1. Healthcare

2015
© UNICEF /Myanmar/2013/Ko Kyaw
Kyaw Win
Humanitarian
Action for
Children
Myanmar
Total affected population: 536,000
Myanmar continues to face protracted emergencies in Kachin, northern Shan, and
Rakhine States, placing over 536,0001 people, including 240,000 children, in need of
humanitarian support. The civil conflict in Kachin and northern Shan has displaced more
than 99,000 people since 2011, and inter-communal violence has displaced nearly
140,000 people in Rakhine since 2012. Additionally, 297,000 persons have been cut off
from essential services by these crises, and their needs are compounded by Myanmar’s
high exposure to natural hazards. In Rakhine, the conflict has deteriorated chronic underdevelopment, with global acute malnutrition rates (GAM) over 20 per cent in some areas,
health services relying on mobile clinics, and low education access for all students,
including only 8 per cent of adolescents in camps attending basic non-formal education. In
Kachin and northern Shan, stunting is a major concern, as is access to adequate water
supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities. Children continue to face limited access
to basic education and are at risk of protection issues, including recruitment and use by
armed forces and armed groups, mine risks, gender-based violence and unsafe migration
practices.
Humanitarian strategy
In 2015, UNICEF will continue to support
the Government of Myanmar’s response
to the humanitarian needs of over
536,000 children, men and women
affected by conflict and natural hazards.
UNICEF and partners are expanding
assistance to children under age five
with severe acute malnutrition, and are
linking with national resilience-building
platforms. UNICEF plans to support
community-based solutions for
increased access to water and
improvement of its quality, WASH facility
maintenance and hygiene promotion.
UNICEF and partners will continue
education support by providing
temporary learning spaces (TLS) and
capacity building on child-friendly
education for volunteer teachers and
school committees. UNICEF will
continue to mitigate child protection risks
through: psychosocial support in safe
community spaces; mine-risk and lifeskills education; and the release of
children associated with armed forces.
As lead of the WASH cluster, nutrition
sector, and child protection sub-sector,
and co-lead of the education sector,
UNICEF will continue coordinating with
partners to provide life-saving and
sustaining services with a results-based
approach. UNICEF is investing in childcentred preparedness and disaster risk
reduction strategies, while ensuring
programmes are conflict-sensitive and
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that they decrease vulnerabilities for
children.
Results from 2014
With 58 per cent (US$10,782,616) of the
US$18.5 million 2014 appeal available
as of the end of October, UNICEF and
partners have focused on delivering
conflict-sensitive emergency assistance,
strengthening local self-reliance and
resilience, and developing targeted
services for IDPs and other affected
persons. Due to access limitations, and
limited but improving partner capacity,
some targets have not been reached,
and immunization campaigns have had
to be moved to 2015. However, across
both regions, over 241,000 children
were screened for acute malnutrition, of
whom 6,680 were treated for severe
acute malnutrition (SAM). As lead of the
WASH cluster, UNICEF and partners
expanded WASH facilities and services
for over 320,000 IDPs, and people in
host and nearby communities affected
by the crises. In education, 23,300
children gained access to learning
opportunities, and 21,500 children in IDP
camps and host communities were also
provided with essential learning
packages. The majority of child-friendly
spaces support is provided by other
actors, hence UNICEF is scaling down
its support for this action and increasing
support for case management services.
As co-chair of the Country Task Force
on Monitoring and Reporting, UNICEF
The needs of some 400,000 people enduring prolonged displacement in the southeast are being
addressed through a separate durable solutions framework and are not part the inter-sectoral response.
Total affected children (under 18):
240,000
Total people to be reached in 2015:
280,000
Total children to be reached in
2015: 209,000
2015 Programme Targets
Nutrition
 4,005 children aged 6-59 months
with SAM admitted to therapeutic
care
 28,098 children aged 6-59 months,
and 7,618 pregnant and lactating
women receive micronutrient
supplementation (MNPs)
 6,204 pregnant and lactating women
access infant and young child
feeding counselling
Health
 14,477 conflict-affected children
aged 9-18 months receive measles
immunization
WASH
 90,000 people have equitable
access to sufficient and sustainable
quantity of safe drinking and
domestic water
 98,000 people have equitable
access to safe and sustainable
sanitation facilities
 98,000 have basic knowledge of
diarrhoeal disease transmission and
prevention
Child Protection
 100,000 children covered by child
protection case management
services
Education
 34,000 emergency-affected children
in Kachin and Rakhine accessing
primary and pre-primary learning
opportunities
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facilitated the release of 376 children
from the armed forces in 2014.
