Bangladesh: Chickenpox outbreak in Rohingya Camp

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Source: http://www.newagebd.net/article/61180/toddler-dies-as-500-infected-by-chickenpox-in-rohingya-camp

Toddler dies as 500 infected by chickenpox in Rohingya Camp
Our Correspondent . Cox?s Bazar | Published: 00:49, Jan 08,2019

A Rohingya toddler died while about 500 others were infected with chickenpox at refugee camps under Ukhiya and Teknaf upzillas in Cox?s Bazar district, officials said.
Uncyprong camp under Teknaf and Jamtoli camp under Ukhiya are among the worst affected areas, they added.
Additional refugee relief and repatriation commissioner Shamsud Doha confirmed the information.
He also said that chickenpox outbreak started in some areas of the refugee camp under Ukhiya and Teknaf last month...

 

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Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/rohing...-chicken-pox-in-coxs-bazar-bangladesh-1687843
01:06 PM, January 15, 2019 / LAST MODIFIED: 01:49 PM, January 15, 2019
Health services scaled up to combat chicken pox in Cox?s Bazar

Responding to an outbreak of chicken pox in the Rohingya refugee camps, health sector partners led by the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization have stepped up surveillance and initiated measures to curtail further spread of the disease and prevent any complications.

?Clinicians and health workforce are being trained for identifying chicken pox cases early, and efforts are on to promote preventive measures. Surveillance has been further beefed up in the Rohingya camps,? said Dr Bardan Jung Rana, the WHO Representative to Bangladesh.

As of January 13, a total of 832 Rohingya refugees living in Cox?s Bazar camps, have been confirmed with chicken pox since December 2018. Out of which, 51 per cent were reported from Ukhia and 49 per cent from Teknaf, with 39 per cent under the age of 5, according to a joint statement from health ministry and WHO.

During the period, a three-year-old child with chicken pox has died due to causes not directly related to the disease, the statement said...

 

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Source: http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/186826

9 February, 2019 12:28:13 AM
20,000 infected in 2 months

Around 20,000 Rohingya people in the Ukhia and Teknaf camps have been infected in an outbreak of chicken pox, a quite common disease of childhood in Bangladesh. "All of a sudden, chicken pox cropped in a few houses in Balukhali Camp, later it soon spread to 15 houses, creating panic among the camp dwellers," said Lalu Majhi of the camp. Lecturer of Cox's Bazar Medical College Hospital Dr Jahedul Mostafa said chicken pox is not as fatal as to kill patients. The infected can come round after taking a short medication and following some health tips. But panic still seizes the inhabitants.

Dr Abdul Matin, civil sergeant of Cox's bazar said the chicken pox was found spreading since December 22 last year, and around 20,000 people have been attacked since then. Urging people not to be anxious about its spread, he said doctors and health volunteers are working to give treatment to the patients and making people aware of the disease.

The spread of the disease will come in control within a month, he assured...