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Health cluster partners reached 0.82M people in Myanmar during 2024: 65% were people affected by crisis with humanitarian needs, followed by Internally Displaced People (IDP) (33%), non-displaced stateless people (1.4%) and returned, resettled and locally integrated IDP (0.7%). The majority of people reached were in Rakhine & Southern Chin (29%), followed by Southeast (27%), Northeast (22%) and Northwest (17%).
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As a result of the health cluster’s localization strategy, the number of local health cluster partners increased by 15% in 2024.
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No signs of containment of the Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak in 9 out of 17 States, with media outlets continuing to report new cases. All NGO partners, including from other clusters have been asked to be report any suspected cases to the health or WASH clusters in the absence of a comprehensive surveillance system - As per available data1, some areas in Myanmar report an increase in malaria cases of over 700% from 2020 to November 2024, mostly affecting children under five years and pregnant women. Interruption of vector control interventions and chronic shortages of malaria supplies including insecticide-treated nets are key reasons for this worrying surge in cases.
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Vaccination coverage for childhood illnesses is persistently low, with an estimated 1.5 million children under-five having missed basic vaccinations since 2018, posing a serious threat to the risk of measles, diphtheria and whooping cough outbreaks and possible re-emergence of polio. WHO and UNICEF are coordinating to carry out catch up campaigns.
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Lack of access to TB treatment is a rising concern in Myanmar, as it increases the risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis.