Reports

Introduction On May 20th Super Cyclone Amphan passed through Bangladesh, leaving behind devastation in the coastal south west region of the country. Preliminary findings from the Needs Assessment Working Group indicate that over 2 million people have…

The super cyclone Amphan hit the Western part of the Bay of Bengal, at a speed of 160-170km/h (100-120mph) and gusts to 190km/h (120mph) according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department, on 20 May, 2020. It left a…

Patrick Vinck, Sarah Ferguson, Vincenzo Bollettino INTRODUCTION ASSESSING DISASTER RESILIENCE Acknowledging the contextual nature of household disaster resilience, HHI’s Program on Resilient Communities is undertaking the development of a measurement framework and, ultimately, a disaster resilience scorecard, to periodically…

Highlights • As of 30 April, no confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the Rohingya refugee camps. 24 COVID-19 positive cases had been reported in Cox’s Bazar District, according to IEDCR. From 8 April, only…

Overview The first COVID-19 positive case within the Rohingya refugee community was confirmed on 14 May while 132 cases have been reported at the wider district level in Cox’s Bazar. Bangladesh has extended a general lockdown until…

Highlights “We are taking community prevention measures against COVID-19 very seriously. I am distributing messages during and after prayers at my mosque, and encouraging others to do the same.” – Noor Mohammed, a Rohingya imam. He is one…

Measles Outbreak in Rangamati, South-eastern Hill Tracts of Bangladesh Start Fund Bangladesh awarded an amount of GBP 60,000/- to a measles outbreak in the Rangamati region, which comes under the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in South-eastern Bangladesh.…

ActionAid’s emergency teams are supporting communities as they face the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan, amid the rising threat of Covid-19. More than three million people from coastal villages were evacuated to safety before the deadly storm…

Description of the disaster Cyclone Amphan formed on 16 May 2020 over the Indian Ocean and started moving north over the Bay of Bengal, towards north-east India coastal areas and south of Bangladesh. According to Bangladesh Meteorological…

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