Myanmar

Since 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s State Administrative Council has violently targeted doctors and teachers for taking a leading role in the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). Increased conflict in border areas has also seriously affected living conditions and aid access.

Insecurity Insight monitors conflict events affecting aid operations, education, health care and protection as well as incidents of conflict-related sexual violence and explosive weapons use in Myanmar. Our data can be downloaded on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) and corresponding reports can be accessed below.

Clinic damaged by bombs in Shan state
24 June 2025: In Kyaukme town, township, and district, Shan state (North), a private general practitioner clinic and two public schools were among the 49 buildings damaged by bombs dropped by a Myanmar military fighter jet at around 5 pm. No casualties were reported at the clinic. At least four civilians (from the building next to […] more
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Health Care

Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Myanmar, and based on its data, the Myanmar chapter (in Burmese and English) of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 308 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024. Health facilities were damaged 135 times and occupied on 67 occasions. In addition, 91 health workers were arrested and 31 killed.

– Fighting between conflict parties since the 2021 military coup has left an estimated 3.3 million people internally displaced and crippled Myanmar’s health care system amid profound insecurity.

– Damage to health facilities by military aircraft strikes almost doubled in 2024 compared to 2023, as government forces lost more territory.

– Travel restrictions and administrative barriers have drastically reduced emergency referrals, with maternal and neonatal mortality rates sharply increasing as a result.

Download the report data. Explore the data visually using our interactive map Attacked and Threatened: Health Care at Risk

Protecting Health Services from the Impact of Violence

Insecurity Insight has developed a series of regional analyses for Myanmar covering the states of Kayin, Mandalay, Rakhine, Sagaing and Shan. The analyses provide detailed information regarding reported violence against health care in each of these states and suggest approaches to mitigate and prevent such violence informed by reported patterns of violence, individual health workers’ experiences and studies of how violence disrupted the provision of services. The approach of the analyses is informed by Insecurity Insight’s Security Risk Management for Health Care Services handbook.

Measures for Health Care Providers to Mitigate the Risks Posed by the Use of Armed Drones in Myanmar

The use of armed drones in conflict is expected to rise, driven by their lower costs and reduced risks to pilots compared with manned aircraft and ground troops. Based on detailed context analysis of Myanmar, Insecurity Insight has produced a document detailing specific measures for health care providers to take to mitigate the risks posed by the use of armed drones in Myanmar.

Download the full guidance (available in Burmese and English) or access the three information posters designed for posting on walls, sharing with staff, including in trainings, using in briefings, or distributing through community networks:

– Outside When a Drone is Spotted: Burmese; English

– Inside a Building During a Drone Attack: Burmese; English

– Response During a Drone Attack: Burmese; English

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Aid in Danger

Local non-governmental organisations providing emergency medical assistance and funeral services have been attacked and obstructed from aiding injured protesters. Aid volunteers have been injured, arrested and in some cases shot and killed by military and police forces whilst assisting injured protesters. In Ayeyarwady, Mandalay and Yangon regions volunteer ambulances were shot at and damaged or destroyed whilst responding to injured civilians. LNGO offices were also raided and stored medical supplies looted by military and police forces. Insecurity Insight monitors such violence. Our data is available for download here.

Education

Teachers have been arrested, injured, and shot and killed for their involvement or support of anti-coup protests. A number of schools and universities have also been occupied by military forces.

Throughout the country, students have led many anti-coup protests which has resulted in them becoming a target during violent crackdowns by armed military and police forces. Students have been arrested, injured, and in some instances shot and killed during protests in Ayeyarwady, Bago, Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Magway, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing, Shan, Tanintharyi and Yangon states. Insecurity Insight monitors such attacks on education. Our data can be downloaded here.