Informes

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…

The following messages should be announced in the camps for community’s awareness. This should be disseminated in addition to the Key Messages for COVID-19 Prevention, Mitigation and Response. In order to minimize risk of exposure of COVID-19/Corona…

DAILY UPDATE Cox’s Bazar Cox’s Bazar’s District administration is tracking down foreign returnees, and announced penalties for those not following home quarantine rules. On 20 March, the authority fined two foreign returnees who did not abide by the…

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is an essential part of any disease outbreak response. In the context of COVID-19, the RCCE aims to enable real time information, exchange of opinions and advice between frontline health…

In response to the pandemic COVID-19, an alert has been raised in Start Fund Bangladesh by Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) & Association for Rural Cooperation (ARCO), in four North-Eastern districts of Bangladesh, namely Naogaon Sadar, Panchagarh…

Context Analysis The 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) was launched on 3 March in Geneva and attended by the UNHCR High Commissioner, IOM DG, the State Minister of Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with the Executive…

Response from Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) & Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Partners Two emergency coordination meeting took place on 23 and 24 March 2020 at BDRCS NHQ. Youth & volunteers department will continue distributing leaflets containing…

Summary We evaluated the impact of a programme to provide safe sources of drinking water in rural Bangladesh. The programme consisted of a package of subsidies and technical advice to enable the installation of deep tubewells. Deep…

HIGHLIGHTS The 4-week-long Measles and Rubella vaccination campaign ended on 12 February in Rohingya camps. Over 292 000 Rohingya children aged 6 months to less than 10 years were vaccinated. As per the monitoring data, over 95% coverage was…

BRAC has been working in Cox’s Bazar for the last 37 years with the host communities of the region and the Rohingya community from previous influxes. BRAC Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) was initiated in August…