Behaviour change is essential to minimize impacts on environment from COVID-19

With many shops and offices closed, lower emission on roads, people are staying at home, local air quality has dramatically improved in Yangon Region amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Effective COVID-19 policy response is called key to tackling rural economy challenges

Containing COVID-19 impacts on rice production
With rice harvest season approaching, a new risk brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic threatening the harvest and post-harvest of rice lies ahead of us. Farmes will harvest their rice about the end of October.
Pay attention to mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers
COVID-19 pandemic has posed several challenges on several fronts, bring mental health consequences of the pandemic for health workers working at frontlines and a vast majority of people struggling for livelihood and trying to adapt to the pandemic.
Food safety in Myanmar is a national concern

Ensuring voting rights with safety
In order to recognize the older persons’ rights guaranteed by law, we must ensure that essential support services for communities do not put older persons and their care providers at risk.
Using technology, improving human resources, key to dealing with rising COVID-19 cases
Since the outbreak of the second wave of COVID-19 in mid-August, the Ministry of Health and Sports has doubled its efforts in response to the fast-spreading virus, making the best use of its resources.