Reports

708,985 Rohingya arrivals since 25 August 2017 859,161 Rohingya in Cox's Bazar 1.2 million people in need IN BRIEF Beneficiaries and IOM staff and partners celebrated International Women's Day on 8 March as Protection teams organized a wide range of…

14 percent low-income families do not have food at home Focused awareness campaign urgent on symptoms, management and treatment Low-income families of the country are suffering a great decline in their earnings since the enforcement of social distancing…

Key Actions Taken to Date: COVID-19 emergency response operation has been implementing across the country through 68 Branches of BDRCS in coordination with local government of the specific Districts. All ULOs and selected RCY volunteers working as frontline…

Country Overview Adequate testing continues to be a problem. The government is taking strong prevention measures and a national lock-down is in place until 25 April. All transportation is halted. All operations of World Vision development programs…

1.GLOBAL OVERVIEW The COVID-19 crisis has elicited an unprecedented response from the United Nations. On 31 March 2020, the UN Secretary General warned that the coronavirus pandemic is “the most challenging crisis we have faced since the…

Measles Outbreak Amidst Pandemic COVID-19 Bangladesh has been in a countrywide lockdown since 26 March which will extend for two weeks due to COVID-19. As communication is restricted, there is a greater need to consider upcoming issues…

Highlights • An overcrowded boat carrying an estimated 100 people – mainly Rohingya women and children - sunk in the Bay of Bengal on 11 February, leaving at 18 people dead according to Bangladeshi government sources. The…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Malnutrition among children under five is of great concern in Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey [BDHS] 2017-18 report, 30.8% of children under the age of 5 are stunted, 8.4% are wasted (WHZ…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Malnutrition among children under five is of great concern in Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey [BDHS] 2017-18 report, 30.8% of children under the age of 5 are stunted, 8.4% are wasted…

Highlights • WFP programme interventions in response to Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar: As advised by the Government of Bangladesh (Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission in Cox’s Bazar) WFP will continue its life-saving food assistance considered extremely critical…