US EditionHealth care crisis follows Myanmar quake as junta drives medics underground
- In late March 2025, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar, resulting in the deaths of close to 4,000 individuals and causing widespread destruction in important areas such as Sagaing and Mandalay.
- The disaster compounded an already weakened healthcare system depleted by the 2021 military coup, which led to attacks on medical workers and facilities.
- Medical personnel joined the anti-junta movement, forcing many health workers underground, while ongoing military actions and restrictions hindered relief efforts and caused medicine shortages.
- The WHO reported only about 1 doctor and 2 nurses per 10,000 people in 2022, far below the recommended 22.8, and noted destroyed or damaged health facilities after the quake.
- The crisis highlights severe humanitarian needs and risks of disease spread, with displaced populations living in tents and limited aid cooperation amid ongoing military control and conflict.
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Since the devastating March 28th earthquake that killed over 3,600 people in Myanmar, the military government has continued its campaign of airstrikes across the country, including in the regions hardest hit by the quake.
·United States
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After the quake in Myanmar - Living in tents next to the rubble
At the end of March, a devastating earthquake hit Myanmar. Reconstruction in the crisis-ridden country is only possible in tiny steps. It is made more difficult by hurdles, as aid organizations report. Anna-Lou Beckmann.
·Hamburg, Germany
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