Honorary Speech Delivered by Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing to 52nd Myanmar Health Research Congress

         The excerpts from honorary speech delivered by the Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Prime Minister Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing to “the 52^nd Myanmar Health Research Congress, held on 22 January 2024, are as follows:

• This Helath Congress will create chances for health researchers to present their research findings based on endeavours as a platform to exchange their valuable knowledge about health research findings.
• This year’s theme of the 52^nd Myanmar Health Research Congress was chosen as “Enhancing Research Integrity and Research Ethics”.
• Moreover, a seminar titled “Prevention of non-communicable Diseases and Lessening outbreak of Diseases” will be held with discussions of veteran physicians and medical specialists for future health procedures to prevent and conduct effective treatments for hypertension, diabetes, obesity and cancer diseases. It will contribute to the emergence of correct therapies to prevent incommunicable diseases.
• It is necessary to conduct and monitor continuous research on the crucial role of non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases such as COVID-19, drug-resistant TB, Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever and malaria diseases.
• The modern molecule research centre’s laboratory was built at the Department of Medical Research (Yagon Head Office) with the assistance of the Korea International Cooperation Agency in 2014 to strengthen the research capacity over communicable diseases such as malaria, hepatitis and TB using modern technology and laboratory apparatuses, and ensure the betterment of the healthcare system for the Myanmar people against communicable diseases.
• The laboratory comprises a section with more than biosecurity level 2 using modern laboratory technology for long-term training of researchers and technologists. As such, it was known that the modern molecule research centre played an essential role in the COVID-19 pandemic period in Myanmar.
• Myanmar has been steadfastly conducting research and assessments over genes of variant COVID-19 pandemic, and atpresent, more than 300 tests over variant genes of COVID-19 were conducted at the Department of Medical Research.
• It is believed that the research papers and posters submitted and presented at this year’s 52^nd Myanmar Health Research Conference will fully support the national health policies expected by the State.

As the 52^nd Myanmar Medical Research Congress aims to improve health subjects in conducting health research so as to develop healthcare standards and to enable relevant health experts to know these research findings to be applied in practical fields.

Source: GNLM (23-1-2024)

• This Helath Congress will create chances for health researchers to present their research findings based on endeavours as a platform to exchange their valuable knowledge about health research findings.
• The modern molecule research centre’s laboratory was built at the Department of Medical Research (Yagon Head Office) with the assistance of the Korea International Cooperation Agency in 2014.
• The laboratory comprises a section with more than biosecurity level 2 using modern laboratory technology for long-term training of researchers and technologists. As such, it was known that the modern molecule research centre played an essential role in the COVID-19 pandemic period in Myanmar.
• It is believed that the research papers and posters submitted and presented at this year’s 52^nd Myanmar Health Research Conference will fully support the national health policies expected by the State.