Reports

727,219 Rohingya arrivals since 25 August 2017 877,710 Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar 1.3 million people in need New Training Centre for Host Communities Opens in Cox’s Bazar On 16 February, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Bangladesh and its…

HIGHLIGHTS With the support of the Immunization and Vaccines Development and Risk Communication units, the Health Sector Coordination team conducted a briefing session for the vaccination focal points and interested Bangladeshi humanitarians on COVID-19 vaccination. Following the request…

In Kurigram district of Bangladesh, a women-headed, community-based organisation is training rural women and extending support to deal with Covid-19 and monsoon floods. Md Fahad Hossain reports. This is the 35th story from the Voices from…

Dhaka, 1 March 2021 Yesterday, the Government of Japan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, concluded an agreement which will provide approximately USD $10 million to support the improvement of water supply and distribution systems for Bangladeshi…

ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS The community started rebuilding their homes with new hope, after a massive fire had swept through the Nayapara Registered Camp on Thursday, 14 January 2021, burning over 800 infrustructures to ashes. More than 3,000 people…

Margaret L. Schmitt, Olivia R. Wood, David Clatworthy, Sabina Faiz Rashid & Marni Sommer Abstract Background There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced adolescent girls and women globally.…

PROGRESS (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER) UNHCR WASH Unit in close collaboration with the Programme Unit and the WASH Partners, worked on the 2021 planning, budgeting and the finalization of the relevant PPA documents. In principle, the 3 WASH Partners (NGO…

During the month of February, 25 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the Rohingya refugee camps, with no new deaths reported. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Bangladesh last year, the total…

Summary of Operation Update The Population Movement Operation is in its fourth year and is a response to the protracted crisis involving the displaced people from Rakhine State in Myanmar, living in a congested camp settlement of…

Introduction For decades, Bangladesh has offered a safe haven for Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar. However, following widespread military crackdowns in Myanmar's Rakhine state in August 2017, the massive influx of Rohingya refugees has worsened the humanitarian situation…