Health and nutrition
The challenge, The physical and mental health of a generation of Myanmar’s children is threatened by the current crisis. Social, economic and political uncertainty triggered by the military takeover of 1 February 2021 has put their futures, and even their lives, in peril. A combination of economic shock, virtual collapse of the health system, the COVID-19…, Resources, The solution, This is a rapidly evolving humanitarian crisis. It is driving a rise in poverty and leaving Myanmar’s families powerless to safeguard the lives and futures of their children. Prolonged disruption of services, including routine immunization may result in multiple outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, an uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 and …, Progress so far, Nutrition In Kachin, Rakhine and northern Shan States, UNICEF is working with partners to screen and treat children with severe acute malnutrition. We are providing children and pregnant women with life-saving micro-nutrient supplements, first aid kits, vitamins and essential medicines, and mothers are being reached with advice on infant and young…