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Sen S, Krishnan S

2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

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Swe TM, Johnson DC, Mar HT, Thit P, Homan T, et al.

2023-02-17 • Health Science Reports

BACKGROUND AND AIMS
In Myanmar, public sector treatment programs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were nonexistent until June 2017. WHO highlights the importance of simplificati...

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Zeng C, Mitnick CD, Hewison CCH, Bastard M, Khan PY, et al.

2023-01-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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The WHO provides standardized outcome definitions for rifampicin-resistant (RR) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. However, operationalizing these definitions can be challe...

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Mesic A, Homan T, Lenglet AD, Thit P, Mar HT, et al.

2022-11-01 • International Health

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The burden of advanced HIV disease (AHD) and predictors of outcomes among people living with HIV (PLHIV) re-engaging in care are not well known.

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We co...

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Mesic A, Decroo T, Mar HT, Jacobs BKM, Thandar MP, et al.

2022-07-29 • PLOS One

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Despite HIV viral load (VL) monitoring being serial, most studies use a cross-sectional design to evaluate the virological status of a cohort. The objective of our study...

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Nasser H, Jha Y, Keane G, Carreño C, Mental Health Working Group

2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022

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Kalon S, Iyer AS, Zarli K

2021-08-25 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2021

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Seung KJ, Khan PY, Franke MF, Ahmed SM, Aiylchiev S, et al.

2019-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Delamanid should be effective against highly resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but uptake has been slow globally. In the endTB (expand new drug markets for TB) Observation...

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Guthmann JP, Pittet A, Lesage A, Imwong M, Lindegardh N, et al.

2008-01-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of chloroquine in the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in in Dawei District, southern Myanmar. METHODS: Enrolled patients at Sonsinphya clinic >6 m...

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Nasser H, Jha Y, Keane G, Carreño C, Mental Health Working Group

2022-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022

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Pujades-Rodríguez M, Balkan S, Arnould L, Brinkhof MW, Calmy A

2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

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Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...

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Minetti A, Camelique O, Hsa Thaw K, Thi SS, Swaddiwudhipong W, et al.

2010-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Although tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, it remains a major global health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality among vulnerable populations, incl...

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Checchi F, Elder G, Schäfer M, Drouhin E, Legros D

2003-07-05 • Lancet

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Ousley J, Soe KT, Kyaw NTT, Anicete R, Mon PE, et al.

2018-03-21 • Public Health Action

Setting: A southern Myanmar district providing isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in one of the last countries to formally recommend it as part of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care...

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Murray J, Whitehouse K, Ousley J, Bermudez E, Soe TT, et al.

2020-03-20 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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Adolescents living with HIV/AIDS (ALHIV) are a particularly vulnerable but often overlooked group in the HIV response despite additional disease management challenges. <...

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Smithuis FM, Shahmanesh M, Kyaw MK, Savran O, Lwin S, et al.

2004-11-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Multi-drug resistant falciparum malaria is widespread in Asia. In Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam the national protocols have changed largely to artesunate combined treatment regimens but...

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Han WW, Saw S, Isaakidis P, Khogali MA, Hoa NB, et al.

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)...

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Mesic A, Fontaine J, Aye T, Greig J, Thwe TT, et al.

2017-07-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

Introduction: National AIDS Programme in Myanmar has made significant progress in scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) services and recognizes the importance of differentiated care ...

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Ashley EA, Touabi M, Ahrer M, Hutagalung R, Htun K, et al.

2009-10-27 • Malaria Journal

BACKGROUND: In areas where non-falciparum malaria is common rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) capable of distinguishing malaria species reliably are needed. Such tests are often based on the...

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Smithuis FM, Kyaw MK, van der Broek I, Katterman N, Rogers C, et al.

2013-10-11 • Malaria Journal

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Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) reduce malaria morbidity and mortality consistently in Africa, but their benefits have been less consistent in Asia. This study's object...

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Women, conflict and healthcare: Access, negotiations and agency in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands

Epidemiological characteristics and real-world treatment outcomes of hepatitis C among HIV/HCV co-infected patients in Myanmar: A prospective cohort study

Concordance of three approaches for operationalizing outcome definitions for multidrug-resistant TB

Advanced HIV disease and associated attrition after re-engagement in HIV care in Myanmar from 2003 to 2019: a retrospective cohort study

Viraemic-time predicts mortality among people living with HIV on second-line antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar: A retrospective cohort study

Innovative interventions for learning and development: improving psychiatric care through remote training and supervision

MDR-TB care outcomes in Mumbai and Myanmar – Joint interview

Culture conversion at six months in patients receiving delamanid-containing regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in Dawei, southern Myanmar

Innovative interventions for learning and development: improving psychiatric care through remote training and supervision

Treatment failure and mortality factors in patients receiving second-line HIV therapy in resource-limited countries

Tuberculosis treatment in a refugee and migrant population: 20 years of experience on the Thai-Burmese border

Consequences of armed conflict for an ethnic Karen population

IPT during HIV treatment in Myanmar: high rates of coverage, completion and drug adherence

High levels of viral repression, malnutrition and second-line ART use in adolescents living with HIV: a mixed methods study from Myanmar

Comparison of chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, mefloquine and mefloquine-artesunate for the treatment of falciparum malaria in Kachin State, North Myanmar

Different Challenges, Different Approaches and Related Expenditures of Community-Based Tuberculosis Activities by International Non-Governmental Organizations in Myanmar

Implications of Differentiated Care for Successful ART Scale-Up in a Concentrated HIV Epidemic in Yangon, Myanmar

Evaluation of three parasite lactate dehydrogenase-based rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of falciparum and vivax malaria

The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the incidence and prevalence of malaria in children in an area of unstable seasonal transmission in western Myanmar