Informes

No ventilators in Cox’s Bazar District, home to more than three million people including one million Rohingya refugees FAIRFIELD, Conn. (April 06, 2020) – Save the Children is urgently calling for international assistance to help Bangladesh meet…

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…

The 855,000 Rohingya Refugees currently residing in 34 makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to COVID-19. Lessons learned from previous epidemic responses, such as the response to Ebola across affected African countries, highlight…

WASH OBJECTIVES Adequate, acceptable, safe and dignified life-saving water supply and sanitation services Refugees have access to information for promoting hygiene in their communities WASH assistance is sustainable and cost-effective, incorporating environmental protection KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 347,606 refugees in 14 camps reached…

DAILY UPDATE Cox’s Bazar RRRC authorised a special sticker to limit the number of vehicles to enter into the refugee camps. DC office announced that they would cancel passports of returnees from abroad who hide information and do not…

Actions Taken from Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) Emergency coordination meetings on COVID-19 response take place at BDRCS National Headquarters every day. Important updates from BDRCS response to COVID-19 so far: 1221 RCY volunteers (965 male and 256 female) supporting…

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…

Cox’s Bazar – The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major threat to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and local community members In Cox’s Bazar, one of the world’s largest and most crowded refugee camps. The rapid spread…

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…