WorldsAidWorldsAid intelligence
Verified records across Aid Zones, agencies and event types.
BangladeshBangladesh’s dengue outbreak intensified in September 2026. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) recorded 53,570 people hospitalised and 157 deaths by 14 September. The prior day’s published tally was 51,837 hospitalisations and 149 deaths, so the two dated observations are retained separately. More than 1,200 hospital admissions per day…
BangladeshAt Kutupalong hospital in Cox's Bazar, MSF teams report children arriving with severe, overlapping physical and psychological needs as funding cuts reduce access to basic services in Rohingya camps. Children make up more than half of the 1.3 million refugees living in the camps. MSF says delayed access, malnutrition, infection and mental distress are…
BangladeshHeavy monsoon rain caused flash flooding and landslides across Bangladesh, including Rohingya camps and host communities in Cox's Bazar. By 22 July, an estimated 1.28 million people were affected across seven districts, 59 deaths were reported and 74,479 houses had been damaged or destroyed. Earlier camp assessments recorded 9,707 displaced people across…
BangladeshBangladesh recorded 11,133 suspected measles cases, 1,599 confirmed cases and 138 suspected child deaths by 9 April. Children under five accounted for 80 per cent of cases. An emergency measles-rubella campaign was launched to protect more than 1.2 million children across 30 upazilas.
BangladeshOn 27 July, heavy monsoon rains in Cox’s Bazar led to slope failures and severe flooding in the Rohingya refugee camps. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecast approx. 570mm of accumulated rainfall between 27 – 30 July and issued warnings of heavy rain and risk of landslides. High sea tides continue to hamper
BangladeshLast month, a massive fire swept through the largest refugee camp in the world in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live. The fire took 15 lives and burned down thousands of shelters and health facilities, leaving more than 45,0000 people displaced. Our teams met Ismael, 35, in the middle of the crowds and confusion.…
BangladeshRefugee volunteers deliver aid to families affected by the fire in the Kutupalong-Balukhali camps, Bangladesh. © UNHCR/Amos Halder This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 30 March 2021 An estimated 48,000 Rohingya…
Bangladeshuala Lumpur/Cox’s Bazar/Geneva, 23 March 2021 – The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has launched one of its biggest ever rescue and relief efforts in the camp settlement in Cox’s Bazar after a deadly fire razed several thousand camp houses. More than 1,000 Red Crescent staff and volunteers worked through the night with fire fighters, camp residents and…
BangladeshThis news comment is attributable Indrika Ratwatte, Director of the UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. BANGKOK, Thailand – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress on the Andaman Sea today. UNHCR received reports of an unconfirmed number of Rohingya refugees aboard a…
Bangladesh© Amlai Boyjors/Save the Children ‘Children and their families robbed of what little they had’ – Save the Children Responding to today's devastating fire that destroyed at least 500 makeshift homes in the Bangladesh camps for the Rohingya refugees in the southern district of Cox’s Bazar, Save the Children's Country Director in Bangladesh Onno van Manen…
BangladeshOxfam frontline staff are helping Rohingya refugees fight Covid19 through p-roviding improved sanitation using and promoting good use of hygene products such as soapdistribution and sanitation facilities.
BangladeshNayapara refugee camp ( Bengali : নয়াপাড়া শরণার্থী শিবির) is a refugee camp in Teknaf , Cox's Bazar , Bangladesh . It is located next to the village of Dhumdumia and is inhabited mostly by Rohingya people that have fled from religious persecution in neighboring Myanmar . [2] It is one of two government-run refugee camps in Cox's Bazar , the other being…
BangladeshKutupalong refugee camp is the world's largest refugee camp. It is in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, inhabited mostly by Rohingya refugees that fled from ethnic and religious persecution in neighboring Myanmar. It is one of two government-run refugee camps in Cox's Bazaar, the other being the Nayapara refugee camp. Wikipedia
BangladeshDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has begun preparations to move thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island off its coast, officials said on Wednesday, despite opposition from many refugees and human rights groups who have termed it an “island detention center”. FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees carry bricks to a construction site at the Balukhali camp in…