The River Water Level Dashboard, hosted on the MIMU website, courtesy of Myanmar Geoinformatics Society, provides daily updates on water levels and warning statuses for major rivers, measured at various towns along the riverbanks.
📝Explore the dashboard.
More than two months after the destructive earthquakes hit central Myanmar on 28 March, the conditions remain dire, particularly in displacement sites across Mandalay and Sagaing, the epicentre of the quakes.
The early onset of the monsoon season has further intensified existing vulnerabilities. Poor drainage and inadequate sanitation in overcrowded displacement sites have led to cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) and skin infections, raising concerns about potential cholera, malaria, and dengue outbreaks..
📝Read more in the report.
UNDP has recently published a study, based on a survey conducted in July 2024 with 667 respondents, provides a detailed portrait of the deepening vulnerabilities affecting Yangon’s urban and peri-urban communities in the wake of economic downturn, political instability, displacement, and amid a backdrop of shrinking international aid and donor support that has further constrained response capacity.
The scale of urban poverty has risen dramatically in recent years. In 2017, 10% of Yangon’s urban population was classified as poor. By 2023, this figure had increased to 43%. Given Yangon’s total urban population of approximately 6.2 million people, this translates into an increase of about 2 million, with nearly 2.7 million individuals now living in poverty.
📝Read more in the report.
This UNDP report, titled “Stitches of Struggle and Hope: The Realities of Garment and Apparel Workers in Myanmar”, builds on 2022 study Livelihoods Hanging by a Thread to provide an updated picture of Myanmar’s garment workers, four years after the military takeover. Based on 667 interviews in Yangon and Bago, it captures how living and working conditions have further declined for a predominantly young, female, and migrant workforce. Most workers still earn below subsistence levels—averaging less than USD 100 per month—and regularly work long hours under insecure and often unsafe conditions.
📝Read more in the report.
We are currently updating Assessment/Publication Dashboard and Data and Overview Report, which includes over 2,600 inputs from 199 agencies last year.
Please share your planned, ongoing, or completed assessments with us, following our Assessment and Publication Guidelines. This exercise serves as a resource to better coordinate information gathering initiatives, and to share plans, results, methodologies, data, and expertise.
For assistance, contact our focal person, Ko Zin Min Tun at [email protected] or call 09 7740 777 61 during office hours.
We are offering Excel Training by Distance Learning to MIMU partners who are implementing humanitarian and development activities in Rakhine State and Ayerwaddy Region.
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Participation is limited to 15 people, selected based on their need and potential use of Excel skills.
People of Myanmar face escalating crisis amid earthquake devastation and protracted conflict.
The combined impacts of the recent earthquakes and ongoing challenges have deepened humanitarian needs across Myanmar, leaving millions in heightened vulnerability. A multisector initial rapid assessment conducted by the UN and its partners identified priority needs, including cash, food, construction materials and emergency shelter support across 44 earthquake-affected townships in Bago, Kayin, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw, Sagaing and Shan.
More than 75 per cent of the assessed localities have received assistance since the earthquakes, though continued support remains essential to address urgent needs.
📝Read more in the Myanmar Humanitarian Update No. 46 from UNOCHA.
The Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report summarizes the direct economic damage to buildings and infrastructure caused by the March 28, 2025, magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar. It provides critical insights to support response, recovery planning, and strategic discussions on risk reduction.
📝Read more in the report.
Earthquake response and data were key parts of the recently completed Power BI Training from MIMU. Here is an example of a great final project from training participants. Data analysis tools such as Power BI and Tableau play a key role in information management processes during disasters.
Please keep an eye on this newsletter for announcements about the next training.
Meanwhile, you may also learn Power BI through our online resources.
Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials for monsoon season, including posters on cholera and influenza, are now available on the MIMU website.
📝 Explore on MIMU’s Emergency Resources page.
