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Months after the military coup, poverty and hunger are soaring in the agricultural heartland – out of view of most humanitarian aid plans.
The silent pandemic amid the pandemic There are a lot of things we don't know about malnutrition An estimated 47 million children younger than five years and living in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia were moderately or severely wasted according to the UNICEF/World Health Organization/The Wor
Military seizes power in Myanmar Myanmar’s military, also known as the Tatmadaw, yesterday seized control of the country in a coup and arrested the top leaders of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), including Aung San Suu Kyi. A state of emergency has been declared for a year, handing far-reaching powers to the armed forces. The military’s commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has taken power. The military took over the media and telecommunications. Reports from the commercial centre of Yangon and other cities indicated that the services of four of the country’...
Monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Food vendors – November 2020 survey round 18 December, 2020 - 22:20 Country: Myanmar Source: International Food Policy Research Institute Please refer to the attached file. Than Zaw Oo, Bart Minten, Derek Headey, Isabel Lambrecht, and Sophie Goudet Key Findings Prevention measures for COVID-19 have been implemented in most wet markets in Myanmar. There have been widespread mandates requiring vendors and consumers to wear masks. Most interviewed vendors report that they are practicing social distancing. However, over time market...