Ministry of Health

Nursery education plan reaches Pyithu Hluttaw for debate

October 20, 2017 by thiha

A proposal urging the government to set strategic plans for nursery education and investment in early child care and development service has been submitted to Pyithu Hluttaw, which will discuss on the issue. U Sai Oo Kham, Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Theinni constituency submitted the proposal on October 17. MPs agreed to bring the matter […]

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Will the cheroot tradition go up in smoke?

August 15, 2017 by thiha

The industry faces many challenges. Reinvention is needed if the traditional cigarette is to survive. “I roll one thousand cheroots per day,” says 27-year-old Tin Ninlar Win as she finishes one thin cylinder and gets ready to roll another. “I started when I was thirteen”. That is a lot of Burmese cigarettes in a lifetime, […]

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Fiscal Year 2017-18: a New Dawn for Economic Policies

March 29, 2017 by thiha

The new fiscal year will start on April 1, which also marks the start of new laws and economic policies for Myanmar. The new Myanmar Investment Law, which was recently passed, will come into effect on April 1 and its implementation and enactment will spell changes for the country’s businesses and investors. A developing […]

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Health Ministry Stands Firm as Nursing Students Protest Delayed Licensing

March 26, 2017 by thiha

RANGOON — Policy that requires graduate nurses to serve at public hospitals for three years aims to tackle severe shortage of nurses and midwives at government medical service facilities, the Ministry of Health and Sports said on Thursday. Several hundred students from Rangoon’s University of Nursing took to the streets on Wednesday protesting against […]

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Myanmar govt proposes tender for massive purchase of generic medicines

January 9, 2017 by Thiha

Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list The Ministry of Health in Myanmar has invited pharma companies to supply generic medicines in Myanmar. The country is looking for massive purchase of generic medicines through tenders around April 2017. The Union ministry of commerce is planning to have a meeting on December 23, 2016 to discuss […]

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With return of Big Tobacco to Myanmar, smoking rates on the rise

July 18, 2016 by thiha

Since the return of Big Tobacco to Myanmar en masse in 2013, smoking rates have increased markedly. Tobacco control experts warn that the firms’ sophisticated strategies are likely to push more people into the clutches of addiction From the backseat of a traffic-stranded cab attempting to travel from Yangon’s airport to a city hotel, Myanmar’s burgeoning love affair with […]

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Govt takes aim at betel chewing

June 9, 2016 by thiha

It looks like Myanmar may be going cold turkey on its betel nut habit. Chewing betel remains popular across the country, with the stimulant regarded by some as a national pastime. Habitually gnawing at the combination of tobacco and areca nut – both known carcinogens – has destructive health effects. About one-fifth of all cancers in […]

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NLD govt faces daunting task in reforming ruined universities

May 16, 2016 by Thiha

YANGON (Myanmar Now) – On a recent April morning, Aung Kyaw Soe got off the bus near the University of West-Yangon after spending some 2 hours in traffic to reach the campus located on the city’s outskirts. “When we take the public bus to the university we break out in a sweat and are not […]

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Parliament backs Parkway Hospital suspension

May 13, 2016 by Thiha

THE Pyithu Hluttaw approved a proposal to suspend the lease of a 4.3-acre plot owned by the Ministry of Health near Yangon General Hospital, which was originally slated to house a private Parkway Hospital, at a parliamentary session yesterday. Lawmakers called for the suspension of the lease of land for the private hospital during their […]

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Medics to submit ‘Parkway’ petition

February 29, 2016 by thiha

Health-care sources say doctors and other medical professionals will submit a petition against the decision by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) to lease out state-owned land in Yangon to private investors. The petition, to be submitted today (Saturday), is signed by many academics, doctors, nurses and students. It calls […]