Han WW, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Hoa NB, et al.
2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) have been implementing community-based tuberculosis (TB) care (CBTBC) in Myanmar since 2011. Although the National TB Programme (NTP)...
Nwe TW, Oo T, Wai KT, Zhou SS, van Griensven J, et al.
2017-04-25 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-04-25 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BACKGROUND This study examined evolving malaria profiles from January, 2010 to December, 2014 to evaluate achievements and challenges of implementing measures to prevent and control ...
Myint O, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Hoa NB, et al.
2017-06-02 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-06-02 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Since 2005, the Myanmar National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) has been implementing active case finding (ACF) activities involving mobile teams in hard-to-reach areas. This study reveale...
Soe KT, Saw S, van Griensven J, Zhou SS, Win L, et al.
2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-03-24 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
National tuberculosis (TB) programs increasingly engage with international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), especially to provide TB care in complex settings where community invol...
BACKGROUND Myanmar lies in the Greater Mekong Subregion where there is artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. As the artemisinin compound is the pillar of effective ant...
Phyo Than W, Oo T, Wai KT, Thi AM, Owiti P, et al.
2017-09-14 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-09-14 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Myanmar lies in the Greater Mekong sub-region of South-East Asia faced with the challenge of emerging resistance to artemisinin combination therapies (ACT). Migrant populations are more ...
Nwe TW, Saw S, Le Win L, Mon MM, van Griensven J, et al.
2017-09-01 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017-09-01 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
As part of the WHO End TB strategy, national tuberculosis (TB) programs increasingly aim to engage all private and public TB care providers. Engagement of communities, civil society orga...
BACKGROUND It is estimated that the standard, passive case finding (PCF) strategy for detecting cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar has not been successful: 26% of cases are missin...
