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Try this week's the MIMU updated overview dashboard shows 2,534 assessments contributed by 197 agencies across 25 sectors of humanitarian and development activities. To find more detailed information of assessments/publications, please visit MIMU Assessments and Publications webpage.

As can be seen in the newly released Overview Dashboard of Assessment Tracking (February 2024), 52% of the reported assessments/publications have been done for countrywide level, followed by Rakhine (13%), then those in Kayin, Sagaing, Shan (North), Mandalay and Kachin.

Please find more detailed information of assessments/publications through the link HERE.
Thanks to all agencies for active participation in this exercise.

Please contact [email protected] for any further query, and be sure to share information on planned, ongoing or completed assessment/publications.

New versions of MIMU Administrative Maps, Physical Maps and States/Regions and Townships Map are now available with the updated information.

Recently released as part of the 16 Days campaign against gender-based violence, the infographic is now also available in Myanmar language. Drawing on the latest data from UN agencies and various research entities as of November 2023, it highlights the situation of violence against women and girls in Myanmar. Download the printable poster in Myanmar and English now.

Drawing on the latest data from UN agencies and various research entities as of November 2023, latest infographic from MIMU highlights the situation of violence against women and girls in Myanmar.

"MIMU Community", the very first Viber channel from MIMU, was launched today. This Myanmar-language channel will offer regular updates to support the humanitarian, development, and civil society actors in Myanmar. It will feature Myanmar-related data, maps, publications, resources, and job vacancies from partner organizations, along with MIMU-developed products.

Our map and infographics (Myanmar Language, English Language) of Townships with known landmine contamination and casualties in Myanmar have been updated for 2022. These were created in collaboration with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). The documents covered such topics as the locations of reported casualties, types of explosive devices and reported activities at the time of injury for the 2007-2022 period.

MIMU Bulletins in both Myanmar Language (just updated) and English Language provide a periodical overview of MIMU's activities, products, services, and achievements in an illustrated and interactive format. In this edition, the period from December 2022 to June 2023 is covered, highlighting MIMU's contributions in Cyclone Mocha emergency preparedness and response. It also highlights MIMU’s effort to update Pcodes through village mapping exercise, updates from the latest MIMU 5W round, Baseline Data, Publication Tracking, and Trainings provided in this period.

Myanmar is a country known for its ethnic diversity with around a hundred languages as illustrated in MIMU's 'Main Spoken Languages of Myanmar' map. Recognising this diversity is crucial for effective engagement with beneficiaries in humanitarian and development activities.

Over the years, MIMU has collected many awareness, information, education, and communication (IEC) materials in ethnic languages covering themes such as health, maternal and child care, COVID-19 response, disaster, and cyclone preparedness/response. These materials, sourced from and contributed by various organisations, include posters, infographics, manuals, as well as audio/video files.

As of August 2023, our repository includes over 250 different resources in 24 ethnic languages. This page aims to provide a single, easily accessible location for these while inspiring to create more inclusive resources targeted at ethnic communities.

The Updated Baseline Dataset is now available on the MIMU website including newly added data from international reports released between 2022 and 2023 such as UNICEF State of the World Children, UNFPA State of the World Population, UNSD Statistical Yearbook, etc.

There are over 250 indicators form 193 sources for the period from 2012 to 2013, the metadata of indicators and quick overview through the baseline dataset dashboard are now available through the MIMU website. For the users who need specific area/sector information, the baseline dataset by sector such as Health and Education, and by State/Region such as Rakhine, Kachin, etc. are also available. Please contact us to request data through the link - https://themimu.info/map-and-data-requests.

MIMU has complied the night time images from two satellite systems (DMSP-OLS and VIIRS-DNB) to create a video that shows the changes in Myanmar and its neighbors over the 30 years period from 1992 to 2022. Night-time lighting is a rough proxy for social and economic activities; hence this broadly compares the trends in development over this period. See the video with additional details and resources at the MIMU nightlights page.