International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 68, 2018, Pages 39-43

Medical and health risks associated with communicable diseases of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 2017 (Short Survey) (Open Access)

Chan E.Y.Y.* , Chiu C.P. , Chan G.K.W.
  • a Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, FXB Centre for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
  • b Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong
  • c Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong

Abstract

Complex emergencies remain major threats to human well-being in the 21st century. More than 300 000 Rohingya people from Myanmar, one of the most forgotten minorities globally, have fled to neighboring countries over the past decades. In the recent crisis, the sudden influx of Rohingya people over a 3-month period almost tripled the accumulated displaced population in Bangladesh. Using the Rohingya people in Bangladesh as a case context, this perspective article synthesizes evidence in the published literature regarding the possible key health risks associated with the five main health and survival supporting domains, namely water and sanitation, food and nutrition, shelter and non-food items, access to health services, and information, for the displaced living in camp settlements in Asia. © 2018 The Author(s)

Author Keywords

Displaced camp Health emergency and disaster risk management (H-EDRM) Rohingya Bangladesh Refugee

Index Keywords

Short Survey refugee Water Purification environmental sanitation human epidemiology Communicable Diseases Refugees health service Food Supply water management water risk management ethnology catering service water pollution Humans risk factor Risk Factors Myanmar medical information health care communicable disease food security Bangladesh obstetric procedure health care facility Delivery of Health Care health hazard health care delivery
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85043283460&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijid.2018.01.001&partnerID=40&md5=4f9561c05e519e97bc02606b52c02123
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.001
ISSN: 12019712
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English