Zarni Lynn Kyaw

Thanks, this is amazing. I’m learning a lot. 🙂

In general, my organization, Community Partners International (CPI) is an organization that works to improve the health and well-being of communities in Myanmar by implementing community-based programs and activities.

We have a strong focus on community engagement, and we work closely with local partners to ensure that their programs are…[Read more]

In order to not self-plagiarize, please allow me to share two documents that we developed around this topic and please let me summarize in the following paragraphs and I also added a section for after the military coup. You can also find the two documents here. (1), (2)

Myanmar has made significant progress towards achieving Universal Health…[Read more]

I’m sorry for the long-winded post, this topic is exactly what I’m working on right now with Ethnic Health Strategy development and I am very passionate about this topic.

The situation of health informatics workforce in Myanmar is underdeveloped. Myanmar has a low-income economy and limited resources, and this may affect the development of the…[Read more]

Data sharing can help to promote transparency and accountability, and can also help to increase collaboration and innovation within the country. Additionally, it can facilitate the validation of research findings and the development of new research questions, which can lead to greater understanding and insights about Myanmar.

it would be…[Read more]

Although I am familiar with the old 30 baht scheme, this new change to the NHSO is new for me. Could you share some papers about this change? Thanks.

Thanks for sharing about JKN, I’m very interested to learn more about how JKN has started and it’s challenges, could you share some papers discussing about this transition? Thanks.

Being a Myanmar national, I can relate with first hand experiences to the challenges shared in the paper. At the same time I also saw a massive potential to improve the systems.

The following are the advantage and disadvantage of using EMR instead of the traditional paper based medical records in the projects that I’ve worked on in…[Read more]

From the paper the following challenges are identified –
1) The vast amount of data that is generated from various sources (such as electronic health records, social media, wearable devices, etc.) can be difficult to handle and analyze.

2) The quality and reliability of data may vary depending on the source

3) The data can be complex and…[Read more]

First, it is important to convene key stakeholders in the health system in Myanmar, such as policy makers, health professionals, and managers, to seek agreement on the scale and nature of corruption in the country’s health system. This can help to identify specific areas of concern and to build a sense of shared responsibility for addressing…[Read more]

One example of a health system improvement in Myanmar is the implementation of a national electronic health information system (EHR) to improve the quality and accessibility of health services in the country. District health Information System Version 2 (DHIS 2) is approved as a national platform during AeHIN 2016 General Meeting in Nay Pyi Taw.…[Read more]

It is difficult to determine potential confounders in this scenario without more information about the study and the specific association between age and contact patterns. However, some potential confounders that could influence the association between age and contact patterns in this study could include:

Employment status: If young adults in the…[Read more]

Definition of each vital statistic:

Case-fatality rate: The proportion of individuals who have a particular condition (such as a disease) and die from it.

Mortality rate: The number of deaths in a population over a specific time period, typically expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 people.

Age-specific mortality rate: The number of…[Read more]

Catastrophes occur on a regular basis, yet their timing, location, and severity are all up to chance. Having a plan ready for getting back to normal once a calamity has occurred is the best course of action. When a crisis strikes, it may have an immediate impact on the ability of my organization to provide our services. Having a solid disaster…[Read more]

Maintaining high availability in healthcare is essential to protecting the industry’s backbone operations from interruption by unforeseen circumstances. Communication systems should be properly designed and organized, since hospitals, clinics, and public health facilities depend on up-to-date and reliable data.

If I implement the High…[Read more]

With the CIA triad in mind, I would like to share an instances where integrity of the information systems was not able to preserve.

Integrity
I worked in conflict-affected areas in eastern-border of Myanmar and we are working with Ethnic Health Organization consortium and developing an information systems for different ethnic groups is tricky. We…[Read more]

In Myanmar, healthcare resources are already very limited, even before the COVID-19 pandemic because the government lack of accountability and indecision in implementing the National Health Plan (2017-2021). We dreamed of Thailand style 2002 health reform in Myanmar after the last democratic election and heavily advocated the need to prioritize…[Read more]

As always, fantastic presentation,
The following are some of my thoughts
-Is it possible to detect every single animal bite in Indonesia? In Myanmar, it would not be possible.
-I’m glad to learn different laws and decrees of Indonesia
-I like your visualization of the data flow; it made me think about my diagram
-Onion chart is very impressive
-I…[Read more]

I learned that the Thai and Myanmar dengue disease burden is similar, but Myanmar has many more case fatalities.
– Developing both active and passive surveillance systems can be costly
– Similar laws protect Myanmar disease reporting, but in the end, proper advocacy to the public is needed for cooperation.
– It is good to identify Thai citizens…[Read more]

Please kindly let me share a Gantt Chart of the project that I’ve spearheading. The project is called Strategic Purchasing for health facilities in conflict-affected ethnic areas. As my background is in Health Financing, I am supporting ethnic health organization in Eastern border of Myanmar to shift from passive purchasing to strategic purchasing…[Read more]