Reports

HIGHLIGHTS A total of 3,030 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Cox’s Bazar district (including Rohingya camps) as of 12 July 2020 as per Civil Surgeon Office, Cox’s Bazar Fifty-seven confirmed cases have been reported in Rohingya…

Release is the fastest funding allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund in UN history In an innovative approach to dealing with the effects of severe flooding in Bangladesh, the United Nations is using the latest in…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WASH Sector partners have been increasing household-level distribution to help in reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission among Rohingya community by limiting the number of people gathering at distribution points. Morium Khatun,…

1. Situation Overview: Heavy rainfall at the upstream region intimidating forecast of severe flood in swelling rivers namely Brahmaputra, Ganges, Meghna, Teesta, Dharla, Sarihowain, Jadukata, Someswari, Kangsha, Manu and Khowai potentially affecting 19 districts in the northern,…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Summary of operation update: This operation update will be informed about the progress of the operation for the period from 21 May to 30 June 2020. The planned response actions reflect the current situation and…

1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW The Secretary General released the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 on 25 June describing the UN strategy as based on three pillars – (a) delivery of a large-scale, coordinated and comprehensive health response, (b)…

1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW Huge gains made towards ending child labor over the last 20 years risk being reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on 12 June, in an appeal for governments to continue investing in…

BRAC has been working in Cox’s Bazar for the last 37 years with the host communities of the region and the Rohingya community from previous influxes. BRAC Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) was initiated in August…

These priorities will be achieved through new COVID-19 response activities, that were not foreseen or costed in the 2020 JRP: Expanding the health response to COVID-19 for Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis through a multisector effort. • Surveillance and…

Chapter 1: Background 1.1 Context Since August of 2017, extreme violence in Rakhine State of Myanmar has driven an estimated 646,000 people from the Rohingya community across the border into the Cox’s Bazar District of Bangladesh. The new…