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Children play at a camp for internally displaced people in Kayah State's Demoso Township in October 2023. Mental health practitioners worry about the mental burden of the post-coup conflict on Myanmar's youth. (AFP)

Healing wounds: How communities are tackling trauma in post-coup Myanmar

Myanmar is steeped in trauma from past and present conflict and dictatorial rule – but with the breakdown of already meagre public health infrastructure since the 2021 coup, communities themselves are acquiring the tools to tackle the mental toll.

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