Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS)
Siutation Report | 2nd January 2018
Science 02 Feb 2018:Vol. 359, Issue 6375, pp. 528; DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5440
Map, Location of refugees in Bangladesh/Cox's Bazar
An update of Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria, regularly updates
In northern Myanmar, nearly 100,000 people continue to live in displacement camps in Kachin and northern Shan States. Most were first displaced by fighting between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Army in 2011, and many have been displaced multiple times, including in recent months. ...Approaching seven years of displacement, and despite ongoing and often increasing needs, displaced persons in northern Myanmar face decreasing aid and protection services. Over the past two years, the Government of Myanmar has dramatically increased restrictions on delivery of aid to this displaced population at the same time that the overall amount of aid provided by international donors has decreased.
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