UNICEF Myanmar Humanitarian Situation Report No. 7, 2024
Highlights
• More than 3.3. million people have been internally displaced and are in need of life-saving assistance, with children needing profound protection amid grave violations.
• UNICEF helped conduct first-stage vaccinations against measlesrubella for more than 300,000 children aged under one year, and supported access to formal and non-formal education, including early learning, for more than 56,000 children.
• In response to the increase of acute watery diarrhea cases reported across the country, UNICEF has ramped up support in Yangon, Rakhine, and other regions on WASH, Health and Risk Communication and Community Engagement through supplies and capacity building activities with the objective of containing the outbreak. Preparations for an Oral Cholera Vaccine campaign are underway.
• The severe funding gap against the Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) Appeal persists. Timely and sufficient funding is crucial to help children and their families who are suffering from the impacts of complex emergencies.