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Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) model in Myanmar: protocol for an open stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction In the Greater Mekong Subregion, community health workers, known as malaria volunteers, have played a key role in reducing malaria in the control phase, providing essential malaria services in areas with limited formal healthcare.
Paul A Agius, Nick Scott, Ohnmar Myint, Win Han Oo, Aung Thi, Win Htike, Julia C Cutts, Kyawt Mon Win, Nay Yi Yi Linn, Wint Phyo Than, Galau Naw Hkawng, Kaung Myat Thu, May Chan Oo, Katherine O’Flaherty, Ellen Kearney, Pwint Phyu Phyu, Aung Thu Htet, Lwin Lwin Yee, Zay Phyo Thant, Aung Mon, Soe Htike, Thet Pan Hnin, Freya J I Fowkes   +22 more
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Performance of Malaria Volunteers regarding Malaria Control Activities in Southeastern Myanmar: A Study in the Areas under Coverage of an Ethnic Health Organization

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
Malaria volunteers (MVs) play an essential role in resolving malaria problems by delivering greater access to diagnosis and treatment services, mainly for the underserved community residing in hard-to-reach rural areas. The Karen Department of Health and
Ye Thiha, Thant Zin, Kyawt Mon Win, Myat Thu Soe, Pyae Linn Aung   +4 more
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 4

, 2022
The fourth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,924 households–was implemented between October 12, 2022 and December 30, 2022.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Ambulatory induction phase treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV integrated primary care clinics, Yangon, Myanmar

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a common HIV-associated opportunistic-infection worldwide. Existing literature focusses on hospital-based outcomes of induction treatment.
Clare E. Warrell, Catriona Macrae, Alistair R. D. McLean, Edmund Wilkins, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Frank Smithuis, Ni Ni Tun   +6 more
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The comparative ability of commonly used disease severity scores to predict death or a requirement for ICU care in patients hospitalised with possible sepsis in Yangon, Myanmar

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: To determine the comparative prognostic utility of commonly used disease prediction scores in adults with presumed community-acquired sepsis in a resource-limited tropical setting.
Mar Mar Minn, Ne Myo Aung, De Zin Kyaw, Thet Tun Zaw, Pyae Nyein Chann, Hnin Ei Khine, Steven McLoughlin, Anthony D. Kelleher, Ne Lin Tun, Thin Zar Cho Oo, Nan Phyu Sin Toe Myint, Matthew Law, Mar Mar Kyi, Josh Hanson   +13 more
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 3

, 2022
The third round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,128 households–was implemented between July 2022 and August 2022.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Epidemiological characteristics and real‐world treatment outcomes of hepatitis C among HIV/HCV co‐infected patients in Myanmar: A prospective cohort study

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aims In Myanmar, public sector treatment programs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were nonexistent until June 2017. WHO highlights the importance of simplification of HCV service delivery through task‐shifting among health workers ...
Thein Min Swe, Derek. C. Johnson, Htay Thet Mar, Phone Thit, Tobias Homan, Cherry May Chu, Phyu Ei Mon, Thin Thin Thwe, Kyi Pyar Soe, Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, Nyan Lynn Tun, Kyaw Zay Lwin, Hayk Karakozian, Khin Sanda Aung, Aude Nguyen, Iza Ciglenecki, Natalia Tamayo, Anne Loarec   +17 more
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Design and Optimization of Aircraft Configuration for Minimum Drag

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 2018
This paper presents a reliable and robust optimization for minimum drag of an aircraft at the conceptual design phase. Firstly, the conceptual design code was developed and existing Single Seat Aerobatic (SSA) aircraft was chosen to validate the ...
Zin Win Thu, Aung Myo Thu, Phyo Wai Thaw
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Understanding the rapid price increase of vegetable oils

, 2023
This Research Note presents the results from an assessment of the evolution of vegetable oil prices in Myanmar. Vegetable oils are an important product in the diet of Myanmar consumers and high food inflation in the country - 19 percent between December ...
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)
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Time for pragmatic, prospective clinical trials to determine the role of empirical antibacterial therapy in critically ill adults hospitalized with malaria

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, Phyo Pyae Nyein, Ne Myo Aung, Mar Mar Kyi   +3 more
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