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Infant mortality rate
Infant mortality rate is the rate of deaths among infants under one year old population.
Infant Mortality Rate = Number of deaths among under ones / Total number of live births * 1000
Infant mortality rate represents a child’s viability, which describes healthcare support, socioeconomic status and environmental situation i…[Read more]

From my perspective, young adults tend to live in an urban area than other age groups because of study or work. It contributes to the usage of contact tracing apps through public awareness. Secondly, it probably finding more contacts in young adults in urbanized areas for contracting infection due to population density. “Urbanization” is ass…[Read more]

I remember the time when I worked in a refugee setting during the Covid pandemic. The most significant ethical principals was the decision-making concerning isolation and quarantine measures for infected cases and their contacts. As you may be aware, refugee environments are often densely populated, with shelters situated closely together, posing…[Read more]

Myanmar underwent political reform in 2016 and is committed to reach Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. The Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) has developed a National Health Plan (2017-2021) to strengthen the health system and support the implementation of UHC.
To ensure a comprehensive approach, MOHS brought inputs from both government…[Read more]

We have a shortage of qualified health informatics professionals in our country. There needs to be proper academic programs or universities offering health informatics graduate education to healthcare professionals. A strong partnership between the Myanmar health ministry and international academic programs is needed to provide online education to…[Read more]

If I were in charge of a dataset in my country, I would definitely consider sharing it with appropriate researchers and institutions. Nowadays, the healthcare industry generates a substantial amount of patient data and information as electronic health records (EHRs), which can be utilized not only for healthcare supervision but also for medical…[Read more]

Electronic medical records can offer several benefits over traditional paper-based medical records, but they also have some drawbacks. The following are the key advantages and disadvantages of using EMR in our clinical setting.

Benefits: It allows users to access patient information in real time so that the efficiency of healthcare providers is…[Read more]

After learning about the research, we have seen several opportunities in big health data. On the other hand, it has brought quite challenging issues that still need to be tackled to improve patient outcomes. Some top challenging issues describing the paper are missing data, selection bias, data analysis and training, and privacy issues.

Missing…[Read more]

I believe that all four recommended points are highly acceptable to tackle corruption in the health sector. The initial step involves mobilizing key actors within the health system to identify the extent and character of corruption which is followed by protecting groups who are about to uncover corruption. Secondly, it highlights sorting the main…[Read more]

Throughout my professional career, I have seen some initiatives for health system improvement in the southeastern region of Myanmar, through local community empowerment by non-government organizations. One of the well-known projects in the area is the ACE project (Advancing Community Empowerment project) funded by USAID. The primary goal of the…[Read more]

I am currently learning an R-introductory course in the BHI program. I take it as a personal project in this scenario and 12-step project management benefits me in several ways in learning the course.

Define the project: I commit myself to learning additional R-course to have an in-depth understanding of the R-programming within a 3-month…[Read more]

I want to improve my evaluative listening skills, as emphasized in the Effective Listening Course on LinkedIn Learning. I find this challenging because effective listening involves simultaneously attentive listening and evaluating the content of the argument. As we progress in our careers, the ability to assess presentations from supervisees,…[Read more]

As a team supervisor, I actively listen to the feedback and suggestions team members provide. Suppose I find that a suggestion would be appropriate in particular circumstances. In that case, I am willing to replace the planned schedule/activities with the suggested ones to support the active participation of team members. I believe that…[Read more]

A disaster recovery plan for my organization’s information system will be included below. That plan entails procedures and technologies appropriate for non-government organizations I have served in my career.

Risk Assessment: Evaluating the impact and chance of risks covering threats to information systems is quite critical to sorting out the h…[Read more]

Introducing high-availability technology in the hospital information system brings several benefits to patients and healthcare providers.

Advantages to patients
Lesser system downtime offers users and patients convenient services as there is no time-lapse or gap in using hospital services. It leads to improving users’ satisfaction and r…[Read more]

I haven’t experienced any security breach of data maintenance which involves CIA triad. I want to share the scamming of Twitter users in 2020.

What happened?
Hackers had access to private and corporate Twitter accounts of around a million followers each. They in turn exploited a few of these accounts to promote a Bitcoin scam. The list of h…[Read more]

You highlighted the most important facts and information about LTBI in PLHIV. The presentation is good and I am highly impressed that you included in detail how you will measure the indicators in the surveillance system. I just want to recommend more time allocation on the presentation part of the data flow. I hope that you might convince a person…[Read more]

You have good presentation skills describing clearly all the contents related to the disease. The disease surveillance plan focuses on the most vulnerable groups of the population and provides control strategies and policies on preventive measures for the targeted population. My feedback on this assignment is to consider gathering parents’ i…[Read more]

I have noticed that you consistently show your motivation by participating in class activities and actively engaging in discussion. Even though you see tough challenges and unpleasant situations around you, we can sense that you find a way to handle the situations well, get outside of your comfort zone, and make yourself better. It is…[Read more]

My strengths in emotional intelligence are motivation and empathy. Even when I face challenging situations or significant changes in life, I stay motivated to overcome obstacles with energy and a positive mindset. I firmly believe that anyone having consistent effort and the right attitude will gain success eventually. I consider myself…[Read more]