Emergency health assistance in Rakhine state
Overview
Following the events of 25 August 2017, WHO is working closely with the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) at Union and State levels to provide emergency health assistance to affected people. MoHS mobilized health staff from other parts of the country to augment local emergency health response. Importantly, health sector meetings were organized in Sittwe on 10 October and 16 November 2017.
WHO quickly supported three anti-cholera kits for Sittwe, Buthidaung and Maungdaw Township Health Departments. First batch of Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)-funded, WHO-supported essential medicines were handed over to Rakhine State Health Directorate on 28 September 2017, and a second batch on 2 November 2017. The CERFfunded emergency health care services of MoHS in Maungdaw and Buthidaung kept going after the events of 25 August 2017 --- with a third batch of essential medicines to be delivered by end 2017.
WHO is supporting health teams of MoHS in Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Sittwe townships as well as capacity building of MoHS emergency health teams in central Rakhine state through to end 2017. WHO is also providing technical assistance to MoHS with regards to disease surveillance and response, early warning, alert and rapid response system (EWARS). WHO, together with partners, continues to support MoHS to help meet humanitarian health needs in Rakhine state.
Union Minister of Health & Sports HE Dr Myint Htwe chaired the most recent national health cluster meetings to discuss and collaborate with health partners.
WHO quickly supported three anti-cholera kits for Sittwe, Buthidaung and Maungdaw Township Health Departments. First batch of Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)-funded, WHO-supported essential medicines were handed over to Rakhine State Health Directorate on 28 September 2017, and a second batch on 2 November 2017. The CERFfunded emergency health care services of MoHS in Maungdaw and Buthidaung kept going after the events of 25 August 2017 --- with a third batch of essential medicines to be delivered by end 2017.
WHO is supporting health teams of MoHS in Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Sittwe townships as well as capacity building of MoHS emergency health teams in central Rakhine state through to end 2017. WHO is also providing technical assistance to MoHS with regards to disease surveillance and response, early warning, alert and rapid response system (EWARS). WHO, together with partners, continues to support MoHS to help meet humanitarian health needs in Rakhine state.
Union Minister of Health & Sports HE Dr Myint Htwe chaired the most recent national health cluster meetings to discuss and collaborate with health partners.