ROHINGYA / MONSOON SEASON

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that the already dire humanitarian situation faced by Rohingya children in Bangladesh risks becoming catastrophe as the cyclone and monsoon seasons approach. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:39
• Production Date: 15 January 2018
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: BANGLADESH; MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: 2075475
• Parent Id: 2075475
• Alternate Title: unifeed180115b

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STORY: ROHINGYA / MONSOON SEASON
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 12 SEPTEMBER 2017 / 30 NOVEMBER 2017, COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH

Shotlist

12 SEPTEMBER 2017, COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH

1. Wide shot, growing puddle of water between shacks
2. Med shot, children standing outside shacks during rain storm
3. Med shot, children swimming
4. Wide shot, makeshift camp
5. Wide shot, child sitting in rain by makeshift camp
6. Med shot, Rohingya refugees climbing out of truck
7. Close up, mother holding child by road
8. Wide shot, young men walking through rain water puddles
9. Wide shot, people gathering along roadside

30 NOVEMBER 2017, COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH

10. Various shots, vaccination distribution
11. Med shot, vaccine being prepared
12. Close up, syringe
13. Tilt up, child being vaccinated
14. Med shot, child being vaccinated

12 SEPTEMBER 2017, COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH

15. Various shots, children playing inside UNICEF child-friendly space

Storyline

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today (16 Jan) that the already dire humanitarian situation faced by Rohingya children in Bangladesh risks becoming catastrophe as the cyclone and monsoon seasons approach.

UNICEF said the health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements is likely to be put at even greater risk ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons. It said unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene conditions can lead to cholera outbreaks and Hepatitis E, a deadly disease for pregnant women and their babies, while standing water pools can attract malaria-carrying mosquitos.

More than 4,000 suspected cases of diphtheria have been reported among the refugee population, with 32 deaths including at least 24 children. UNICEF and its partners have launched a diphtheria vaccination campaign, and are working to provide children and families with access to safe water and sanitation facilities, but overcrowding and the growing risk of extreme weather increases the risk of further outbreaks.

UNICEF said the cyclone season also brings an increased risk of flooding and landslides. It said even a moderate storm could have a devastating impact, with little time to prepare ahead of the start of the cyclone season in March.

Tropical cyclones generally strike Bangladesh in two seasons, March through July and September through December, with the greatest number of storms arriving in May and October. In May last year, Cyclone Mora barrelled through the region, destroying approximately one quarter of the makeshift shelters in Rohingya refugee camps and causing widespread damage.