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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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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Understanding the rapid price increase of vegetable oils

, 2022
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), Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity   +1 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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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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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, Robin Nesbitt, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Elkin Bermudez, Kyi Pyar Soe, Rey Anicete, Phyu Ei Mon, Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, Susannah Christofani, Marcelo Fernandez, Iza Ciglenecki   +10 more
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 1

, 2022
The first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,100 households–was implemented between December 2021 and February 2022.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 2

, 2022
The second round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,142 households–was implemented between April 2022 and June 2022.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Optimizing HIV Services for Key Populations in Public-Sector Clinics in Myanmar

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2021
Key populations, ie, female sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who inject drugs, and people in prisons and other closed settings, experience stigma, discrimination, and structural barriers when accessing HIV prevention and
Ansley Lemons-Lyn, William Reidy, Wah Wah Myint, Khin N. Chan, Elaine Abrams, Zaw Zaw Aung, Irene Benech, Trista Bingham, Mitesh Desai, Ei Ei Khin, Tharaphi Lin, Halli Olsen, Htun Nyunt Oo, Cassia Wells, Sasha Mital   +14 more
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The precarious situation of agricultural wage laborers in Myanmar

, 2023
To understand the effects of COVID-19, the political crisis, and other shocks on Myanmar’s agricultural wage laborers (those workers relying on casual labor in agriculture), we rely on data from three rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey and ...
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source