Reports

HIGHLIGHTS IEDCR, WHO CXB and WHO Dhaka conducted a two days training of sample collection teams for the seroprevalence study among Rohingya refugees. 86 participants have been trained; subsequentially the micro plans for the seroprevalence study have…

Introduction Background Since August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, increasing the total number of refugees present in the district to an estimated 860,69711 . Within two months of the first…

712,152 Rohingya arrivals since 25 August 2017 861,545 Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar 1.2 million People in need IOM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH INAUGURATE NEW MATERNITY WARD FOR ROHINGYA AND HOST COMMUNITIES On October 7, IOM inaugurated a new maternity…

Summary The massive influx of Rohingya severely impacted the host community of Cox's Bazar district. The additional nearly one million Rohingya made the service and resources of two hosting sub-districts scarce and put the host community in…

DHAKA, November 18, 2020 – The government of Bangladesh today signed a $100 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to scale up access to energy, water, sanitation services and disaster-resilient infrastructures for the Rohingya…

In Cox’s Bazar, COVID-19 has had significant impact in the already extremely congested camps and has also had a number of adverse effects on the host community. The pandemic and containment measures have exacerbated existing discrimination…

HIGHLIGHTS Six months ago, on 14 May 2020, a 35-year-old Rohingya became the first patient (of 342 to date) testing positive for COVID-19 at the Cox’s Bazar Refugee camps. Through Clinical Case Management forums, WHO continues fostering…

BDRCS Response Highlights: 1,500 HHs reached with cash grants support in Gazipur City Corporation 336 Patients with COVID-19 symptoms treated at IITC in Cox’s Bazar 47,724 Individuals took part in several COVID-19 awareness raising sessions during September 2020. 765,085+ People…

Cox’s Bazar is home to 860,697 Rohingya refugees (52% female, 48% male) in addition to the host population (50% female, 50% male). As of September 27, 2020, there have been 357,873 total cases of COVID-19 in…

HIGHLIGHTS On September 30, a team from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Working Group (SRH-WG) attended the inauguration of the maternity ward at the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centre (SARI ITC) in Camp 24.…