Myay Padaung, a village in Magway’s Pakokku township in central Myanmar, may not have electricity, but that is not preventing it from embracing new technologies to support all members of the community. Basket-weaving has long been a traditional skill [...]
On 16 March, 2017, a forum to raise the awareness among parliamentarians on Myanmar’s National Universal Social Pension Scheme was held in Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. The Government of Myanmar will be funding and rolling out the first Universal National Social Pension [...]
This study analyses the health seeking behaviour and utilisation of healthcare services among older people. Further, it identifies and examines barriers to healthcare access along several dimensions including: availability, geographic accessibility, affordability and acceptability. These dimensions of accessibility are [...]
This briefing is about informal social protection systems in rural communities in Myanmar's central dry zone. It is based on qualitative research conducted in March 2016 in villages of Mahlaing township (Mandalay region) and Pakokku township (Magway region) in [...]
HelpAge International (Myanmar Country Office), with funding from LIFT donor consortium, has embarked on a three-year project to expand social protection to vulnerable households in Myanmar’s central dry zone. The project seeks to strengthen community and government capacity to [...]
Khin Nyein, 82, who suffers from hypertension, is a father of six children. He and his 73-year-old wife live in Chaung Dwin Village, Pyapon Township of the Ayeyarwaddy Region. They have to stay in one child’s house, then [...]
HelpAge International’s country team went to the Pwint Phyu township in Magway in western Myanmar on 4 August to assist those affected by the flood in villages and camps for displaced people. The township was reported to be one of [...]
26 January 2015 - Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar kicked off the new year by adopting a new strategy that attempts to provide a social safety net to all its citizens for the first time. Created in consultation with various development [...]
This summary offers insights into the demographic trends driving rapid ageing in Myanmar. It is published by HelpAge in collaboration with Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement with support from UNFPA. Language: English Published: HelpAge International, East [...]
This report offers insights into the demographic trends driving rapid ageing in Myanmar. It is published by HelpAge in collaboration with Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement with support from UNFPA. Language: English Published: HelpAge International, East [...]
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