Diarrhea outbreaks in Maungdaw, AA appeals for urgent medical help

Narinjara News, 17 August 2024

The Arakan department of health issued a statement on 16 August, urgently calling for medical assistance in Maungdaw township, which is now under the control of Arakan Army (AA). The statement reported that five people had already died from diarrhea caused by contaminated drinking water.

The statement also added that the ongoing conflict and recent wave of floods in the Arakan region created an urgent need for medical supplies.

Displaced persons in Maungdaw are now suffering from dysentery and diarrhea. So there is an urgent need for essential medicines to treat the patients.

The number of displaced persons evacuated by the AA members reaches nearly 20,000 where the process still continues.

The Arakan People's Revolutionary Government is providing medical support to the common people in the region using the available medicines, regardless of their ethnicity or religions. But due to the large number of affected people, there emerges an urgent need for additional medical supplies.

They now expect urgent support from neighboring countries, international aid organizations and civil society groups for the affected people.