The pandemic has created a public health emergency with immediate and long-term health and economic consequences for society particularly impacting on the most vulnerable groups.

As indicated in the 2020 Myanmar Humanitarian Needs Overview, Myanmar ranks 17th out of 191 countries in the Index for Risk Management and fourth highest in terms of exposure to natural hazards.

There is a need for radical change in the food systems. Looking at the big picture, the underlying cause of this pandemic is linked to industrialised food production and its associated depletion of natural resources, poisoning of the food chain, and crossing of eco-system boundaries.

Civil society has a critical role to play in the response to this pandemic. This is all the more so because drastically reduced international travel and supply lines make large scale international mobilisation impossible.

Leadership

Strengthening Metta capacities

Re-organisation

Metta Systems