TY - JOUR AU - Aye, Than Than AU - Ko, Ko AU - Myint, Thein AU - Ni Hlaing, Ni AU - Thaung, Myint AU - Tun Chit, Tet PY - 2014/05/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Myanmar Clinical Practice Guideline for Osteoporosis JF - Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies JA - J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc VL - 27 IS - 2 SE - Feature Articles DO - UR - https://asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/29 SP - 151 AB - <p>Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced, leading to weakness of the skeleton and increased risk of fracture, particularly of the spine, wrist and hip.</p><p> </p>Generally, osteoporosis in Myanmar is still a neglected disease entity in the national priority health problems. Due to the low level of awareness on osteoporosis and its consequent fragility fractures, limited availability and accessibility of standard diagnostic tools and medications, osteoporosis is mainly under diagnosed and under-treated in daily clinical practice. It is not mentioned in the prioritized diseases in the national health plan. ER -