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Human resources for health: task shifting to promote basic health service delivery among internally displaced people in ethnic health program service areas in eastern Burma/Myanmar

Global Health Action, 2014
Background Burma/Myanmar was controlled by a military regime for over 50 years. Many basic social and protection services have been neglected, specifically in the ethnic areas.
Sharon Low, Kyaw Thura Tun, Naw Pue Pue Mhote, Saw Doo Nay Htoo, C. Maung, Saw Win Kyaw, Saw Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, N. Pocock   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of Financial Development on Investments: New Evidence Considering Different Aspects of Financial Development

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides new evidence and insights about the finance‐investment nexus by assessing and comparing the impacts of different aspects of financial development on investment. The study uses data for 88 countries from 1996 to 2019, and the estimates are based on dynamic panel data methodology.
Gabriel Caldas Montes, Vinícius Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Silent Emergency Persists: The Limited Efficacy of U.S. Investment Sanctions on Burma [PDF]

, 2000
For the past three decades, the repressive military junta that has ruled Burma has engaged in torture, extra-judicial killings, compulsory labor, and arbitrary arrests and detentions. Economic growth and human development in Burma have stagnated.
Johansson, Anna E.
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Global prevalence and risk factors of obstetric violence: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Obstetric violence (OBV), defined as mistreatment or abuse during childbirth, is a pervasive global issue, albeit with regional differences, affecting women's physical and emotional well‐being. Objectives The purpose of this systematic review and meta‐analysis is to assess the prevalence of OBV to identify risk factors associated ...
Sevil Hakimi, Leila Allahqoli, Maryam Alizadeh, Meryem Ozdemir, Hamid Soori, Esin Ceber Turfan, Neriman Sogukpinar, Ibrahim Alkatout   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gaps in the Protection of the Reptiles of Myanmar—Threat Status, Endemism, Protected Area Coverage, and One Plan Approach Conservation 缅甸爬行动物保护中的空白——受威胁状况、稀缺性、保护区覆盖及“一体化保护计划”方法

Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.
Upper left: Cyrtodactylus myintkyawthurai, upper right: Hemiphyllodactylus montawaensis, and bottom left: Gyiophis salweenensis, just recently described, microendemic taxa not yet covered by any protective measures. Bottom right: Geochelone platynota offspring from Cologne Zoo, an example for successful ex situ keeping and conservation breeding of ...
Carolin Scholten, Aurelia Richter, Aung Lin, Myint Kyaw Thura, Anna Rauhaus, Lee Grismer, Thomas Ziegler, Dennis Rödder   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disparities in Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Southeast Asia. However, significant disparities in access to postmastectomy breast reconstruction persist due to cultural, economic, and healthcare‐related factors. These disparities result in unequal access to care, impacting patient outcomes, and overall quality of life.
Antoinette Nguyen, Jeewon Chon, Brigid Coles, Robert Galiano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Radiocarbon analysis reveals decomposition of old soil organic carbon into dissolved inorganic carbon in a subtropical mangrove ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography, EarlyView.
Abstract The outwelling of remineralized dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from the subsurface soil layer through tidal pumping has recently been noted for its importance in the blue carbon budget of mangroves. However, the age of soil organic carbon (SOC) that has been decomposed into DIC remains uncertain.
Wataru Nakamura, Kojin Tsuchiya, Kenta Watanabe, Toshihiro Miyajima, Yosuke Miyairi, Yusuke Yokoyama, Phyo Thet Naing, Tomohiro Kuwae, Jun Sasaki   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Мiryachit: A Culture‐Specific Startle Syndrome in the Saami People

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Miryachit is perhaps the most complex and least understood of the culture‐specific startle syndromes that include latah and the jumping Frenchmen of Maine. Objectives We carried out a field study to evaluate startle‐induced paroxysms in the Saami to determine if it is still endemic and, if so, to contrast it with the available ...
Marianna Selikhova, Yaroslav Bogdanovich Skiba, Dane Rayment, Andrew John Lees   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forgotten Squared: Canadian Aircrews in Southeast Asia, 1942–1945 [PDF]

, 2012
The battles of World War II in Southeast Asia started with a saga of repeated defeats and retreats by the Allies. Then in 1944, after they re-grouped during a stalemate in 1942–43, the Allies decisively defeated the Imperial Forces of Japan in the ...
Brown, A. Sutherland
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Placental and Cord Blood DNA Methylation Changes Associated With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Marginalized Population: The Untold Role of Saturated Fats

Molecular Nutrition &Food Research, EarlyView.
Excessive intake of saturated fats during pregnancy is associated with DNA hypomethylation in placental and cord blood samples from women affected with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), impacting, in particular, the cord blood promoter of ZFP57, a key regulator of early embryonic epigenetic programming.
Fatima Ahmad, Sidra Aftab Uzair, Arun P. Lakshmanan, Shaikha Alabduljabbar, Salma H. Ahmed, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer, Alexandra Katharina Marr, Tomoshige Kino, Tobias Brummaier, Rose McGready, François Nosten, Damien Chaussabel, Souhaila Al Khodor, Annalisa Terranegra   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source