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Children in Myanmar
Children in Myanmar (Burma) face some of the worst poverty in Asia.
Save the Children, along other NGOs, is calling for increased efforts to address the underlying causes of the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar (Burma).
Low public expenditure in the health and education means there is little or no access to basic affordable services in many parts of the country. Children under 18 represent around 60% of the population.
Rates of child mortality are high — mainly caused by preventable diseases such as diarrhoea, which claims the lives of some 28,000 children under five every year. An estimated 35% of children under five years of age suffer from malnutrition.
Save the Children have been operating in Myanmar since 1995, and are now working in all 14 states and divisions of the country. We work with communities to improve the quality of life of children and families. Our Village Health Teams (VHT) make regular visits to villages to help with the detection and referral of common childhood illnesses such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria through simple methods of prevention and treatment.
Phyu, 23, a Community Case Management provider and auxiliary midwife with the Save the Children Village Health Team, diagnoses and treats Thajyan, 17 months. Thajyan has a fever and a large raw boil on her neck.
Bo, 28, a volunteer with Save the Children Village Health Team (VHT) delivers information on safe motherhood using the Save the Children Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV flipchart.
In Magyipin village,Tin,19, a volunteer with Save the Children Village Health team (VHT) demonstrates to villagers the correct way to mix Oral Rehydration Solution with water.
In Kanni village pagoda villagers watch an awareness-raising video, presented by Save the Children, on the danger signs of under five year old illnesses. The video has been edited and narrated by Save the Children staff and is a UNICEF production.
Save the Children, along other NGOs, is calling for strengthened public sector policies that optimise responses to the humanitarian needs of vulnerable people including increased public expenditure in health, education and sustainable livelihoods. Along with an improved operating environment for local and international humanitarian organisations; and significantly scaled-up international humanitarian assistance to directly address the needs of the poor.