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Add to Preferred SourcesUNHCR, together with UN agencies and partners supports the Government of Bangladesh to provide access to lifesaving interventions aimed at the rapidly growing population of Rohingya refugees, and to ensure that major health risks are prevented, detected, and addressed.
UNHCR provides logistical, financial, and staffing support to the Bangladesh Ministries of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) to establish and operate health facilities in refugee-hosting areas.
Current activities
- Extending access to Primary Health Care Services
- Developing capacity to treat medical complications of severely malnourished children
- Training and expanding the coverage of community health workers in order to reach the most vulnerable populations (e.g., malnourished children, pregnant women, elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable persons)
Nutrition
UNHCR, together with ACF, CDC, UNICEF, WFP, and SCI conducted a joint nutrition survey in Kutupalong from 22 to 28 October. Preliminary findings point to an alarming level of malnutrition. UNHCR and ACF are establishing stabilization centers for the management of severe acute malnourished children.
Original source and full report: UNHCR
Published on 20 November 2017