Myint Htwe
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Myint Htwe | |
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မြင့်ထွေး | |
 Myint Htwe in 2018 | |
| Minister for Health and Sports | |
| In office 30 March 2016 – 1 February 2021 | |
| President | Htin Kyaw Myint Swe (acting) Win Myint |
| Deputy | Mya Lay Sein |
| Preceded by | Than Aung |
| Succeeded by | That Khaing Win |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1948 Sittwe, Burma |
| Died | 26 January 2026 (aged 77) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Spouse | Nang Kham Mai |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Institute of Medicine 1, Rangoon University of the Philippines Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Public health physician |
Myint Htwe (Burmese: မြင့်ထွေး [mjɪ̰ɴ tʰwé]; 24 September 1948 – 26 January 2026) was a Burmese politician and public health physician who served as Minister for Health and Sports of Myanmar.[1]
Myint Htwe was born in Sittwe, Burma (now Myanmar) on 24 September 1948, to Shwe Tha Htwe and Aye Yi.[2]
From 1966 until 1973, he studied at the Institute of Medicine (1), in Rangoon and graduated with a MBBS. From the same institute, he received in 1979 a Diploma (with distinctions in Public Health Administration, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Environmental Health & Microbiology) in Preventive & Tropical Medicine. After winning a scholarship at the Institute of Public Health, University of the Philippines Systems, he graduated in 1982 with a Master of Public Health. In 1992, he received Doctor of Public Health from the renowned Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.[3] In 2020, he received a distinguished alumnus award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[4]
He published a five-book series on public health between 2022 and 2025 and available to download athttps://mbdsnet.org/publication/update-publication/. His aim is to become a force for positive change in global health especially in developing countries.[5]