Myanmar Update

BANGKOK (AP) — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity. The death toll surpassed 3,600 and was still climbing.

A situation report issued late Monday by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said more than 17.2 million people are living in affected areas, and urgently need food, drinking water, health care, cash assistance and emergency shelter.

Source: Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600 | AP News   

• Three years after the events of 1 February 2021, widespread conflict continues to drive displacement and exacerbate needs across multiple states and regions in Myanmar. 

• Intensified airstrikes, artillery shelling, drone attacks as well as the use of anti-personnel landmines and cluster bombs are impacting forcibly displaced people and host communities, particularly in Rakhine State and the North-West Region. 

• Humanitarian access constraints continued to expose people to various protection risks and restrict the delivery of critical assistance and protection. 

• Coping capacities have been stretched to the limit, with food, emergency shelter and core relief items (CRIs) identified as the most urgent needs. 

For Full Report go to: Myanmar: Emergency Regional Update | Global Focus (unhcr.org) 

• This 5 page illustrated report shows a time line of events and the number of Externally and Internally Displaced People.

• In 3 months displacement has grown significantly since Oct 2022 from 1,018,000.

• This 1 page report shows a overview of response events and the number of individuals and households reached and locations.

• Note: Though the United Nations has responded with relief efforts, there is room for more help as you will see from the number of displaced people and the number of those helped.