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- As of 22 October 2017, cumulative number of new arrivals in all sites of Ukiah, Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar and Ramu are 702 400, including over 343 000 arrivals in Kutupalong Balukhali Expansion site, 37 500 in Tekhnaf makeshift settlements/refugee camps, 46 000 arrivals in host communities and 175 000 arrivals in new spontaneous sites.
- Around 30 children were treated in the MSF hospital following ingestion of Haloperidol tablets. Relief packages distributed by a private organization seem to have been the source of these tablets. All sectors working in the settlements have been alerted to raise awareness amongst new arrivals that they should not take any medicine without medical advice.
- As part of the Oral Cholera Vaccine campaign, 700 487 people above one year of age were reached in the first phase of the campaign held between 10 to 18 October.
- A natural disaster contingency plan is being developed to mitigate and respond to foreseeable monsoon and cyclones and will be shared soon.
- During the period of 25 August-21 October 2017, there were 77 reported deaths: 40% (31) of deaths were due to ARI, 13% (10) to neonatal diseases, 13% (10) injury, 9% (7) AWD, 3% (2) malaria, 3% (2) meningitis and the remaining 19% were due to other causes.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
OCV vaccination campaign
The OCV campaign was launched on 10 October, covered 700 487 people of one year and above. Of them, 176 482 were children in the age group of one to five years. While Phase 1 ended on 16 October, mop-up vaccination was carried out on 17-18 October. No adverse events following immunization were reported so far. The second phase of OCV campaign is scheduled early November to cover children in the age group of one and five years with an additional dose for added protection.
Original source: WHO.
Posted on 26 October 2017