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Remaking and Living with Resource Frontiers: Insights from Myanmar and Beyond

Geopolitics, 2022
Myanmar, a nation situated between India, China and Southeast Asia, has long histories of colonialism, violence, and resource extraction. This special issue introduction, written in the midst of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup and the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Jasnea Sarma, H. Faxon, K. Roberts
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Myanmar's strategy in the China–Myanmar Economic Corridor: a failure in hedging?

International Affairs, 2022
This article examines Myanmar's hedging strategies in China's Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), a key component of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Yuka Kobayashi, Joseph King
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How Myanmar Is Working to Maintain Essential Services for People Living With HIV and Key Populations During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2021
Background: Maintaining essential HIV services has being a Global challenge during the COVID-19 crises. Myanmar has 54 million inhabitants. Neighbor of China, Thailand, India and Bangladesh it was impacted by COVID-19, but came up with a comprehensive ...
Oo Htun Nyunt MBBS, MPH, Nanda Myo Aung Wan MBBS, Pyae Soan MBBS, MPH, PDoc, Oussama Tawil BA, MA, Myo Kyaw Lwin MBBS, MPP, May Thu Aung Hsan MBBS, MPH, Khin Mar Win, Fabio Mesquita MD, PhD   +7 more
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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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Sustainable Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Production through Improved Technology: An Overview of Production, Challenges, and Opportunities in Myanmar

Sustainability, 2020
This paper aims to review the research achievements concerning sustainable sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) production and outlook on the production constraints and future perspectives for Myanmar sesame.
Daisy Myint, S. A. Gilani, M. Kawase, Kazuo N. Watanabe   +3 more
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Myanmar: Checklists and Keys. I. Amphibians, Crocodilians, and Turtles

, 2022
Myanmar (formerly Burma) has 150 species of formally described amphibians (5 salamanders, 2 caecilians, and 143 frogs) and more than 200 species of reptiles (2 crocodilians, 20 turtles, 100+ lizards, and 100+ snakes).
George R. Zug
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Genotypic Heterogeneity of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Scrub Typhus Patients and Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Co-infection, Myanmar

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Serologic and molecular surveillance of serum collected from 152 suspected scrub typhus patients in Myanmar revealed Orientia tsutsugamushi of genotypic heterogeneity.
A. M. Win, Y. Nguyen, Yuri Kim, Na-Young Ha, Jun-Gu Kang, Hong-il Kim, B. San, Okkar Kyaw, W. W. Htike, D. Choi, Keun-Hwa Lee, Nam-Hyuk Cho   +11 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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Prevalence and risk factors of anxiety and depression among the community-dwelling elderly in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, Myanmar

Scientific Reports, 2021
Providing elderly mental healthcare in Myanmar is challenging due to the growing elderly population and limited health resources. To understand common mental health problems among Myanmar elderly, this study explored the prevalence and risk factors of ...
Su Myat Cho, Yu Mon Saw, Thu Nandar Saw, Thet Mon Than, M. Khaing, Aye Thazin Khine, Tetsuyoshi Kariya, Pa Pa Soe, S. Oo, N. Hamajima   +9 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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