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Improving basic mental health services in Myanmar’s primary healthcare Key messages • There is no policy on mental health in Myanmar, and, as a result, it is not a priority in primary healthcare, preventing thousands of people...

This newsletter of the programme Supporting Public Health Institutes is a compilation of the recent news from four projects in the programme. It has been produced at the occasion of the ECTMIH conference in Antwerp and the...

The impact of aid on health outcomes in Uganda Abstract The health sector has attracted significant foreign aid; however, evidence on the effectiveness of this support is mixed. This paper combines household panel data with...

Summary and recommendations As life expectancy increases and the impact of communicable diseases lessens, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming a growing health problem in Myanmar. They accounted for 40 per cent of all...

This guide is intended for countries wishing to develop their own National Health Observatories (NHO). It is anticipated that, given the wide variety of political, health, economic, cultural and social resources and contexts, the...

On 22 and 23 November the International Conference on Public Health in Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries took place in Yangon, Myanmar. Host was the University of Public Health, Yangon, with support from HelpAge International...

Bangladesh: capacity building NCDs – Urban Health- Data for Decision-making, data management by health authorities, training programmes Topics for the presentation: Development of visualization tools (Dash Boards) and training for...

ASCVD Risk Factors in Older Adult with Diabetes Background It is estimated that in 2017 there were 451 million (age 18– 99years) people with diabetes worldwide, and these figures are expected to increase to 693 million by 2045. A...

COOPI/Malawi-Madagascar/2014. This brief is part of the series, A Field Guide for Disaster Risk Reduction in Southern Africa: Key Practices for DRR Implementers, coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO regional...

Food consumption patterns of inpatient children aged 3 to 5 years with diarrhea in Khammam province hospitals ABSTRACT Nutritious dietary diversity is associated with improved appropriate food consumption for children. Diarrhea is...