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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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Bird diversity along an urban to rural gradient in large tropical cities peaks in mid-level urbanization [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
The gradient from natural to urban areas strongly associates with the structure of avian communities over that gradient. Most research on urban birds is from temperate areas and knowledge from tropical Southeast Asia is lacking.
Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Paul J.J. Bates, Thein Aung, Nay Myo Hlaing, Sai Sein Lin Oo, Yu Kay Zin Htun, Saw Myat Ohn Mar, Aye Myint, Thin Lae Lae Wai, Pann Mo Mo, Lutz Fehrmann, Nils Nölke, Christoph Kleinn, Swen C. Renner   +13 more
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Role of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 Protein Mutations in P. falciparum Populations from Northeastern Myanmar in Mediating Artemisinin Resistance

mBio, 2020
Artemisinin resistance has emerged in Southeast Asia, endangering the substantial progress in malaria elimination worldwide. It is associated with mutations in the PfK13 protein, but how PfK13 mediates artemisinin resistance is not completely understood.
F. Siddiqui, Rachasak Boonhok, Mynthia Cabrera, Huguette Gaelle Ngassa Mbenda, Meilian Wang, Hui Min, Xiaoying Liang, J. Qin, Xiaotong Zhu, J. Miao, Yaming Cao, L. Cui   +11 more
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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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A Review on the Phytochemistry, Medicinal Properties and Pharmacological Activities of 15 Selected Myanmar Medicinal Plants

Molecules, 2019
Medicinal plants are a reservoir of biologically active compounds with therapeutic properties that over time have been reported and used by diverse groups of people for treatment of various diseases.
M. Aye, H. Aung, M. Sein, Chabaco Armijos   +3 more
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Direct structural evidence of Indian continental subduction beneath Myanmar

Nature Communications, 2020
Indian continental subduction can explain Cenozoic crustal deformation, magmatic activity and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau following the India-Asia collision.
T. Zheng, Yumei He, L. Ding, M. Jiang, Y. Ai, Chit Thet Mon, Guangbing Hou, K. Sein, M. Thant   +8 more
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Matching action to need: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2017 and population health data to focus adolescent health policy and actions in Myanmar

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: Myanmar is a country undergoing rapid transitions in health. Its national strategic policy for young people’s health is being revised but there is a paucity of population data to inform local priorities and needs.
Karly I. Cini, Phone Myint Win, Zay Yar Swe, Kyu Kyu Than, Thin Mar Win, Ye Win Aung, Aye Aye Myint, Nisaa R. Wulan, Lia J. Burns, Elissa C. Kennedy, Kate L. Francis, Sanda, Su Mon Myat, Sithu Swe, Aung Ko Ko, Yadanar, Margaret Hellard, Chad L. Hughes, George C. Patton, Ali H. Mokdad, Peter S. Azzopardi   +20 more
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Single Versus Double Drainage Insertion After Total Mastectomy and Axillary Dissection

Archives of Breast Cancer, 2022
Background: Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy in women of Myanmar. Mastectomy is one of the main surgical treatments of breast cancer. Postoperative seroma is a common complication after mastectomy, which increases chances of infection, delays ...
Tin mg Win, Sie thu Myint, Aung Myat, Htun Thuya, Thein Lwin   +4 more
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Performance and Outcomes of Routine Viral Load Testing in People Living with HIV Newly Initiating ART in the Integrated HIV Care Program in Myanmar between January 2016 and December 2017

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Myanmar has introduced routine viral load (VL) testing for people living with HIV (PLHIV) starting first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART). The first VL test was initially scheduled at 12-months and one year later this changed to 6-months.
Sai Soe Thu Ya, Anthony D. Harries, Khin Thet Wai, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Thet Ko Aung, July Moe, Thurain Htun, Htet Naing Shin, Mar Mar Aye, Htun Nyunt Oo   +9 more
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Breast Cancer Awareness in Myanmar: Results of a Hospital-based Study in Mandalay

Archives of Breast Cancer, 2021
Background: Although breast cancer is an important health problem in Myanmar, awareness of breast health has not been widely described. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to explore awareness of early signs and risk factors of ...
Myo Khin, San Shwe, Khin May Oo, Le-Le Win   +3 more
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