To better address health needs of the nearly one million vulnerable population in Cox’s Bazar – the new arrivals as well as the host Rohingya community - WHO is coordinating mapping and assessment of the 270 health facilities serving them.
Using a mobile device, volunteers from various partner agencies are collecting information about available health services, water and sanitation, infection prevention and control (IPC) and waste management measures in these facilities.
A joint effort of health, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors, the assessment also covers several nutrition sites and facilities providing specialized services such as labour wards.
“The process is aimed at identifying gaps in the agreed minimum package of essential health services and the overall health sector response,” said Kai Von Harbou, WHO’s Health Sector Coordinator in Cox’s Bazar.
