Medical Support for Rohingya women and children

Context

  The refugee camps at Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh accommodate over a million Rohingyas who fled the military crackdown in the Rakhine province of Myanmar in 2017.
On Monday, March 22, 2021 a massive cloud of smoke came out of the Balukhali Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar. The fire killed several people and destroyed thousands of homes. The fire also left Balukhali Balibazar, the biggest local market in the Rohingya camp, in ashes. Products worth at least Taka 50 Crore were gutted in the fire.

Damage Scenario

  Due to frequent wind flow, the fire swept through camps 8W, 8E, 9, and 10, leaving over 10,000 infrastructures including shelters, mosques, community centres, learning centres, service centres, learning facilities, shops burnt to ashes. People in adjacent camps (5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17 and 18) have evacuated their households too as the fire spread and immersed adjacent areas. According to humanitarian agencies and local authorities.

PRIOR NEED BY NEED ASSEMENT

Strengthen Primary Health care Service to manage the higher patient load impacted by fire in camps to cover the health care facilities

Shelters need to be rebuilt

Ensure continue of COVID 19 awareness & vaccination campaign

Further Training on Fire safety of health facilities and burn care

All hazard Disaster Emergency preparedness training and Management

RAPID EMERGENCY RESPONSE by Dhaka Community Hospital (DCHT) & Community Initiative Society (CIS)

DCHT and CIS stands by the sufferers of Rohingya camp fire in Cox’s Bazar. DCHT & CIS primary healthcare centers were 24/7 available even in emergency situation to provide health service in this fire disaster. But the effects of this lethal and destructive blaze will only exacerbate critical needs and further strain already overstretched resources. With the start of the monsoon looming, rebuilding is critical. An advance team from Dhaka already reached to the effected place to join the emergency team for monitoring the rapid response management.

DCHT and  APAD KOREA response will continue in the coming days as fire affected community will need our extended support. 

Thank you for your support.

The Rohingya refugee camp has been closed since COVID-19 Virus occured. 

The Rohingya, who live in Bangladesh regugee camps, often pay brokers to go to Malaysia, where the state religion is Islam. However, as Malaysia has tightened its coastal security for fear og the apread of COVID-19 Virst, refugees are frequently unable to enter the coast.

As the boundaries are tightened, it is also having difficulty get supplies. We need a lot of clean drinking water, food and sanitary products, ETC. We are making a lot of efforts to get clean water directly in the camp. There are several attempts to establish a system to purify rainwater or digging wells. 

We are conducting continuous hygiene education at Rohingya refugee camp. In order to minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus, continuously educating people on how to wear masks.

COVID-19 virus is not easily ending. Long-term countermeasures should be prepared and support Rohingya refugees to live sustainable lives.

We always deeply thank you for your support.

Thank you. 

Since the beginning, DCHT's clinics continue to give primary care with providing COVID awareness to Rohingya and Host commutiny staffs with close contacts with suspected patients are using Personal Protective Equipment(EEP).

DCH Trust required large numbers of medical supply such as PPE, Infrared Thermometer, Medical ventilatior and Nebullzer. So that A-PAD Korea are supporting for providing these equipments while staffs in the field are letting refugees know about the basic information & preventive measures through seminars, campaign, WASH programmes, distribution of flyers & posters.

Since A-PAD Korea has been providing food and medical assistance and operating clinics for Rohingya refugee women and children, including pregnant women, we're supporting these responses either.

Specific activities :

- Seminar on Corona Awareness.

- Staff training on Corona preventive measures.

- Providing PPE, Masks, gloves for frontline staffs.

- Continuous Training Program for visitors and community

- Announcement done by local languages for COVID awareness

(=> These activities are done by A-PAD Bangladesh, Community Initiative Society(CIS) and DCH Trust against COVID-19 and A-PAD Korea is supporting for these activities.)

1. Brief description of the camp

  The   Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar heavily rely on humanitarian assistance for all their basic needs including food,shelter,water,health and other life-saving needs. Most oft he women had gone through severe trauma, lack of safe delivery, ANC and PNC support and now living in extremely difficult conditions. In this situation Community Initiative Society (CIS) with the support of A-PAD Korea provided emergency health service in Jamtoli Rohingya Camp – 15 of Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar District. 

2. Emergency Medical Service to te Rohingya women and children

  CIS with the suppor of A-PAD Korea provided the emergency health service to the Rohingya women and children in Jamtoli Rohingya camp of Ukhiya through established Comprehensive Primary Health Care Center(CPHCC). During the service period more than 2,000 patients were treated. 

 The Rohingya people do not have any money to buy medicine and get pathological service. CIS with the supprot of A-PAD Korea and GlobalGiving provided all kind of necessasry medicine according to docotr prescriptions and oral saline to all patients, who came to the health get the health service.

3. Project progress status

 Totally 2120 Rohingya patient took the health care services from the emergency health service by getting medical comsultation and medicine to the Rohingya people of Cox's Bazar of Bangladesh. It was very much helpful for Diarrheoa, Dysentery, ANC, PNC, infectious Disease and respiratory, BR. Astma, Diabetic, Hypertention, Heart Disease and malnutrition. The Rohingya people also practicing their health and hygiene system by getting the health and hygiene education and have the safe driking water from different water sources provided by various national, international and government agencies. On the other hand 39 Rohingya women and children have nourishing meal by getting nutrition package.

