While facing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, regional countries including Myanmar are dealing with the growing transnational crimes.

On the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, which marks the beginning of the UN’s annual campaign, the 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women, the WHO South-East Asia Region called on all health sector stakeholders in the region to take urgent actions across the region to strengthen efforts to protect women and girls from violence and to support their health needs amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Myanmar aspires to achieve, as part of its vision 2030, a healthier and productive population by implementing the Universal Health Coverage. However, for the aspiration to be fulfilled, there is much work that needs to be done, both in terms of Health System Strengthening (HSS) and in changing peoples’ behaviors, such as regularly exercising, including walking.

Steps are being taken to shut down the IDP camps in Kachin State in accordance with the tasks prescribed in the National Strategy for the closure of nationwide IDP camps and resettlement of IDPs.

With the winter season approaching in our country, the cooler weather threatens to aggravate the situation of coronavirus infection if we let our guards down.

The role of media and information cannot be underestimated in any given time period, but it is even more crucial now as we are forced to physically cut off from the real world due to COVID-19.