"Dear UNICEF partners, As Myanmar writes a new chapter in its history, and as the World adopts its Sustainable Development Goals agenda, UNICEF Myanmar‘s report for 2015 “Delivering Results for Children” is an opportunity to reflect on progress and results within the 2011- 2017 Programme of Cooperation between the Government of the Union of Myanmar and UNICEF. This year, the cooperation has been driven by three main considerations: 1/ the importance of turning policies and plans into tangible changes in children’s lives, as longer term reforms proceed; 2/ the need to respond to humanitarian needs - arising from protracted situations and from the massive floods and landslides that affected the country, while further mainstreaming risk reductions strategies into development plans; and 3/ the central place of children in determining factors for Myanmar’s sustainable development - peace, social cohesion, and human rights. Releases of children and young people from the armed forces have continued, with more than 146 released this year alone, and falling one child short of the 700 mark since the signing of the Joint Action Plan in 2012. In targeted townships, the proportion of children aged 3-5 years accessing early childhood facilities increased to 37.5% in 2015 from 17% in 2014. More than 95% of children aged 9 to 15 (approximately 13 million) were protected from measles and rubella through vaccination campaigns. More than 280,000 children in 27 townships benefitted from the first ever deployment of social work case managers. The proportion of children under 5 registered continued to increase, reaching 79% in 2015..."