4. Thank you for your support

  By providing the emergency health service to the Rohingya women and children with the partnership can establish a field to work for local community in Bangladesh. In this regards CIS with the help of DCH Trust organized several meeting with local communities and private organizations and also visited local health post and local community. On the other hand, by the GlobalGiving funding, monitorion from CIS and A-PAD Korea could provide emergency health service to the Rohingya women and chlidren in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 

 We deeply appriciate for your support. We are going to keep helping Rohingya women and childeren. Thank you.

EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SUPPORT TO FORCEFULLY DISPLACED MYANMAR CITIZENS IN COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH

IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

Period of implementation: 15 January 2020 - 14 February 2020 Implementing Organization: Community Initiative Society (CIS) Supported by : A-PAD Korea

mmunity Initiative Society (CIS) Supported by : A-PAD Korea, GlobalGiving

*PROJECT OVERVIEW

-Project Name

Emergency Health Care Support to Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Citizens in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

-Duration of Project

01 Month Completed by 14 February 2020

-Implementation Period

15 January 2020 - 14 February 2020

-Location of Project

Jamtoli Rohingya Camp (Camp - 15), Thaingkhali union, Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar

-No. of beneficiaries

2000 Rohingya Patients,

-Name of Partner(s)

Community Initiative Society (CIS) / A-PAD Korea

-Name of Funder(s)

A-PAD Korea  / GlobalGiving

-Total Budget

USD 11,000 

*Project summary

 -Project

Emergency Health Care Support to Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Citizens in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

-Objectives

To improve maternal and child health services in refugees camps in Cox's Bazar through increasing access to an enhanced and adequate health maternal and child services.

To promote the development of community based system of care, including oral healthcare for pregnant women, children and their families

-Output 1

Establishment Emergency Health Care Support to Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Citizens through Primary Health Care Center in Jamtoli Camp -

-Activity

Emergency Out Patients Service and Pediatrics Care

Basic pathological services

Provide medicine according to doctor advice to the Rohingya Patients

-Output 2

Uploading the Information on Social Network Service (SNS) and Website

Upload activities and information in SNS and CIS Website

*BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE CAMP

  The Rohingya people in Cox's Bazar heavily rely on humanitarian assistance for all their basic needs including food, shelter, water, health and other life-saving needs. Most of the women had gone through severe trauma, lack of safe delivery, ANC and PNC support and now living in extremely difficult conditions. In this situation Community Initiative Society (CIS) with the support of A-PAD Korea provided emergency health service in Jamtoli Rohingya Camp - 15 of Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar District. During the health service CIS learnt that the pregnant mother do not get ANC and PNC service, proper home delivery service. Due to living in a crowded tent children are suffering from pneumonia, asthma, measles, diarrhoea, skin disease, diphtheria and

 common cold, viral fever etc. So CIS provided 24/7 Emergency Health Care service to the Rohingay People and a mobile clinic in Jamtoli Camp - 15 of Ukhiya. To disseminate the information to global, CIS has established a website and uploaded the information of present health condition of Rohingya people in social media.

 Emergency out Patients Service and Pediatrics Care CIS with the support of A-PAD Korea provided the emergency health service to the Rohingya People in Jamtoli Rohingya Camp of Ukhiya Upazila through established Comprehensive Primary Health Care Center (CPHCC). During the service period more than 2000 patients of different departments like medicine, paediatric, Gynae, ENT, Skin and VD were treated during the health service. The common complications of the patients were Diarrheoa, Dysentery, ANC, PNC, Infectious Disease and respiratory infection, Br. Astma, Diabetic, Hypertention, Ishchemic Heart Disease and Gastroentrites.

  Pathological service to the Rohingya Patients CIS has established a basic pathological diagnostic center in CPHCC in Jamtoli Camp-15. To ensure quality health care service CIS with the support of A-PAD Korea provided pathological service in CPHCC. More than 500 patients got the pathological service from different departments.

 Medicine Support as Rohingya Patient treatment The Rohingya People do not have any money to buy medicine and get pathological service. So CIS with the support of A-PAD Korea provided all kind of necessary medicine according to doctor prescriptions and oral saline to all patients, who came to the health get the health service.

To disseminate the information to global, CIS has established a website and uploaded the information of present health condition of Rohingya people in social media. The activity helps to raise the issue of Rohingya Crisis to the global people.

 *Outcome of the Project

 Totally 2120 Rohingya patient took the health care services from the emergency health service by getting medical consultation and medicine to the Rohingya People of Cox's Bazar of Bangladesh. It was very much helpful for Diarrheoa, Dysentery, ANC, PNC, Infectious Disease and respiratory infection, Br. Astma, Diabetic, Hypertention, Ishchemic Heart Disease, Gastroentrites and malnutrition. The Rohingya people also

 practicing their health and hygiene system by getting the health and hygiene education and have the safe drinking water from different water sources provided by various national, international and Government agencies. On the other hand 39 Rohingya women and children have nourishing meal by getting Nutrition Package

*Learning 

 Comprehensive Primary Health Care Centre with well equipment is very effective to ensure the health service for Rohingya People especially for the pregnant women. Continue to follow-up the patient Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Water Born Disease, Skin disease, ANC, PNC etc. Increase the transport facilities for emergency patient to transfer to secondary hospital. Increase health facilities in these areas. Diagnosis Facilities (Pathology) More Medicine Facilities.

*CONCLUSION

 By providing the emergency health service to the Rohingya People CIS with the partnership can establish a field to work for local community in Bangladesh. In this regards CIS with the help of DCH Trust organized several meetings with local communities and private organizations and also visited local health post and local community. On the other hand by the funding, monitoring from CIS and A-PAD Korea could provide emergency health service to the Rohingya People in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh and also facilitate the local community.

• GlobalGiving_APAD_Korea_Rohingya_response_report.pdf (PDF)