Table 1 Sample of recent and ongoing research projects in Eastern Myanmar and the Border region involving ethnic health organisations and community-based organisations
From: Creating a locally driven research agenda for the ethnic minorities of Eastern Myanmar
| Title of Project | Partners | Funders | Outputs/Results |
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| Reproductive health assessment in the eastern border region of Burma | World Refugee Council, Community Partners International, Burma Medical Association, Back Pack Health Workers Team, Karen Department of Health and Welfare, Mae Tao Clinic | MacArthur Foundation and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | Explored issues around access to sexual and reproductive health services, including cost, decision-making, pregnancy services and place of delivery, family planning, supply chain, and impact of security threats on access to sexual and reproductive health |
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Health and human rights in Eastern Myanmar after the political transition: a population-based assessment using multistaged household cluster sampling |
Harvard Medical School, Community Partners International, University of Washington, Burma Medical Association, Health Information Systems Working Group, Back Pack Health Worker Team, Mae Tao Clinic, Karen Department of Health and Welfare, Karenni Mobile Health Committee, Mon National Health Committee, Harvard School of Public Health, University of California | Burma Relief Centre | Household surveys in eastern Myanmar from July 2013–September 2013 exploring demographics, mortality, health outcomes, water and sanitation, food security and nutrition, malaria, and human rights violations |
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Human resources for health: task shifting to promote basic health service delivery among internally displaced people in ethnic health programme service areas in eastern Burma/Myanmar |
Community Partners International Burma Medical Association, Health Information System Working Group, Back Pack Health Worker Team, Mae Tao Clinic, Karen Department of Health and Welfare, Department of Global Health and Development London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Canada), Burma Relief Center, United Kingdom Department for International Development through Christian Aid, United States Agency of International Development through the International Rescue Committee | Exploration of the effective healthcare service delivery by ethnic health organisations and community-based organisations through standardised training and task shifting in the context of a shortage of formally trained skilled medical professionals |
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Impact of community-based maternal health workers on coverage of essential maternal health interventions among internally displaced communities in Eastern Burma: The MOM Project | Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Bloomberg School of Public Health, UCLA School of Medicine, Global Health Access Program, Burma Medical Association, Karen Department of Health and Welfare, Mae Tao Clinic |
Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Foundation for the People of Burma. Additional funds for the final survey were provided by a gift to the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at Johns Hopkins | Outcome evaluation of MOM project (frequency of antenatal care, postnatal care, contraceptive use, unmet need for contraception, skilled birth attendants, etc.) |
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Community-based delivery of maternal care in conflict-affected areas of eastern Burma: perspectives from lay maternal health workers | Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Global Health Access Program Berkeley, Burma Medical Association | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Community-based workers’ perspective on rights-based approach to service delivery in a conflict setting in the context of widespread human rights violations |
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Health and human rights in Karen State, Eastern Myanmar |
Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Karen Department of Health and Welfare, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California Los Angeles Community Partners International, Physicians for Human Rights, University of Minnesota Medical School, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley |
Open Society Institute, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Oak Foundation | Cluster survey of households in eastern Myanmar assessing health status, access to healthcare, food security, exposure to human rights violations and identification of alleged perpetrators over the 12 months prior to January 2012 |