PSI is looking for a technical lead for their big new USAID-funded tuberculosis. https://reliefweb.int/job/3711440/technical-lead-hiv Jamie
Two comments
Two comments on this paper on cash transfers, behaviour change communication, and undernutrition in Myanmar. https://www.nber.org/papers/w28443 I can’t find evidence that ethical review panel clearance was obtained for the experiment. And there are no Myanmar authors listed. Anyone care to comment? Jamie
DPAG
You can read about support to the Drug Policy Action Group DPAG in Myanmar here. Supercharging reform – The Support. Don’t Punish Initiatives Programme 2019-2020 Jamie
Rumours
At last report, Myat Thet Thet Khine is in critical condition. Please beware of rumours that she has died. The shooting of Myat Thet Thet Khine in Naypyitaw.#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/6iK6XoIWt2 — Jamie Uhrig (@himmoderator) February 9, 2021 Today I remember Rouzan al Najjar. https://nytimes.com/2018/12/30/world/middleeast/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html Jamie
Care
Gatherings of over five people have been banned in most places. Protest with care. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NFstdZbn_c-SIU5lEN73vHviySY5Nwgp?usp=sharing Jamie
Access to news
Access to news. https://www.bbc.com/burmese/access-to-news Jamie
Respect
The former Minister of Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe is greeted by Dr Tun Myint, the Director of the Yangon Health Department in Yangon at the entrance of the expressway from Naypyitaw. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_MnqXvaEwNnyXfebRektN-49gn4MJiU/view?usp=sharing Respect. Jamie
What support?
Health care providers are involved in nonviolent civil disobedience in Yangon. Maybe elsewhere. What support do they request from those of us outside the country? Email HIV.Information.for.Myanmar@gmail.com. Jamie
Will health care providers
Will health care providers lead the resistance? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ After coup, medical workers spearhead civil disobedience campaign Frontier 2 February 2021 Medical staff from hospitals in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and other cities say they plan to stop work indefinitely from tomorrow in protest against the military coup. The campaign of civil disobedience follows calls […]
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I want to hear more about the coup. Jamie
Gender and TB
TB prevalence surveys show there are two or three men with tuberculosis for every woman with tuberculosis in Myanmar. Through the Stop TB Partnership-funded TB REACH Wave 7 (2019-2021) with a focus on the empowerment of women and girls, PATH has supported the Myanmar Medical Association and the Gender Equality Network to undertake a participatory […]
Feasible?
To meet its first short term goal Myanmar must give Civid19 vaccine to an average of seventy-five thousand people a day. Does anyone think this is feasible? https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/myanmar-covid-19/myanmar-starts-vaccinating-medics-nationwide-covid-19.html Jamie

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