2014 PROGRAMME TARGETS AND RESULTS
Cluster 2014
Targets
Cluster Total
Results
UNICEF 2014
Targets
UNICEF
Total Results
NUTRITION*
Children aged 6 to 59 months with MAM receive
supplementary feeding
Rakhine
10,008
8,644
2,200
6,680
Children aged 6 to 59 months with SAM receive
therapeutic feeding
Rakhine
12,927
6,676
12,927
6,676
Kachin
Rakhine
Kachin
Rakhine
9,169
50,220
3,652
13,113
7,791
24,329
2,406
16,874
5,700
50,220
2,200
13,113
7,791
24,329
2,406
16,874
Children aged 6 to 59 months receiving micronutrient
supplementation
Pregnant and lactating women receiving micronutrient
supplementation
HEALTH
Households in affected areas receive two long-lasting
insecticide-treated nets
Kachin
Rakhine
12,000
21,000
2,500
8,000
Women and children immunized with polio, measles,
pentavalent and tetanus toxoid vaccines
Rakhine
236,000
3,207
42,000
40,188
88,000
87,355
WATER, SANITATION and HYGIENE
107,424
173,729
Number of people (women, men, boys and girls)
reached with emergency safe drinking water
intervention
Kachin
119,361
Rakhine
280,328
Number of people (women, men, boys and girls)
reached with sanitation and hygiene
education/promotion interventions
Kachin
119,361
88,327
42,000
49,098
Rakhine
280,328
184,060
88,000
59,949
Kachin
119,361
90,000
42,000
48,833
Rakhine
280,328
230,539
88,000
87,355
Number of internally displaced and conflict-affected
people provided with full emergency WASH package
consisting of hygiene kits and associated hygienepromotion messages
CHILD PROTECTION
Children covered by child protection case
management services
Kachin
40,000
19,960
Rakhine
60,000
41,563
Children provided with psycho-social support through
access to safe community spaces for socializing,
playing and learning
Kachin
20,000
4,240
Rakhine
30,000
16,741
EDUCATION*
Primary- and pre-primary school children access
quality education in safe temporary learning spaces
with the provision of safe water, sanitation and
hygiene
Kachin
23,300
12,000
10,000
7,069
Rakhine
45,400
25,700
24,841
16,257
Results through 31 October 2014 unless otherwise noted
*In Myanmar, Education and Nutrition are sectors, not clusters
In line with Myanmar’s inter-agency 2015 Humanitarian Response
Plan, UNICEF is requesting US$24,905,000 to meet the humanitarian
needs of children in the country in 2015. Without additional funding
UNICEF will be unable to support the national response to high levels
of severe acute malnutrition and stunting, critical education services
for children who have missed several years of schooling, necessary
WASH support to avoid the spread of disease, and psychosocial
support for children and adolescents. Without this support to provide
life-saving services and build resilience, children in these areas are at
further risk of deteriorating health and psychosocial protection issues.
For further information
please contact:
Bertrand Bainvel
Representative, UNICEF
Myanmar Country Office
Tel: +9512305960
Email [email protected]
2015 Requirements
(US$)
3,055,000
5,722,000
Sector
Funding requirements
Nutrition
Health
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
6,500,000
Child Protection
5,620,000
Education
3,500,000
Cluster/Sector Coordination
Total
Yasmin Haque
Deputy Director, Office of Emergency
Programmes (EMOPS),
UNICEF, New York
Tel: +1 212 326 7150
Email: [email protected]
508,000
24,905,000
Olav Kjørven
Director, Public Partnerships Division (PPD)
UNICEF, New York
Tel: +1 212 326 7160
Email: [email protected]