News from Myanmar

20 June 2021

News release

Rigorously implement public health, social measures: WHO

11 September 2020

News release

Myanmar eliminates trachoma: WHO

29 December 2021

News release

First four cases of Omicron in Myanmar

30 September 2021

News release

Joint statement by GAVI, UNICEF and WHO on efforts to accelerate COVID vaccine availability in Myanmar

1 May 2021

News release

WHO’s Attack on Healthcare Initiative advocates for safeguarding healthcare; does not aim at reporting incidents

17 March 2020

Highlights

Advice for the public

4 March 2020

Highlights

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) update as at 4 March 2020

30 September 2019

Highlights

Myanmar polio alert highlights 2019

27 September 2019

Highlights

8 SEAR Regional flagships

25 September 2019

Highlights

Curbing dengue and chikungnunya – all of us can help

24 September 2019

Highlights

Trachoma elimination in Myanmar

8 May 2018

Myanmar receives special support from the UN to stop country’s tobacco scourge

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Transition of Active Case Finding of TB cases in Yangon during crisis

TB problem in Yangon is huge, serious and very complex. TB prevalence continues to exceed 600/100000 population and 47 percent of the drug resistant TB are reported form the capita ...

Journey of TB preventive treatment (TPT) provision in Myanmar

In Myanmar, TPT started after the development of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) protocol through collaborative activity of National TB Programme (NTP) and National AIDS Program ...

Electronic Data Management at National TB Programme operational in 2019 following DHIS-2 roll out

Since 2013, Health Management Information System (HMIS) unit is using District Health Information System Version 2 (DHIS-2). DHIS-2 is a web-based tool for data collection, validat ...

WHO initiative ensures access to CXR services with minimum Out of Pocket Expenditure during crisis in Yangon

Due to unprecedented crisis in Myanmar, access to TB services has been seriously disrupted. TB case notification for all forms of TB, DR-TB, Childhood-TB and TB-HIV cases have decr ...