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Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 259 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Myanmar in 2025. Health facilities, including clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, and rural health centers, were reportedly damaged or destroyed on at least 110 occasions. Most damage or destruction involved MAF military jets using rockets and cannons that hit facilities and killed and injured health workers and patients. MAF air strikes frequently damaged or destroyed health facilities, including makeshift clinics operated by CDM-affiliated health workers, particularly in Sagaing.
Five health facilities in Kachin, Kayah, Magway, Mandalay and Ta’ang were reportedly used by opposition groups as bunkers during confrontations with MAF soldiers. These are five of the rarely reported cases where damaged health care buildings were not functioning facilities at the time and therefore had lost their special protection guaranteed under the rules of war. Combatants’ use of former health care buildings as bunkers reduces access to health care for the civilian population and as such is a further example of how violence affects health care during conflict.
Documented incidents
The publicly reported incidents below are not a complete nor a representative list of all incidents that affected the provision of health care in Myanmar between 22 July-04 August 2026. The incidents have not been verified through ground investigations. There is a delay in reporting incidents due to our open-source verification protocol.
20 July 2026: In Sin Pu Hnit village, Myo Haung village tract, Launglon township, Dawei district, Tanintharyi region, a male health assistant was arrested by the Myanmar military. Source: Dawei Watch
27 July 2026: In Aye Ka Ni village, Aye Ka Ni village tract, Yebyu township, Dawei district, Tanintharyi region, a sub-rural health centre and two houses were torched by the Myanmar military. Source: Dawei Watch
Our work in the media
A recent Guardian feature on Myanmar’s health system drew on Insecurity Insight’s data to document the scale of attacks on health since the 2021 military coup. The article highlights how violence against health workers and facilities has contributed to the country’s deepening health crisis, underscoring the importance of systematic monitoring to inform public understanding and humanitarian advocacy.