The intention to prevent sexual risk behaviors among the youth in Yangon, Myanmar by Ann Jirapongsuwan, Sithu Swe, Arpaporn Powwattana

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the intention to prevent sexual risk behaviors and associated factors among the youth in Yangon, Myanmar. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional descriptive research was undertaken among 192 youths. …”
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High quality housing estate planning for greater Yangon metropolitan region by Wann Maung , Zar Zar

“…Housing estates have been remarkably redeveloped in Yangon City after 1993 and it has been improving in the architectural design of the estates and amenities of the community. …”
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Factors associated with intention to exclusive breastfeed in central women’s hospital, Yangon, Myanmar by Myat Pan Hmone, Mu Li, Kingsley Agho, Ashraful Alam, Michael J. Dibley

“…Method Data in this article was collected in a baseline survey for a randomized controlled trial, which aimed to assess the impact of mobile text messages on the breastfeeding practices of women in Yangon, Myanmar. A total of 353 pregnant women at 28–34 weeks of gestation, recruited into the trial from the antenatal clinics of the Central Women’s Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar, responded to the baseline survey questions, which included background information and breastfeeding related characteristics. …”
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Caregiver burden from caring for dependent elderly in Yangon, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar by May Zun Naing, Sein Yaw May, Min Htike Aung

“…Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Tharkayta Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Total 200 caregivers were selected applying multi-stage sampling method and structured questionnaires were used to collect data. …”
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Measles transmission among adults during an outbreak in Yangon Region, Myanmar, 2019 by T.S. Mon, N.W.Y. Lwin

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The first study on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in owned and sheltered cats in Yangon, Myanmar by Babi Kyi Soe, Khin Su Hlaing, Toe Win Naing, Zin Hnin Thaw, Win Myint

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 230 fecal samples were collected from seven veterinary clinics and two shelters within the Yangon region from January to May 2022. Sampled cats were classified according to age, gender, and deworming and rearing practices. …”
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Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among New Tuberculosis Patients, Yangon, Myanmar by Sabai Phyu, Ti Ti, Roland Jureen, Thandar Hmun, Hlaing Myint, Aye Htun, Harleen M.S. Grewal, Bjarne Bjorvatn

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The clinical characteristics of adults with rheumatic heart disease in Yangon, Myanmar: An observational study. by Nan Phyu Sin Toe Myint, Ne Myo Aung, Myint Soe Win, Thu Ya Htut, Anna P Ralph, David A Cooper, Myo Lwin Nyein, Mar Mar Kyi, Josh Hanson

“…This prospective audit was performed in an adult medical ward of a tertiary-referral hospital in Yangon, to gain an insight into the prevalence of RHD in Myanmar.All patients admitted to the ward between May 1, 2016 and April 30, 2017 were eligible for enrolment. …”
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Business process reengineering for general cargo ship discharging operations at Yangon port by Aung Naing Pe

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Enhanced melioidosis surveillance in patients attending four tertiary hospitals in Yangon, Myanmar by Win, MM, Win, KKN, Wah, TT, Aye, SN, Htwe, TT, Zin, KN, Aung, MT, Aung, WW, Ashley, EA, Smithuis, F, Rigas, V, Currie, BJ, Mayo, M, Webb, JR, Ling, CL, Htun, ZT, Dance, DAB

“…To investigate the current epidemiology of melioidosis in Yangon, Myanmar, between June 2017 and May 2019 we conducted enhanced surveillance for melioidosis in four tertiary hospitals in Yangon, where the disease was first discovered in 1911. …”

Conserving the historic landscape of yangon central business district and historic centre of Vienna by Su Su, Su Su, Stiles, Richard

“…This paper highlights the key problems in heritage conservation of the historic areas in Yangon especially Yangon Central Business District (CBD) and factors influencing the management and conservation of historic landscape in Yangon, Myanmar, such as historic impacts of planning and development ideologies and the regulative effects of planning instruments and organizational structures. …”
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Community-Led Housing in Yangon: The Struggles of Non-Confrontational Resistance and Feminist Crisis Management by Marina Kolovou Kouri, Shoko Sakuma, Catalina Ortiz

