Environmental Lead Exposure and Adult Literacy in Myanmar: An Exploratory Study of Potential Associations at the Township Level

MacTavish, Robert; Rémillard, Liam; Davison, Colleen

doi:10.3390/ijerph15061086

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“…One study also examined adult literacy across Myanmar and found lower levels of literacy in townships with lead mining activities, even amongst those with access to high-quality sanitation infrastructure, which may indicate wider environmental exposure to mining by-products [ 55 ].…”

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Systematic Review of Human Poisoning and Toxic Exposures in Myanmar

Cook

Jagpal²,

Pwint

et al. 2021

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The International Health Regulations (2005) promote national capacity in core institutions so that countries can better detect, respond to and recover from public health emergencies. In accordance with the ‘all hazards’ approach to public health risk, this systematic review examines poisoning and toxic exposures in Myanmar. A systematic literature search was undertaken to find articles pertaining to poisoning in Myanmar published between 1998 and 2020. A number of poisoning risks are identified in this review, including snakebites, heavy metals, drugs of abuse, agrochemicals and traditional medicine. Patterns of poisoning presented in the literature diverge from poisoning priorities reported in other lower-middle income countries in the region. The experience of professionals working in a Yangon-based poison treatment unit also indicate that frequently observed poisoning as a result of pharmaceuticals, methanol, and petroleum products was absent from the literature. Other notable gaps in the available research include assessments of the public health burden of poisoning through self-harm, household exposures to chemicals, paediatric risk and women’s occupational risk of poisoning. There is a limited amount of research available on poisoning outcomes and routes of exposure in Myanmar. Further investigation and research are warranted to provide a more complete assessment of poisoning risk and incidence.

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Systematic Review of Human Poisoning and Toxic Exposures in Myanmar

Cook

Jagpal²,

Pwint

et al. 2021

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Systematic Review of Human Poisoning and Toxic Exposures in Myanmar

Cook¹,

Jagpal²,

Pwint³

et al. 2021

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The International Health Regulations (2005) promote national capacity in core institutions so countries can better detect, respond to and recover from public health emergencies. In accordance with the ‘all hazards’ approach to public health risk, this systematic review examines poisoning and toxic exposures in Myanmar. A systematic literature search was undertaken to find articles pertaining to poisoning in Myanmar published between 1998 and 2020. A number of poisoning risks are identified in this review including snakebites, heavy metals, drugs of abuse, agro-chemicals and traditional medicine. Patterns of poisoning presented in the literature diverge from poisoning priorities reported in other lower-middle income countries in the region. The expe-rience of professionals working in a Yangon-based poison treatment unit indicates that frequently observed poisoning as a result of substances including pharmaceuticals, methanol, and petroleum products were absent from the literature. Other notable gaps in the available research include assessments of the public health burden of poisoning through self-harm, household exposures to chemicals, paediatric risk and women’s occupational risk of poisoning. There is a limited amount of research available on poisoning outcomes and routes of exposure in Myanmar. Further inves-tigation and research is warranted to provide a more complete assessment of poisoning risk and incidence.

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“…In turn this could significantly alter the mobilization of trace elements in these river catchments, with negative consequences for water quality. Land disturbance by mining activities has increased in these catchments in recent decades (LaJeunesse et al, 2016;Bhagwat et al, 2017) and there is already concern over water quality in parts of these river catchments due to mining related trace element pollution (MacTavish et al, 2018, Kawakami et al, 2019, Kyaw Zay Ya et al, 2020, Shrestha et al, 2020. A lack of data in these river catchments however currently hinders a rigorous assessment of such concerns.…”

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