The major earthquake that struck central Myanmar in 2025 created a crisis within a crisis. It comes as a prolonged armed conflict and political crisis has eroded the health system, making access to care more difficult.
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has worked in Myanmar since 1992. Our focus: providing HIV and tuberculosis care, basic healthcare and reproductive and sexual healthcare services, support for vulnerable people, including the persecuted Rohingya in Rakhine, and emergency responses to national disasters and conflict.
Escalating conflict and prohibited delivery of medical humanitarian assistance has, since 2023, forced us to indefinitely suspend clinics in Kachin, Rakhine and in the north of Shan.
Our medical humanitarian care is now fragmented across the country and focused on where we can still get people and supplies to our clinics. As the frontlines shift, so does our ability to access patients and provide care. We remain flexible and responsive, providing emergency responses wherever possible.