According to WHO, diphtheria is “rapidly spreading among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.” On 6 December, WHO warned that more than 110 suspected cases, including 6 deaths, have been clinically diagnosed by health partners, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Diphtheria is a highly infectious respiratory disease that spreads through droplet and can be deadly, particularly in overcrowded areas with no proper sanitation system. WHO is working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), UNICEF, and partners to contain the spread of the highly infectious respiratory disease through effective treatment and adequate prevention. For its part, UNHCR immediately made part of the Rubber Plantation Transit Centre available to serve as a treatment and isolation facility for patients under MSF management. Sixty-eight patients were transferred on 9 December 2017. The outbreak has impacted the upcoming relocation of some 10,000 refugees currently in border areas in Bandarban district; their relocation will be delayed to allow for the vaccination of children.

According to WHO, diphtheria is “rapidly spreading among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.” On 6 December, WHO warned that more than 110 suspected cases, including 6 deaths, have been clinically diagnosed by health partners, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Diphtheria is a highly infectious respiratory disease that spreads through droplet and can be deadly, particularly in overcrowded areas with no proper sanitation system. WHO is working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), UNICEF, and partners to contain the spread of the highly infectious respiratory disease through effective treatment and adequate prevention. For its part, UNHCR immediately made part of the Rubber Plantation Transit Centre available to serve as a treatment and isolation facility for patients under MSF management. Sixty-eight patients were transferred on 9 December 2017. The outbreak has impacted the upcoming relocation of some 10,000 refugees currently in border areas in Bandarban district; their relocation will be delayed to allow for the vaccination of children.

OCHA on urgent basis approved Hemodialysis project submitted by QRC to save life of 110 renal failure patients until end of JAN2018

MoH took over the School Health Program activities (2017-2018) and started with vaccination of the school’s students at the first grade and tenth grade

- MoL announces more flexible rules about work permits; new regulations to ease work permit issuance to Syrian refugees

UNHCR Representative in Turkey and the President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations launched the jointly-established Translation Support Line in Ankara.

UNHCR Representative in Turkey and the President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations launched the jointly-established Translation Support Line in Ankara.

UNHCR Representative in Turkey and the President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations launched the jointly-established Translation Support Line in Ankara.

Currently 2017/2018 Formal enrollment data is undergoing verification process, the data set will be released in early 2018

Learning Support Services continued to be offered in Makani centres. Since 2017, the sector reached 111,050 in both camps and host communities .