{"id":108544,"date":"2018-04-02T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=108544"},"modified":"2018-03-30T18:29:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T17:29:27","slug":"un-appeals-for-support-to-tackle-massive-health-needs-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/04\/un-appeals-for-support-to-tackle-massive-health-needs-of-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Appeals for Support to Tackle \u2018Massive\u2019 Health Needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With relief agencies in Bangladesh struggling to assist more than a million vulnerable Rohingya refugees crowded into makeshift camps along the country\u2019s south-east coast, the World Health Organization (WHO) today appealed for international support to help the cash strapped health sector scale up its response. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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29 Mar 2018 – <\/em>\u201cThis is one of the biggest humanitarian crises<\/a> in recent times,\u201d Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the WHO South-East Asia Regional Director told a partners\u2019 meeting in\u00a0Dhaka, Bangladesh\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo single agency or the Government of Bangladesh alone can meet the massive health needs of such a large population group,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Rohingya population has\u00a0settled in an area prone to cyclones, and on\u00a0terrain that will flood as soon as rains begin. \u201cThe risk of outbreak of life threatening water and vector borne diseases under such conditions is huge,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Since August 2017, nearly 700,000 minority Muslim Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanmar across the border into Bangaldesh\u2019s Cox\u2019s Bazar, joining several hundred thousand more that were already settled there in overcrowded camps.<\/p>\n

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A health worker inoculates a Rohingya girl in the Unchiprang makeshift refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district during a UNICEF-supported measles vaccination campaign.
UNICEF\/Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

Coordinating the work of over 100 partners on the ground, along with the Ministry of Health, WHO has facilitated a contingency plan for the rainy season.<\/p>\n

To minimize the risk of diseases and deaths, the plan aims to continue health services during rains and floods. Additionally, all 207 health facilities in the area have been assessed for vulnerability during rains, with 25 per cent of them slated for relocation.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the Rohingya crisis, 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine were administered to the refugees and their host communities, in addition to two vaccination campaigns for measles and three for diphtheria, which concluded earlier this week with WHO support.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever,\u201d Dr. Khetrapal Singh warned \u201cmuch of the health sector\u2019s capacity to respond depends on availability of resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moreover, the vulnerable population will need continued services for reproductive, maternal and child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as psychosocial support, the WHO Regional Director added.<\/p>\n

WHO has appealed to partners for $16.5 million for continued support in 2018, which is part of the $113.1 million being sought by all health partners under the Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya crisis.<\/p>\n

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