Reports

October marks the start of the second cyclone season in Bangladesh: the focus shifted this month to emergency preparedness, with a stakeholders workshop held on 18 October, officiated by the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of…

COX’S BAZAR: IOM welcomes the 25th Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Spain and highlights our increasing efforts in Bangladesh to promote green energy in Rohingya refugee camps and the Bangladeshi host community. Since the refugee crisis…

IN BRIEF IOM's Health. Protection and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) teams con-ducted trainings for 166 health service providers on systems of support offered to survivors of Gender Based Violence. This training is expected to strengthen…

SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION Since August 2017, an estimated 741,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, increasing the total number of refugees to around 910,000. 1 The majority are reliant on overstretched humanitarian assistance,…

More than two years into the multi-faceted humanitarian response, WFP continues to provide life-saving food and nutrition assistance to the most vulnerable population and support with common services to more than 1 million host and refugee…

Key Highlights Prevalence of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) is increasing in camps. In Camp 18, a production borehole was installed and is now operational. 60 latrines at wards 7, 8, 9 in Baharchhara Union (Host) were completed. 117,465 people of…

HIGHLIGHTS • Preparations are on for cholera vaccination campaign in December with the International Coordinating Group for Cholera vaccine (ICG) secretariat approving 1,270,170 doses of oral cholera vaccines (OCV). ICG has ordered immediate release of 635,085 OCV…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Summary of current operation update: This operation update is issued mainly to inform progress of operation covering the period of 1 September until 31 October 2019. The planned response actions reflect the current situation and…

The modules on housing characteristics and assets were administered as part of the household questionnaire of the Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey (CBPS) to the household head or an adult member (age 15+) with substantial knowledge about the daily activities…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh has been a place of refuge for Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar on numerous occasions since 1978. August 2017 saw the beginning of the largest and most rapid influx of Rohingya refugees, over…