Myanmar Health Cluster Bulletin - Quarter Two - 2024 [EN/MY]

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"During the second quarter of 2024, the Health Cluster reached 198,168 individuals who received essential health services, representing 7.27 percent of the HNRP target. A total of 216 998 patients have received primary health care services. Additionally, 42 patients have received trauma care services and 14 181 maternal and child health care services have been provided. In terms of financial assistance, 5 585 patients have been given cash assistance. Furthermore, 3 522 individuals have received basic psychosocial support, and 75 712 people have participated in awareness-raising sessions. Lastly, 4 439 units of medicine have been donated as part of medical support efforts. Having recent intensified armed conflicts and deteriorating security conditions, our partners in Northern Shan State have made the difficult decision to relocate their personnel to more secure areas and suspend their activities temporarily. Some partners are still trying to operate minimally with the resources they have in certain areas. In response to the increasing incidence of acute watery diarrhea, health partners have provided their health assistance to the Rakhine and Chin states, limitedly to the operational capacity and to access challenges in these locations. Due to constraints in local procurement, transportation challenges, and limited funding, there are considerable gaps in the availability of medicine and medical supplies in most of the areas in the country. In May 2024, the Myanmar Health Cluster hosted a workshop dedicated to monsoon preparedness, where discussions centered around infectious and environmental risks, as well as risk communication and community engagement during disaster emergencies. Key health knowledge can be found at https://themimu.info/emergencies/health-cluster . The purpose of the workshop is to enhance the Myanmar Health Cluster Capacity for the monsoon season focusing on communicable diseases and risk communication and community engagement. Following this, in June 2024, the Health Cluster held a workshop on Accountability to Affected Populations, aimed at ensuring accountability and protection for those in need of humanitarian health assistance through an inclusive and participatory method..."

Source/publisher: 

Health Cluster and World Health Organization via Reliefweb (New York)

Date of Publication: 

2024-08-07

Date of entry: 

2024-08-09

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  • Individual Documents

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Myanmar

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English

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