Assessments

OVERVIEW The 855,000 Rohingya refugees who are currently residing in 34 overcrowded, makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to COVID-19. The overcrowded and unhygienic conditions increase the potential for the rapid spread of disease.…

2,635 families lost their houses including all belongings and household materials (e.g. Cooking Utensils, furniture, clothes, household accessories and electronics, education materials, hygiene products and latrines, dry food and baby food, medicine, documents, cash, stored income…

SUMMARY In successive waves over four decades, Rohingya refugees have been fleeing to Bangladesh from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Since August 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, increasing the total number of…

SUMMARY The district of Cox’s Bazar, located in southeastern Bangladesh, faces some of poorest living conditions in the country in part due to underdeveloped critical infrastructure.1 The Bangladeshi Bureau of Statistics identified Cox’s Bazar as one of…

Snapshots of the Incident Losses and Current situation of the affected communities 2,635 families lost their houses including all belongings and household materials (e.g. Cooking Utensils, furniture, clothes, household accessories and electronics, education materials, hygiene products and latrines,…

Bangladesh sees sharp decline in child malnutrition, while violent disciplining of children rises, new survey reveals DHAKA, 24 February 2020: Bangladesh has made great strides in several areas related to health; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; education;…

Snapshots of the Incidents. 475 families lost their houses including all belongings and household materials (e.g. Cooking Utensils, furniture, clothes, household accessories and electronics, education materials, hygiene products and latrines, dry food and baby food, medicine, stored…

SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION Since August 2017, an estimated 744,400 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, increasing the total number of refugees to around 914,998. 1 The majority are reliant on humanitarian assistance, services,…

Background and methodology Since August 2017, an estimated 741,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, increasing the total number to around 914,998.1 The majority are reliant on overstretched humanitarian assistance, services, and resources…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A coverage assessment was conducted in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district in southern Bangladesh in November 2019. The coverage assessment was based on an “Adapted SQUEAC methodology” and set out to assess…