WHO Cox’s Bazar: Rohingya emergency crisis - Situation Report: July 2024

Overview

Overall Situation

July was marked by significant socio-political changes in Bangladesh. The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, also known as the July Revolution, was a series of anti-government and pro-democracy protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students.

During the two weeks of July 2024, routine service delivery and access to essential healthcare services were interrupted due to the country-wide political unrest. Due to movement restrictions in camps routine service delivery was severely hampered though life-saving activities were continued. Additionally, EWARS services were not functional (only 31% timeliness of reporting in that week). Moreover, several health NGOs suspended their services and several health posts were closed. Among 58 registered health posts, only 14 were functional, however all 46 Primary Healthcare Clinics (PHCs) remained open, but some of them limited their services to emergency lifesaving services, inpatient care, basic emergency obstetrics, and neonatal care services. Routine Immunization activities were also affected, the ongoing bOPV campaign was postponed for four days and most of the fixed sites were not functional during this period. All of the training sessions during the unrest were postponed