“…<span class="abs_content">In this article, we draw on community-led housing, non-confrontational resistance, and feminist crisis management literature to analyse the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the military coup in a community-led housing scheme in Yangon, Myanmar. Based on the direct involvement with a women's grassroots network and a local NGO between 2018 and 2022, we focus on the impacts of the double crisis on low-income populations, their responses to overlapping challenges, the emergent forms of mutual care, and the extra and intra-community learnings. …”
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Forced Evictions as Urban Planning? Traces of Colonial Land Control Practices in Yangon, Myanmar by Elizabeth Rhoads

“…While these forms of state crime linked to the state organizational goal of land control began in the colonial period, their legacies continue in contemporary Yangon. However, the current social and structural issues in Yangon are not the fault of the British colonial government alone. …”
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Factors influencing health service utilization among the elderly in Insein Township, Yangon Region by Sandar Min Min Hlaing, Naw Clara, Aye Nanda Han

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Integration of HIV services with primary care in Yangon, Myanmar: a retrospective cohort analysis by Tun, NN, McLean, A, Wilkins, E, Hlaing, M, Aung, YY, Linn, T, Ashley, EA, Smithuis, FM

“…We assessed patient outcomes in four clinics offering HIV care integrated into primary care clinics in Yangon, Myanmar. <br> <strong>Methods</strong> We carried out a retrospective cohort analysis of 4551 patients who started antiretroviral therapy between 2009 and 2017. …”

Remote Sensing for Development of Rainfall Intensity–Duration–Frequency Curves at Ungauged Locations of Yangon, Myanmar by Aung Kyaw Kyaw, Shamsuddin Shahid, Xiaojun Wang

“…This study aims to develop the intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves for Yangon, the economic center of Myanmar, using four satellite precipitation datasets, namely GPM IMERG, TRMM, GSMaP_NRT, and GSMaP_GC. …”
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Urbanization, economic development, and environmental changes in transitional economies in the global south: a case of Yangon by Peilei Fan, Jiquan Chen, Cadi Fung, Zaw Naing, Zutao Ouyang, Khaing Moe Nyunt, Zin Nwe Myint, Jiaguo Qi, Joseph P. Messina, Soe W. Myint, Brad G. Peter

“…Through conducting a workshop with 20 local experts, we further analyzed the influence of human systems and natural systems on Yangon’s urbanization and sustainability. Results The city of Yangon expanded urban built-up land rapidly from 1990 to 2000, slowed down from 2000 to 2010, but gained momentum again from 2010 to 2020, with most newly added urban built-up land appearing to be converted from farmland and green land in both 1990–2000 and 2010–2020. …”
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Risk factors that may be driving the emergence of drug resistance in tuberculosis patients treated in Yangon, Myanmar. by Mishal S Khan, Coll Hutchison, Richard J Coker

“…This study investigates healthcare seeking behaviour, knowledge and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Myanmar-which is facing an acute drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic-and identifies factors that may increase the risk of emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis.We randomly selected adult smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients diagnosed between September 2014 and March 2015 at ten public township health centres in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar. Data on patients' healthcare seeking behaviour, treatment at the township health centres, co-morbidities and knowledge was collected through patient interviews and extraction from hospital records. …”
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Flood Simulation Studies with Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation (RRI) Model, Over Yangon City, Myanmar by P. P. Phyoe, T. Uchida

“…In this study, the Yangon area was used as a case study, and the Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation (RRI) model was applied. …”
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Validation of G6PD Point-of-Care Tests among Healthy Volunteers in Yangon, Myanmar. by Nwe Nwe Oo, Germana Bancone, Lwin Zar Maw, Nongnud Chowwiwat, Pooja Bansil, Gonzalo J Domingo, Moh Moh Htun, Kyaw Zin Thant, Ye Htut, Francois Nosten

“…In this study we have assessed the performances of two qualitative tests, the fluorescent spot test (FST) and the G6PD CareStart test (CST), against the gold standard quantitative spectrophotometric assay in a population of 1000 random adult healthy volunteers living in Yangon, Myanmar. The prevalence of G6PD deficiency in the Bamar, Karen and in the whole sample set was 6.6% (10.1% in males), 9.2% (21.0% in males) and 6.8% (11.1% in males) respectively. …”
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