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Reporting Period: 1 January to 30 September 2023
Highlights
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The humanitarian situation in Bangladesh continues to worsen, with a serious dengue outbreak and floods experienced in the second half of 2023.
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The dengue viral disease outbreak has affected up to 203,406 people (including 39 per cent women and 18 per cent children (0-15 yrs.), including 989 deaths (56 per cent female, 11 per cent children (0-15 yrs) reported as of 30 September 2023.
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In August 2023, floods and landslides in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar affected over 1.3 million people including 630,000 women and 480,000 children (0-18 years old) and left 600,000 people in need of humanitarian services in four districts, with 51 deaths (including 12 children) reported.
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302,700 people (155,096 female and 2,444 Persons with Disabilities) accessed a sufficient quantity and quality of water for drinking and domestic needs (47 per cent of target) while 444,414 people (226,569 female and 3,306 Person with Disabilities) accessed appropriate sanitation services (84 per cent of the target).
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UNICEF has provided life-saving support to 551,642 beneficiaries including 150,000 people (60,300 children and 62,400 women) in the Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in the Cox’s Bazar district as of September 2023. UNICEF’s dengue response interventions reached over 6.8 million people (50.63 per cent women) in awareness creation on dengue prevention across the country.
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UNICEF trained 270 frontline emergency personnel (government, CSO and UNICEF staff) from 6 disaster-prone divisions in disaster risk reduction, preparedness, response, and resilience programming.
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UNICEF continues to experience a funding gap of US$ 58 million (33 per cent) to further enhance the provision of a comprehensive package of response interventions to the vulnerable children and women in Bangladesh, including Rohingya refugees.