To prevent and respond proactively to natural disasters and related communicable diseases commonly occurring during the monsoon season in Myanmar, the EUs cargo flight carrying the medical and nutrition supplies which departed from Liege, Belgium arrived at the Yangon International Airport in the morning of 11 September 2026.
The said medical and nutrition supplies brought by the EU cargo flight are handed over to UNICEF and UNFPA, the partner organizations of the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation (ECHO), in the presence of the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on the same day.
These medical and nutrition supplies will be distributed to the people in need, through the UNICEF and UNFPA in coordination with the relevant Ministry and state/regional governments.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dated: 11 September 2026
