Renewed focus on critical gaps in health services during COVID-19 is having positive knock-on effects

Situation reports are the main reporting tool to monitor UNICEF’s humanitarian response. They provide an update on the situation and needs of children in a country or region, as well as information on UNICEF’s response and funding requirements. Download file (PDF, 576,05 KB)

COVID-19 has underscored some of the challenges for Bangladesh in maternal and child services

Situation reports are the main reporting tool to monitor UNICEF’s humanitarian response. They provide an update on the situation and needs of children in a country or region, as well as information on UNICEF’s response and funding requirements. Download file (PDF, 302,48 KB)

Situation reports are the main reporting tool to monitor UNICEF’s humanitarian response. They provide an update on the situation and needs of children in a country or region, as well as information on UNICEF’s response and funding requirements. Download file (PDF, 824,64 KB)

NEW YORK/DHAKA/COX’S BAZAR, 26 March 2021 –, “UNICEF offers its deepest condolences to the families of Rohingya refugees killed and injured by the fire in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as well as to the 50,000 refugees – half of whom are children – displaced by the disaster. “The fire, which quickly spread across four Rohingya refugee camps on March 22, is believed to have claimed the lives of at…

UNICEF is working with partners to help children like Junaid recover from a devastating fire

Situation reports are the main reporting tool to monitor UNICEF’s humanitarian response. They provide an update on the situation and needs of children in a country or region, as well as information on UNICEF’s response and funding requirements. Download file (PDF, 425,99 KB)

DHAKA, 22 March 2021, – “UNICEF expresses its deepest sympathy to the Rohingya refugees affected by the fire in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The fire has already caused enormous devastation, spreading rapidly through refugee camps and displacing thousands of people. While large-scale evacuations have taken place, the full extent of the disaster is yet…, #####, Notes to Editors The Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar is one of the largest refugee settlements in the world, hosting over 877,000 refugees, over half of whom are children. Over 725,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh in August 2017 following a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS, , Bangladesh –, Yochingnu has seen a lot of changes in Bangladesh over the past decade, not least in the number and quality of rural roads. But even with the welcome improvements, ensuring access to life-saving vaccinations is a hard slog, often undertaken on foot. “There are more roads now,” Yochingnu, a health worker, says of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a group…