The health response to the Rohingya refugee crisis post August 2017: Reflections from two years of health sector coordination in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 6; p. e0253013
• Main Authors: Jeffries, Rosanna, Abdi, Hassan, Ali, Mohammad, Bhuiyan, Abu Toha Md Rezuanul Haque, El Shazly, Mohamed, Harlass, Sandra, Ishtiak, Asm, Mazhar, Md Khadimul Anam, Prajapati, Mukeshkumar, Pang, Qing Yuan, Singh, Balwinder, Tabu, Francis, Baidjoe, Amrish
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.06.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Bangladesh - epidemiology; Collection Review; Communicable Diseases - epidemiology; Coordination; Crisis Intervention; Cyclones; Disabilities; Disease Outbreaks; Earth Sciences; Emergency management; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Emergency preparedness; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Female; Health aspects; Health care industry; Health facilities; Health Planning; Health risks; Health Services; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humanitarianism; Humans; Hygiene; Infectious diseases; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Migration; Myanmar - epidemiology; People and Places; Population density; Psychological aspects; Public health; Quality standards; Refugee camps; Refugees; Repatriation; Reproductive Health; Rohingya people; Rohingyas; Services; Sexual Health; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Working groups; Young Adult; Myanmar; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Burma)

On August 25 2017, an unprecedented influx of Rohingya refugees began from Rakhine State in Myanmar into Bangladesh’s district of Cox’s Bazar. The scale and acuteness of this humanitarian crisis was unprecedented and unique globally, requiring strong coordination of a multitude of actors. This paper...