Attacks on Health Care in Myanmar (22 March - 04 April 2023)

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"Past incident reports: 22 March-04 April; 08-21 March; 22 February-07 March; 08-21 February; All. Past analysis reports: April and September 2022; 1 February 2021 to 10 January 2022; 1 January to 31 March 2022. Join our Myanmar mailing list for regular updates. Visit our website. Follow us on Twitter. If you have additional information on an incident documented here, or a new incident, please get in touch. Help support the protection of health care by sharing this resource. Please copy and paste this link: bit.ly/05-18Apr2023MMRHealth Documented incidents Myanmar 05 April 2023: In Si Thar village and village tract, Shwegu township, Bhamo district, Kachin state, the rural health centre and station hospital, a school and 20 civilian houses were damaged during the air strikes and ground attacks by the Myanmar military. No casualties were reported. Sources: Khit Thit Media, Mandalay Free Press, and Telegram 05 April 2023: In Pakokku town, township and district, Magway region, junta security forces arrested a male civilian for allegedly providing medicines to the local resistance forces. Source: Telegram 06 April 2023: In Mingaladon town and township, Yangon (North) district, Yangon region, at the military airbase in the compound of Yangon International Airport, a military clinic building was burnt and damaged in a handmade electroshock rocket missile attack by the local resistance forces. Source: Irrawaddy As reported on 06 April 2023: In Rakhine state, it has been over eight months the junta has restricted the transport of medicines into and within the state, with an alleged intention to block the access to the Arakan Army to medicine supplies. The blockade impacted civilians. To obtain an approval for the transport of medicines for one time, up to 1,400 USD bribery was required. Source: Narinjara 06 April 2023: In Ah Lel Seik village and village tract, Indaw township, Katha district, Sagaing region, the Myanmar military seized medical and surgical supplies from a civilian house with an alleged reason of health care provision to the local resistance forces. Source: Telegram 07 April 2023: At an undisclosed location in Kayah state, two medical rescue team members were killed during Myanmar military airstrikes. Sources: Chindwin News Agency and Facebook 08 April 2023: In Ta Laing village and village tract, Sagaing township, district, and region, the roof and walls of a rural health centre were damaged during airstrikes by the Myanmar military. The Myanmar military land force destroyed medicines and instruments in the clinic. A school building and 10 civilian houses were also damaged, and three female and two male civilians at the clinic were injured. The junta claimed that the attacks targeted the base camp of local resistance forces, and that they seized weapons from the school building. Sources: Facebook, Mandalay Free Press and Telegram..."

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Insecurity Insight (Geneva) via "Reliefweb" (New York)

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2023-04-26

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2023-04-26

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Myanmar

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