The Deputy Representative Uloo told the UN News Bibhu Mishra from the capital Napido that the health care of 1.2 million people in Myanmar needed even before the disaster. After the earthquake waste, the situation has worsened from worse.
So far, about 5 people have been killed, six thousand have been injured, and there is a risk of spreading serious diseases like cholera and malaria.
According to the WHO official, there are other requirements including food, water, protection and shelter in addition to health. Things are becoming serious and emergency situations have emerged.
He said that within 24 hours of the earthquake, the UN agency sent medical supply from Young to promote immediate relief. For the past one week, the organization has been promoting assistance for the needy, the needy people, along with other UN agencies.
However, many hospitals have been demolished. For the past four years, the crisis in Myanmar has already had huge pressure on the local health system. After earthquake waste, humanitarian assistance and healthcare requirements will increase. According to an estimate, 86 percent of the health centers have been affected in the affected areas including hospitals.
The magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused a lot of damage to buildings and basic institutions.
Growing health concerns
Deputy Representative Elena Wouol said that efforts were being made to prevent the spread of other diseases including cholera due to contaminated water and dirt pollution.
Last year, there was already a cholera infection in Mandal and the same province was most affected by this disaster.
With resistance efforts, more than 70 thousand vaccines have been introduced, but the availability of vaccine is limited and the vaccine will not be possible for all the needy.
Funds and international assistance have been reduced for humanitarian assistance, which causes the situation to worry. Nevertheless, the affected community is trying to help save lives, provide mental health assistance and to prevent health care.
Emergency relief products are being launched at a Young Storage Center for Myanmar’s earthquake -populated population.
The effect of cutting financial assistance
The WHO deputy representative said that the multilateral system had changed major changes in the first three months of 2021. Many countries have begun to prioritize military spending than global health, international assistance and development.
By December 2024, the lowest level assistance was available for Myanmar, which was fighting the humanitarian crisis. Elena Uloo said that more attention needs to be paid to Myanmar.
Due to the reduction of financial support from the United States and other countries, there are difficulties in promoting assistance. By March, only two percent of this year’s total need for health care was found.
Currently, a surprise application of $ 80 lakh has been issued for the next 30 days with the intention of relief operation in Myanmar, so that life saving assistance can be provided. There is a need to restructure the country, the damaged hospitals and schools and ensure local population preservation.
The WHO Deputy Representative said that the finishing resources need to look for innovative solutions and partnerships. He has appealed to the international community that the results of these steps that are damaged in the global assistance system need to be reviewed. People are losing their lives because of the support of life -saving drugs and it has to be stopped.