WFP Myanmar Country Brief, May 2019

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"Armed clashes between the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) and Arakan Army continued in May across Rakhine State, resulting in small-scale and sporadic internal population movements. WFP continued to support newly displaced people with emergency food assistance, assisting over 1,500 newly displaced people in northern Rakhine and over 2,300 in central Rakhine during May. In northern Rakhine State, WFP’s emergency relief assistance reached 91,340 conflict-affected people from 164 Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu villages and two internally displaced people (IDP) locations in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. In addition, WFP reached over 18,900 children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) through nutrition interventions. In central Rakhine State, WFP nutrition assistance reached 6,430 PLW and 27,070 children under 5 , and 113,700 food-insecure people received WFP relief assistance..."

Source/publisher: 

World Food Programme (WFP) via reliefweb

Date of Publication: 

2019-05-31

Date of entry: 

2019-07-16

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

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pdf

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206.59 KB

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text

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    • Good

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