Myanmar Health Cluster Bulletin - July 2025

Highlights

• Monsoon-related flash floods in South East Myanmar are causing further stress in areas already challenged by displacement as a result of conflict and the earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025. Other parts of Myanmar like Rakhine are also impacted by flood events.
• Floods and rains are significantly increasing the risk of Acute Watery Diarrhoea, and are exacerbating the ongoing surge in dengue and malaria cases. Severe shortages of medical supplies continue to be reported by health partners urgently requesting supplies for diagnostics and treatment.
• Four months after the devastating earthquake, 306k people have been reached in 59 townships with humanitarian health services, representing 67% of the target population, in line with 67% funding received of the amount requested for earthquake-specific health activities.
• The number of deadly attacks on health care continues to rise, with 27 verified attacks reported by WHO’s Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care (SSA) and 143 by Insecurity Insight between 1 January and 31 July 2025.
• Flood-related displacement is increasing the risk of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and polio in view of low immunization coverage combined with poor hygiene.
• Latest figures show the significant impact the US funding cuts continue to have on health service delivery for populations affected by the conflict in Myanmar, both in-country and in border areas in Thailand and Bangladesh. In Myanmar alone, 65 health facilities and 38 mobile clinics have suspended their services, while another 28 mobile clinics were scaled down.