Reports

Highlights • The third round of diphtheria vaccination campaign ran from 10 to 25 March 2018. A total of 431,448 children were vaccinated with diphtheria-containing vaccines. UNICEF-supported volunteers assisted 17,932 children to receive vaccines in the last…

On April 9th, Ambassador Izumi issued a letter of appreciation for Mr. Yukoh Satake, Executive Officer, Head of Business Development of Euglena Co., Ltd., for donating 200,000 meals to a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar last…

NPM Round 9 Summary Chart This chart contains headline indicators broken down by Sector. This has been done to present a initial overview of the results whilst a more thorough report on Round 9 is developed. The…

Situation Overview Since 25 August 2017, extreme violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has driven an estimated 687,000 Rohingya refugees across the border into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Generations of statelessness imposed vulnerabilities on these people even before…

IOM Bangladesh Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) regularly and systematically captures and disseminates information regarding the movements and evolving needs of populations on the move, whether on site or en route. NPM’s site assessment rounds capture…

OVERVIEW Over 55% of all water sources are contaminated with high levels of bacteria, including E. Coli. In the camps toilet facilities are not adequate, particularly for women and girls. Many refugees can not wash themselves for days. More than…

ABU DHABI, 10th April, 2018 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, have signed a AED7.35 million (US$2 million) agreement to support emergency food relief for…

Cox’s Bazar – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are distributing 50,000 vegetable gardening kits to tackle malnutrition and improve the diet of people affected by the Rohingya refugee…

Rangún, Burma and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – 5/4/2018 Violence that erupted in the southwest of Burma last August quickly escalated into a humanitarian crisis taking thousands of lives. Over 650,000 people had to flee their homes and…

Introduction The following lessons have been drawn from the impact of cyclones in Bangladesh and specifically Cox’s Bazar district. Other literature reviewed includes lessons from cyclones in Myanmar. Documentation on the specific impact or lessons from the…