Informes

KEY ACTIVITIES Healthcare Services Support UNHCR supports 28 healthcare facilities, 10 mental health and psychosocial support centres, 19 nutrition centres and two stabilization centres. The facilities seek to provide quality lifesaving and comprehensive primary and secondary health services…

KEY ACTIVITIES Shelter Assistance Given the temporary nature of shelter material approved by the Government, coupled with extreme weather conditions in Bangladesh, refugee shelters require regular maintenance throughout the year. UNHCR and its partners support refugee households to…

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For people with a disability living in camps for displaced Rohingya at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, accessing basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities can take a huge amount of effort and time each day. In Camp 15,…

In May 2022, 12 hazards took place across Bangladesh i.e., Covid-19, Fire, Boat Capsize, Nor‘wester, Lightning, Wall Collapse, Waterlogging, Dengue, Heat-Wave, Flood, Riverbank Erosion, and Bridge Collapse. Among them, Covid 19 affected a total…

INTRODUCTION • The dryland forests of the Barind Tract and the wetlands of the Haor Area of Bangladesh provide a range of valuable ecosystem services to local communities that derive most of their income from agriculture and…

Adolescent clubs and environmental youth groups are helping to bridge the education gap for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. By Linda Muriuki and Regina De La Portilla in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Around 10 girls aged between…

Ema is terrified of the floodwaters that have caused more than 800 schools to close in north-eastern Bangladesh, including her own school: a UNICEF-supported learning centre in Sunamganj. The worst flooding to hit this area in years…

A mixed methods assessment Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have collided with long-standing sexual and reproductive health inequities. While COVID-19 has had a significant, and in some cases devastating, impact on health systems around the world,…

In the evening of 4 June, a massive fire and an explosion in a shipping container depot in Sitakunda sub-district in Chittagong (South-East Bangladesh) resulted in several casualties and injuries, including civilians, fire fighters, fire service…