doctors are arrested Elisabeth Mahase BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n704 (Published 12 March 2021) BMJ 2021;372:n704 Since the military coup in Myanmar, which began on 1 February, the country’s response to covid-19 has been severely damaged. […]