Factors associated with intention to exclusive breastfeed in central women’s hospital, Yangon, Myanmar

Factors associated with intention to exclusive breastfeed in central women’s hospital, Yangon, Myanmar

BACKGROUND Under-nutrition is a public health problem in Myanmar. Despite current efforts, the exclusive breastfeeding rate (EBF) for children under six months is only 24%. Intention to breastfeed is a strong predictor for long-term breastfeeding, however, little is known about pregnant women's breastfeeding intentions in Myanmar. We, therefore, aimed to identify the factors associated with wom...

P-71: Risk Factors Associated with Womens

Serum zinc status in thalassemic adolescents attending Yangon Children Hospital, Myanmar

Background: Thalassemia constitutes a major public health problem causing a significant burden on children and their families. Zinc deficiency plays an important role in many thalassemia-related complications like growth retardation, hypogonadism and delayed puberty which are frequently noted in adolescent age. Although zinc is supplemented to thalassemic patients visiting Day Care Center, Yang...

Female sex work in Yangon, Myanmar.

BACKGROUND Myanmar (Burma), with an upper estimate of 400,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, faces a dangerous and potentially devastating epidemic. Female sex workers in the country are one of the most affected populations, with high prevalence rates of both HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). METHODS A qualitative study was undertaken in Yangon at the end of 2002 to investigate th...

Cholera in Yangon, Myanmar, 2012–2013

Author affiliations: Ministry of Health Department of Medical Research (Lower Myanmar), Yangon, Myanmar (W.W. Aung, N.A.T Oo, M.M. Aye); Thailand-Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re-emerging Infections, Nonthaburi, Thailand (K. Okada, M. Na-Ubol, W. Natakuathung, S. Hamada); Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka, Japan (K. Okada, S. Hamada); Univer...