Empowerment and health care access barriers among currently married women in Myanmar.

Background: Although Myanmar is moving to attain UHC in 2030, health care utilization indicators are still low, especially among women. Women's health outcomes are determined by the lack of access to health care, and many factors influence this condition. The objective of the present work was to identify the association between women's empowerment and barriers to accessing health care among currently married women in Myanmar.

Prevalence of alcohol consumption and its risk factors among university students: A cross-sectional study across six universities in Myanmar.

Background: Globally, alcohol consumption is a significant public health concern and it is one of the most important risk behaviours among university students. Alcohol consumption can lead to poor academic performance, injuries, fights, use of other substances, and risky sexual behaviours among students. However, the study explored the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the associated risk factors among university students since these have not been fully examined in previous research.

Healthcare in Myanmar.

Myanmar transitioned to a civilian government in March, 2011. Although the democratic process has accelerated since then, many problems in the field of healthcare still exist. Since there is a limited overview on the healthcare in Myanmar, this article briefly describes the current states surrounding health services in Myanmar.

Trends in attrition among medical teaching staff at universities in Myanmar 2009-2013.

Although lack of human resources for health is becoming a global problem, there are few studies on human resources in Myanmar. This study was conducted to investigate the attrition rates of teaching staff from universities for medical professions in Myanmar from 2009 to 2013. The data were collected from administrative records from Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Health, Myanmar.