Nan Shwe Nwe Htun
Postdoc researcher
Nan Shwe Nwe Htun is a postdoctoral medical researcher with epidemiology training. Nan joined MORU in 2019 to work with MORU MAEMOD’s Economic and Implementation Research Group (EIRG). Currently based in Bangkok, Nan is currently coordinating verbal autopsy research and supporting the household health surveys within the South and Southeast Asia Community Trial Network (SEACTN) project.
Nan obtained her PhD from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, associated with the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her PhD study focused on comorbid epidemiological association between the neglected tropical diseases and diabetes mellitus and their disease interactions in low and middle-income countries. Nan’s research interests include clinical studies, community-based epidemiological surveys, and public health-related studies in resource-limited settings.
Recent publications
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Ethical and cultural implications for conducting verbal autopsies in South and Southeast Asia: a qualitative study
Journal article
Htun NSN. et al, (2023), BMJ Global Health, 8, e013462 - e013462
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Defining the burden of febrile illness in rural South and Southeast Asia: an open letter to announce the launch of the Rural Febrile Illness project
Journal article
Chandna A. et al, (2021), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 64 - 64
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Effect of a Multidimensional Physical Activity Intervention on Body Mass Index, Skinfolds and Fitness in South African Children: Results from a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial.
Journal article
Müller I. et al, (2019), International journal of environmental research and public health, 16
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Association between helminth infections and diabetes mellitus in adults from the Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study.
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Htun NSN. et al, (2018), Infectious diseases of poverty, 7
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Association between gastrointestinal tract infections and glycated hemoglobin in school children of poor neighborhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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Htun NSN. et al, (2018), PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 12