Nang Phyoe Thiri

Thank you, Siriluk, for mentioning real-time data reporting, GIS mapping and regular data quality checks. It is very insightful and I would add them into my surveillance system to be more comprehensive. 🙂

Thank you, Jen, for your comment. Myanmar currently has no specific national policy for data sharing, but related laws such as the Electronic Transactions Law (2004, amended 2021), Telecommunications Law (2013), Privacy Law (2017), and Cybersecurity Law (2025) provide partial guidance. We will continue to comply with these existing policies while…[Read more]

Thank you ma Hteik Htar for the presentation. It is very practical and contextually appropriate. I would like to know one thing. Is there any formal data sharing policy currently adopted for sharing data with different stakeholders?

Hi Kevin. Thank you for the presentation. I am really interested in data interoperability, as it is one of the challenging issues for most of the information system. I would like to know is there any method to measure data interoperability?

Thank you Ama Wah. I learned a lot from your well-structured, comprehensive presentation. Malaria remains a health crisis in our area and I have always wanted to develop a malaria surveillance system.
I would like to know, is there any practice of data sharing among Thailand with neighboring countries like Myanmar and Laos for cross-border surveillance?

I use a mix of leadership style in my work. As I am leading a project with demanding changes and improvements of systems and people, I need to use most of the leadership style depending on the situations.
Firstly, I use Affiliative style when I believe they are feeling down or distressed, I made a caring community with the team and listen to…[Read more]

Yes I agree Jen. PM Lee took account of every citizens including health care workers and he tried to reduce the burden of health care system.

Yes, I agree. President Trump’s statements were quite assumption without evidence.

Comparing the speech of PM Lee and President Trump, I think both are good communicators. Both illustrated that they would do the best for their nations. They are calm and credible for citizens.

Regarding PM Lee – I prefer his speech because he do not assume or claim crisis, instead he provided facts, real situations and academic evidence. He s…[Read more]

Thank you for mentioning the techquity theme Sayar. Yes, there still have many areas with no mobile and internet connectivity in our country, which hinders the digital health access, transformation and equity.

Thank you ama for sharing. I agree with you that the improvement of technology lacks the sense of techquity in our country.

The implementation of digital health has been very limited in our country. There have been instances of trying to develop digital health but due to the coup, most of them are currently static.
Most of the private hospitals start using EMR, but the systems are siloed with lack of interoperability among them.
These are the areas needed to improve…[Read more]

Totally agree with you Kevin. AMR has been a serious issue in our country with very limited control of drug use. Most of the antibiotics are available over-the-counter. I have even heard that one of my seniors was infected from hospital with sepsis, and his blood C&S result showed the infected bacteria is resistant to most of the tested antibiotics.

Yes, I have the same idea with you. Influenza is still one of the diseases that may potentially lead to PHEIC in the future.

1. Disease outbreaks that have been declared as PHEIC by WHO. As of now, seven PHEIC declarations have been made from 2009 to 2023.
Year Disease Duration
2009 H1N1 (Swine flu) June 2009 to Aug 2010
2014 Polio May 2014 to present
2014 Ebola Aug 2014 to March 2016
2016 Zika virus Feb 2016 to Nov 2016
2018 Ebola Jul 2019 – Jun 2…[Read more]

Yes Jen, I agree with you. User’s attitude toward the system really affect whether the system is operational or not.

Hi Salin. I agree that regular feedback loops and continuous coaching is mandatory for a system setup.

1.) Which single design limitation most threatens valid estimates of sensitivity and representativeness? How would you address it within six weeks?

Relying only on passive facility-based reporting threatens sensitivity and representativeness.
Within 6 weeks,
My plan is to combine passive and active surveillance methods.
Firstly, I will select…[Read more]

Verification and Preparation
• Establish the existence of an outbreak: Using National/ District level surveillance database can help collection, collation, analysis and use of data for disease surveillance for detecting abnormal trends.
For e.g.
Global level – WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Pro…[Read more]