Health Cluster Bulletin, January - June 2023

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"HIGHLIGHTS January: The Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan 2023 was published on 25 January. We estimated10 M people in need for health assistance of which 23% targeted in the displaced, returned, stateless and other crisis affected population groups. February: Partners were trained on the updated 4W/5W (Who, What, Where, When, Whom) March: The Preparedness and Response technical working group established emergency scenarios and minimal pre-positioning medicine and medical supplies for the monsoon. March was also the month for repoting: 375K people were reached by the Health Cluster. April & May: Northeast, Northwest, Rakhine and Southeast dis-cussed monsoon risks using the WHO Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risks (STAR) such as floods, landslides, outbreaks, along with the risks of conflicts. On 11-12 May, a Cholera Readiness workshop was con-ducted with over 90 participants. 14 May & June: We remember the extremely severe Cyclone Mo-cha which crossed the coast on 14 May 2023 affecting people in Rakhine, Northwest and Kachin causing extensive devastation leav-ing hundred of thousands crisis-affected people without shelter as the monsoon was approaching. June: June was the mid-year reporting. Health partners have reached more than 558K people in need. The details informa-tion is illustrated in this bulletin. The Cluster will continue responding to its mission of collectively preparing for and responding to humanitarian and public health emergencies to improve the health outcomes of affected populations through timely, predictable, appropriate and effective coordinated health action..."

Source/publisher: 

Health Cluster, World Health Organization

Date of Publication: 

2023-11-02

Date of entry: 

2023-11-02

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

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pdf

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1.97 MB

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text

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