Socio-Medical Research Centre

• Epidemiology Research Division

  • Organization

  • Presentation

  1. Baseline Practices and Coverage of Maternal Newborn and Child Health Care in Kanpetlet Township, Southern Chin State, Myanmar

  2. Male involvement in reproductive health issues of women in rural settings of Upper Myanmar

  3. Quality of antenatal care provided by midwives in selected townships of Upper Myanmar

  4. Effectiveness of active case detection for tuberculosis finding using mobile team activities in hard-to-reach area, Laukkai Township, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

  5. Patients’ perspectives on HIV care and support services in selected State and Regional Hospitals of Upper Myanmar

  6. Management of TB by public and private health care providers in hard-to-reach area, Laukkai Township, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

  7. Family planning practice and RH needs among married women of selected rural area in KokangSelf Administered Zone, Myanmar

  8. Gender differences in exposure to SRH information and risky sexual debut among poor Myanmar youths

  9. Success and challenges of Public-Private Mix DOTS initiatives in Myanmar: A process evaluation

  10. Antenatal Care and Delivery Practices among Rural Kokang Mothers, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

  11. Role of Drug Shops in Malaria Control

• International Oral Presentation

1. Disparity in utilization and expectation of community-based maternal health care services among women in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.(July 2017 )

2. TB prevalence among individuals undergoing contact tracing and its determinants in Mandalay City, Myanmar.(October, 2016). 

3. Positive tuberculosis among household contacts of tuberculosis patients and its determinants in Myanmar. (May, 2016)

4. Prevalence and cost estimation for identifying positive tuberculosis among household contacts in Mandalay City, Myanmar. (November, 2016).

5. Youth-friendliness of current reproductive health services and challenges towards their   improvement: youth’s and providers’ perspectives. ( January, 2013)

6. Community participation in TB control: Willingness of participation in TB control among TB patients in hard-to-reach area,  Northern Shan State, Myanmar

7. Can social pathology characteristics be used as a screening tool for detecting active tuberculosis?

• International Poster Presentation

1. Contributions of auxiliary midwives in providing maternal health care services in Myanmar: women’s and providers’ perspectives.

2. Bone Mineral Density among Rural Community of Pyin Oo Lwin Township

3. Feasibility study on role of INGOs in TB control in Kokang Self-Administered Zone, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

4. Supply Chain of Family Planning Service: Research Findings from 2014-2018 Facility Assessment for Reproductive Health Commodities and Services in Myanmar

5. Determinants for the Successful Project Implementation of Myanmar Medical Association Active Case Finding TB Projection selected Townships

6. Usefulness of Mini Nutritional Assessment score in vitamin D (25(OH) D3) deficiency of elderly hospitalized patients, Yangon, Myanmar

7. Disparities Even among the Poor: a Challenge towards Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 in Myanmar

• International Publications

1. Geographical Distribution of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and their Adverse Maternal and    Perinatal Outcomes in Thailand (Int J Pregnancy Child Birth. 2017;1(2):14–6)

2. Cost-effectiveness of a new strategy to detect pulmonary tuberculosis in household contacts in Myanmar. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2017: 21(2):181-187.

3. Improving detection of tuberculosis among household contacts of index tuberculosis  patients by an integrated approach in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.

4. Rifampicin resistant TB patients in Myanmar in 2016: How many are lost in the path to treatment? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2017: 22(4):385-392.

5. Time to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV enrolled into care in Myanmar: How prepared are we for 'test and treat'? (Paper is accepted by Global Health Action Journal)

6. Gender differences in exposure to SRH information and risky sexual debut among poor Myanmar youths. (BMC Pub Health 2013,13:122.)

7. Equity of access to reproductive health services among youths in resource-limited suburban communities of Mandalay City, Myanmar. (BMC Health Serv Res 2012, 12:458.)

8. Efficacy of oral single dose therapy with artemisinin-naphthoquine phosphate in uncomplicated falciparum malaria

9. Participation of private general practitioners in disease management of malaria in Myanmar (Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2009 May; 2(5): 71-6)

10. Sexual and reproductive health needs of vulnerable youth in Myanmar. The South  East Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2008 Nov; 39(6):1132-44.

11. Private GPs contribute to TB control in Myanmar: evaluation of a PPM initiative in Mandalay Division (INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS 10(9):982–987 © 2006 The Union)

12. Disparity in utilization and expectation of community-based maternal health care services among women in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study (Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/ 10.1093/pubmed/fdy002)

13. Low uptake of malaria testing within 24 hr of fever despite appropriate health-seeking among migrants in Myanmar: a mixed-methods study

14. Low uptake of malaria testing within 24 hr of fever despite appropriate health-seeking among migrants in Myanmar: a mixed-methods study

15. Is Myanmar on the right track after declaring leprosy elimination? Trends in new leprosy cases (2004–2018) and reasons for delay in diagnosis

16. Type of health care workers and quality of antenatal and delivery care in communities of Myanmar: An experience- and vignette-based study

• Local Publications

1. Family Planning Practice and Reproductive Health Needs among Rural Married   Women in Laukkai Township, Kokang Self-Administered Zone, Northern Shan State, Myanmar (Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal, Vol 29, No.3 page 227 – 232, 2017)

2. Providers’ and clients’ perceptions and barriers in providing newborn health services in project and non-project townships of Magway Division

3. Antenatal Care and Delivery Practices among Rural Kokang Mothers, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

4. Accessibility of community to health services for TB in Kutkai Township, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

5. Patients' Perspectives on Public-Private Mix Initiatives in Tuberculosis Control

6. Community acceptance on insecticide treated bed-nets (ITNs) in selected rural community

7. Prevalence and correlation of obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in selected townships of Upper Myanmar

8. Patients' perspectives on choosing either public or private sector for malaria treatment in Upper Myanmar

9. Utilization of basic health staff by rural community in disease management of malaria

10. Traditional Beliefs and Practices relating to Chest Symptoms among Shan people in a Rural Area of Pyin Oo Lwin Township

11. Predictors of defaulting from Anti-TB treatment in selected townships of Upper Myanmar

12. Compliance of Basic Health Staff on National Anti-malarial Treatment Guideline in Selected Townships of Upper Myanmar

13. Risk factors for fatal outcome of malaria: A hospital based study in Pyin Oo Lwin District

14. Social mapping: a participatory tool to target vulnerable groups for prevention of malaria transmission

15. Management of tuberculosis by public and private health care providers in Laukkai Township, China border area, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

16. Knowledge of tuberculosis patients and their willingness to participate in TB control in Laukkai and Kunlon Townships, Northern Shan State: A mixed-method study