Rapports

As heavy rains and potential cyclones threaten more than one hundred thousand Rohingya refugees living in congested settlements in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, United Nations refugee agency envoy Cate Blanchett is urging increased international support to protect…

Highlights • An estimated 688,000 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State on 25 August 2017. • WFP is providing food assistance to the influx through the provision of a general…

Despite extreme poverty, Bangladesh has made great strides towards improving the health of women and children. Since the mid-1980s, the maternal mortality rate has fallen by one-third, and in the last decade the child mortality rate…

Overview The temperatures this year are lowest recorded since 1968 (Dhaka Tribune 08/01/2018). As of 8 January 2018, at least 27 deaths have occurred due to cold-related illnesses (Disaster Forum 08/01/2018). Since 4 January 2018, a cold…

Actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Kristin Davis in Bangladesh to mark UN’s Universal Children’s day, 20th November 2017 20 November 2017 Images and broll available. Marking the United Nations Universal Children’s Day today, 20th November 2017, the internationally acclaimed…

UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection assured Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh that any return must be voluntary, safe and dignified. By Vivian Tan DHAKA, Bangladesh – The UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Türk, concluded…

Media release, 23.10.2017 The international community came together in Geneva today to mobilise funds for the Rohingya. Since August this year, more than half a million people have been forced to flee violence in Myanmar and seek…

Question What innovative WASH options exist for situations of severe population overcrowding and limited space? What lessons have been learned from their application? Summary A rapid review of the literature has found a selection of innovative WASH options available…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 29 September 2017 – The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision will release 900,000 doses of the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) from the global stockpile to prevent the spread of cholera among…

Context of the Report 1.1 Defining Adaptation Technology Climate change negatively affects human and ecological systems, increases vulnerability and causes a need for adaptation (IPCC 2007, IPCC 2014). In order to achieve adaptation and minimize the extent and…