Insecurity Insight identified 1563 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Myanmar since the military coup on 01 February 2021 and 05 December 2024. In these incidents, health facilities were damaged 347 times and taken over for non-medical purposes on at least 198 occasions. In addition, 135 health workers were killed and 835 arrested.
Over two-thirds of incidents were attributed to the Myanmar junta forces. Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) including the Arakan Army, the Chinland Defense Force, the Chin National Army, the Kachin Independence Army, the Karen National Liberation Army, the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, and Pyi-thu-sit, Pyu-saw-htee, Shanni Nationalities Army, Swan-arr-shin militias and Ta'ang National Liberation Army were named in some incidents, but less often than the Myanmar junta forces.
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