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Sub-title: A pig virus broke out last month and is threatening swine farms in Htantlang township in Chin State, a senior Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Ministry official said on June 2.
Description: "U Min Thein Maw, director of the ministry’s Veterinary Department, said that the agency has stepped up measures to control the outbreak of porcine circovirus type (PCV2). “As of May 31, 187 pigs had died of the disease,” he said. “To prevent its spread, the transport of pig and pork products in the region is being regulated and monitored closely." He added that the disease is not communicable to people but could lead to huge economic losses for pig farmers. Veterinary department personnel are conducting regular inspections, spraying disinfectant, taking samples and focussing on biosafety at pig farms. The virus is common in both domestic and wild pigs. Its symptoms include loss of appetite, hepatitis, and dermatitis. These symptoms normally lead to death, while some animals die without displaying any symptoms, the department said. The government is trying to control the disease, and once that is accomplished will try to meet the needs of livestock breeders. In Myanmar, African swine flu occurred in Shan State in 2019 and in Shan and Kachin earlier this year..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2020-06-04
Date of entry/update: 2020-06-05
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Description: "Numbers of infection cases of seasonal Influenza A (H1N1) pdm 09 reached 498 nationwide in Myanmar as of Monday, said figures from the Public Health Department under the Ministry of Health and Sports on Tuesday. So far, the influenza claimed a total of 105 deaths across Myanmar from Jan.1 to Aug. 26 this year. Regionally, Yangon region saw highest mortality rate with 68 deaths, followed by Ayeyarwady region with 13 deaths, Bago region with 10 deaths while three deaths each were reported in Magway and Bago region, and one death was reported in Tanintharyi region, respectively. Also, Mon state registered with three deaths while two deaths were reported in Rakhine state and one death each in Kachin state and Shan state. Of the total deaths, 85 deaths were those who suffered from H1N1 influenza with underlying diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and other immune-deficiency conditions, according to the Central Epidemiology Unit and National Health Laboratory under the ministry..."
Source/publisher: "Xinhua"
2019-08-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-29
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Sub-title: Villagers who live near a 10-inch pipe that discharges wastewater from factories in the Mandalay Industrial Zone in the Dotehtawady River have suffered health and social problems for years.
Description: "Adults and children who rely on the river for bathing and household water because they can't afford clean water are suffering from skin disease, according to some residents of Myo Pyin Gyi village in Amarapura township of Mandalay. "Many people are itching because of the wastewater. Those who have money can dig wells for household use and bathing, and buy drinking water, but poor people and those living along the river have to use the river water, and they are always itching," said U Win Saung a 10-household leader in Myo Pyin Gyi. The village of more than 300 houses and about 1000 people is a half mile from the sewage pipe. In the past, residents used the river water for bathing and drinking, but the water has been undrinkable for about a decade, he said, and now two-thirds of the houses in the village have wells..."
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Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal via "Myanmar Times"
2019-07-10
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-25
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Description: Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: very high ... food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever ... vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria ... water contact disease: leptospirosis ... animal contact disease: rabies ... note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) ... Definition: This entry lists major infectious diseases likely to be encountered in countries where the risk of such diseases is assessed to be very high as compared to the United States. These infectious diseases represent risks to US government personnel traveling to the specified country for a period of less than three years. The degree of risk is assessed by considering the foreign nature of these infectious diseases, their severity, and the probability of being affected by the diseases present. The diseases listed do not necessarily represent the total disease burden experienced by the local population.
Source/publisher: Index Mundi
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-29
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Description: In 2004 the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (?Global Fund?) awarded program grants to Burma (Myanmar) totaling US$98.4 million over five years—recognizing the severity of Burma?s HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics, and noting that malaria was the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and the leading killer of children under five years old [1]. For those individuals working in health in Burma, these grants were welcome, indeed [2].
Source/publisher: PLoS Medicine
2006-10-10
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-28
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Description: The purpose of the study was to ascertain the therapeutic efficacy of different treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the hospitals in Sagaing, northern and eastern Shan, to facilitate updating the existing national antimalarial drug policy. The proposed 14-day trial for monitoring the efficacy of treatments of uncomplicated falciparum malaria is an efficient method for identifying treatment failure patterns at the intermediate level (township hospital) in the Union of Myanmar. Minimal clinical and parasitological data for days 0?14 were required to classify treatment failure and success. Clinical and parasitological responses on day 3 and days 4?14 were used as clear examples of early and late treatment failure, respectively. Mefloquine is five times more likely to be effective than chloroquine and sulfadoxine- pyrimethamine (S-P), whereas chloroquine and S-P treatments have nearly identical failure patterns. The alarming frequency of clinical and parasitological failure (failure rate >50%) following chloroquine treatment was reported in Sagaing and following S-P treatment in Sagaing and eastern Shan.
Source/publisher: World Health Organization
1999-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-28
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Description: Cyclone Nargis: Myanmar (May 2008): Contents_ Acknowledgements ... 1. Background and risk factors ... 2. Priority communicable diseases ... 3. Immediate interventions for communicable disease control ... 4. Relevant publications ? 5. WHO-recommended case definitions ...
Source/publisher: World Health Organization
2008-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-27
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Description: "...This report seeks to synthesize what is known about HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other disease threats including Avian influenza (H5N1 virus) in Burma; assess the regional health and security concerns associated with these epidemics; and to suggest policy options for responding to these threats in the context of tightening restrictions imposed by the junta..." ...I. Introduction [p. 9-13] II. SPDC Health Expenditures and Policies [p.14-18] III. Public Health Status [p.19-42] a. HIV/AIDS b. TB c. Malaria d. Other health threats: Avian Flu, Filaria, Cholera IV. SPDC Policies Towards the Three "Priority Diseases" [p. 43-45] and Humanitarian Assistance V. Health Threats and Regional Security Issues [p. 46-51] a. HIV b. TB c. Malaria VI. Policy and Program Options [p. 52-56] VII. References [p. 57-68] Appendix A: Official translation of guidelines Appendix B: Statement by Bureau of Public Affairs Appendix C: Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Avian Flu notification.
Creator/author: Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH; Luke Mullany, PhD; Adam Richards, MD, MPH; Aaron Samuals, MHS; Voravit Suwanvanichkij, MD, MPH; om Lee, MD, MHS; Nicole Franck, MHS
Source/publisher: Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2006-03-00
Date of entry/update: 2006-04-20
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Language: English, Burmese, Chinese
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