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STORY: UNICEF / ROHINGYA CHILDREN DISEASE
TRT: 01:24
SOURCE: UNICEF
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DATELINE: RECENT - COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
30 NOVEMBER, 2017, UCHIPRANG REFUGEE CAMP, COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
1. Various shots, children being vaccinated by health workers
16 NOVEMBER, 2017, BALUKHALI CAMP, COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
2. Pan left, roofs of shacks in refugee settlement
3. Wide shot, UNICEF health worker checking baby girl for malnutrition
4. Close up, baby girl being checking for malnutrion
5. Rack focus, children eating and drinking
6. Wide shot, UNICEF Field Emergency Coordinator checking on mother and child
7. Med shot, UNICEF Field Emergency Coordinator checking on child
05 NOVEMBER, 2017, UCHIPRANG REFUGEE CAMP, COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
8. Various shots, mothers and children waiting to be screened for malnutrition by health worker
9. Wide shot, health worker checking baby girl for malnutrition
10. Close up, children
11. Med shot, mother receiving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
12. Close up, mother feeding child Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today (22 Dec) that Rohingya refugee children who have fled Myanmar to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are suffering from acute malnutrition, anaemia and disease.
According to three health and nutrition surveys conducted between October 22 and November 27 in refugee camps and makeshift settlements, up to 25 percent of children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition, far exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency threshold of 15 percent. UNICEF said nearly half the children surveyed have anaemia, up to 40 percent have diarrhoea, and up to 60 percent have acute respiratory infections.
The surveys covered the refugee camps of Kutupalong and Nayapara and informal settlements in Ukhia and Teknaf, and included a sample size of more than 1,700 newly arrived refugee children as well as already registered refugee children. UNICEF said less than 16 percent of children are consuming a minimal acceptable diet which is critical for their optimal growth and development, and 30 percent of children below six months are not exclusively breastfed.
UNICEF said, along with its partners, it has treated nearly 7,000 severely malnourished children, administered almost 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine, and immunized nearly 450,000 children against measles and rubella. The Fund added that a Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) vaccination campaign has been launched to address the diphtheria outbreak in the camps and the settlements.
