Attacks on Health Care in Myanmar: 19 February-04 March 2025
Insecurity Insight identified 1582 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Myanmar since the military coup on 01 February 2021 and 31 December 2024. In these incidents, health facilities were damaged or destroyed 352 times and taken over for non-medical purposes on at least 204 occasions. In addition, 135 health workers were killed and 864 arrested.
Since 2023, incidents where health facilities were damaged or destroyed by conflict parties have increased in Sagaing region (from 17 in 2022 to 52 in 2023 and 39 in 2024). Most involved the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) using drone and plane-delivered explosives weapons, missiles and shelling, damaging health centres, clinics and hospitals. Local resistance forces used drones armed with explosives to drop bombs on MAF troops occupying health facilities.
Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened. 1 Access the data on HDX. The dataset no longer includes event descriptions due to HDX policy. Data is updated every Monday. Follow us for the latest updates. Numbers may change if or when further information is made available.
