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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Abstract This chapter considers the structural characteristics of the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar and demonstrates that the military is central to the constitutional order. It offers an overview of the major institutions of Myanmar’s constitutional system, beginning with the most important institution, the military, and then explaining ...
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018 Sporadic cases of melioidosis have been diagnosed in Myanmar since the disease was first described in Yangon in 1911. Published and unpublished cases are summarized here, along with results from environmental and serosurveys. A total of 298 cases have been reported from seven states or regions between 1911 and 2018, with the majority of these occurring
Win, M +12 more
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The Gerontologist, 2017 This spotlight provides an overview of the situation of older persons in Myanmar, an understudied country of over-50-million population. Myanmar is of particular interest to researchers and policy makers, given its overall level of poverty and modestly rapid population aging.
KNODEL, John +1 more
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Burden of Stroke in Myanmar [PDF]
Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra, 2021 Myanmar is home to over 51 million people. The age- and sex-standardized mortality rate due to stroke is 165.4/100,000, while the rate of age- and sex-standardized disability-adjusted life years lost due to stroke is 2971.3/100,000. The prevalence of stroke among adults aged 40–99 years is 1.5%.
Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian +4 more
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The medicinal plants of Myanmar [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2018 A comprehensive compilation is provided of the medicinal plants of the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma). This contribution, containing 123 families, 367 genera, and 472 species, was compiled from earlier treatments, monographs, books, and pamphlets, with some medicinal uses and preparations translated from Burmese to English.
Robert A. DeFilipps, Gary A. Krupnick
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background: Children with severe falciparum malaria in malaria-endemic regions are predisposed to developing life-threatening bacterial co-infection. International guidelines therefore recommend empirical broad-spectrum antibacterial therapy in these ...
Josh Hanson +3 more
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Treatment outcomes from the largest antiretroviral treatment program in Myanmar (Burma): a cohort analysis of retention after scale-up. [PDF]
, 2012 Article approval pendingAntiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage in Myanmar is well below average. This study describes retention and baseline predictors of prognosis from the largest ART program in the ...
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The challenges faced by service providers on satellite mental health-care facilities in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study [PDF]
Journal of Health Research, 2022 Purpose – Myanmar has an insufficient number of mental health workers with few institutional facilities resulting in a significant treatment gap. Although few mental health services are integrated into primary health care (PHC), the challenges are ...
Kyaw Lin, Sun Lin, Than Tun Sein
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Myanmar’s Military is Myanmar’s Agony
, 2021 The article argues that Tatmadaw's involvement in politics and Suu Kyi's plan for 'ethnic democracy' have ruptured the co-habitation of different social identities from forging inclusive democratization in Myanmar.
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Increased hepatitis C virus co-infection and injection drug use in HIV-infected fishermen in Myanmar
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background In Southeast Asia, though fishermen are known to be a key population at high risk of HIV, little is known about their co-infection rates with Hepatitis C virus (HCV), or how illness and risk behaviors vary by occupation or type of fishermen ...
Janet Ousley +10 more
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