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@#This study aims to assess knowledge, attitude and behavior in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) among 439 first year students; 213 sciences and 226 arts students from 5 Faculties of University Malaysia Sabah (2016-2017). Exposure of Malaysian students to sexual education is limited to science subjects which are only being taught at upper elementary and secondary high school levels. Arts students are less exposed to sexual education across Malaysia as it is delivered in Basic Science subject only. It was a university-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study. Pretested self- administered questionnaire was anonymously completed by all participants and was conducted from November 2016 to January 2017. Students’ demographic characteristics from Science and Arts streams were same except females, Sabah ethnics and Malays were more in Arts. Awareness of HIV/AIDS, Condom, Wet dream, COC pills and abortion services were more in Science students and statistically significant. 34.3 % and 81.2% of Science students agreed that CSE should be introduced in primary and secondary school but not statistically significant. 22 out of 439 students were sexually active. Science students had more knowledge about SRH and favourable attitude towards sexuality education but less favourable behaviour of watching and reading pornographic materials. It was concluded that there were gaps in knowledge, attitude and behaviour of SRH and need to remedy these by giving appropriate CSE classes to first-year university students in an elective module according to their culture and religious beliefs in accord with International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE).
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A hospital-based study was conducted in Yangon from June to November 1994 to examine the importance of a protozoal pathogen Giardia lamblia as one of the causal organismsin acute diarrhoeal disease in children. This study was also carried out to observe the effectiveness of metronidazole on them. The stool samples were collected from diarrhoeal unit of Yangon Children Hospital. A total of 308 stool samples were examined. Giardia lamblia cysts (or) trophozoites were examined under ordinary microscope. If they were present in the stool, the patient was treated with metronidazole and the stool was rechecked again. The results were discussed in this study.
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Diarrhea , Giardia lamblia , Giardiasis , MyanmarABSTRACT
Hypertension is an important cardiovascular disease and a recognized accompaniment of glomerulonephritis. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of hypertension among patients with glomerulonephritis and determine the various histological types which are associated with hypertension in North Okkalapa General Hospital. The period of study is from 1 December 1992 to 25 October 1993. All patients with biopsy proven glomerulonephritis were included in the study. There were 80 patients with glomerulonephritis and (53 percent) were found to be hypertensive. (65 percent) of those patients with glomerulonephritis who were hypertensive had mesangiocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis followed by mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (43 percent). Oedema, the hallmark of nephritis, was absent in (11 percent) of the hypertensive patients. There were four patients with hypertension associated with pregnancy. (75 percent) had mesangiocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis. Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis is the histological type most commonly associated with glomerulonephritis. As hypertension was the sole presenting feature in (4 percent) of patients with glomerulonephritis, glomerulonephritis should be considered in all young patients with hypertension.