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Myanmar is experiencing three protracted humanitarian crises,each with its own set of complex underlying factors. In Rakhine State,inter-communal violence that erupted in 2012 continues to plague 120,000 internally displaced people (IDP) spread across 40 camps or informal sites,as well as host communities. Eighty per cent of the displaced are women and children.Nine of Myanmar’s 14 States and Regions are contaminated with landmines and explosive remnants of war both from ongoing and past conflicts. The country has some of the highest mine accident rates in the world. On average,every three days a person is a victim of landmines,according to Myanmar’s Mine Risk Working Group. One out of every three victims is a child. Photos courtesy of Patrick Brown/Panos/UNICEF