COVID-19: Major flexible funding from GAVI proved crucial for Myanmar’s effective response

Jul 26,2020
During the onset of the pandemic, the emergency re-allocation of US$8.8 million from the over US$85 million Health System Strengthening (HSS-2) Gavi-funded programme was crucial to Myanmar’s effective response to COVID-19 and the quick resumption of life-saving services by the Ministry of Health and Sports, supported by UNICEF and WHO and other partners.
Greater Effort Needed For Skills Training of Workers
Jul 24
The other day a news item on MRTV covered well the event regarding Research Conference of the Myanmar Universities under the various Ministries. The number of papers and the fields they covered were impressive.
EU’S VIRUS RECOVERY PLAN: FIVE KEY POINTS
Jul 23
UNION’S 27 member states emerged from an intense four-day and four-night summit on Tuesday branding a huge virus recovery plan and a trillion-euro long-term budget. 
Scientists report that airborne coronavirus is probably infectious
Jul 23
SCIENTISTS have known for several months the new coronavirus can become suspended in microdroplets expelled by patients when they speak and breathe, but until now there was no proof that these tiny particles are infectious. 
Middle East mythbusters battle virus ‘infodemic’
Jul 22
BROWSE through Arabic-language social media pages and you could walk away thinking COVID-19 is an American hoax, isn’t deadly and can be swiftly cured with a garlic clove.
The Mission of the NCP for Marine Pollution and Stockpile Contingency Analysis
Jul 22
The Department of Marine Administration (DMA) has finalized a National Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution (NCP) at the end of 2018.
Desperately seeking a COVID-19 vaccine — the race is on
Jul 21
SEVEN months after the emergence of the worst global health crisis in a century the race is on to find the medical equivalent of the Holy Grail -- a COVID-19 vaccine.