Myanmar Humanitarian Emergency

A family in a canoe after severe flooding.
UNFPA Myanmar/Benny Manser

Myanmar is one of the countries at highest risk of natural hazards in Southeast Asia. Displacement has continued into 2018 with continued population movement from Rakhine State to Bangladesh, and armed clashes in Kachin and Shan States. In addition, the challenges faced by women are particularly pronounced in remote and conflict-affected areas, where women and girls are exposed to various forms of gender-based violence, trafficking and discrimination, including customary laws that inhibit land tenure, property ownership and inheritance. UNFPA supports a government-led Reproductive Health Technical working group at national level and the sexual and reproductive health working group (will be formally activated soon) in Rakhine.

Country Population: 53.9 mil
Level of Crisis:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Humanitarian needs

Total people in need
863,000
Women of reproductive age
215,750
Pregnant women
12,297
Young people
239,512
Last updated on - 01 September 2018
UNFPA/Yenny Gamming

Humanitarian funding

Resources in $

Key results2017

  • People Reached
    Total people reached with all types of SRH services
    84,604
    People reached with Dignity Kits
    13,213
    Total people reached with Adolescent SRH
    1,971
    Total people reached with all types of GBV services
    51,045
    UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries
    124
    GBV survivors reached
    234
    Affected population reached with Family Planning services
    13,959
  • Services delivered
    Number of mobile clinics
    49
    Functional health facilities supported by UNFPA that provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC)
    103
    Number of safe spaces
    49
    Number of service delivery points supported that provide clinical management of rape
    49
    Dignity Kits distributed
    13,213
  • Capacity building
    Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health
    72
    Personnel trained on Minimum Initial Package (MISP)
    99
    Personnel trained on clinical management of rape
    138
    Personnel trained on psycho-social support
    185
    Health personnel trained on gender-based violence case management
    179

Emergencies updates and resources

Disclaimer
  • Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
  • - Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
  • - Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.
  • L1: Humanitarian crises in which the national and international resources available in the affected country are sufficient for the required response.
  • L2: Humanitarian crises requiring significant support from neighbouring countries, regional organizations and possibly humanitarian agency headquarters.
  • L3: Major, sudden-onset humanitarian crises requiring mobilization across the humanitarian system.
  • Crisis levels are determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.