COX’S BAZAR: Days of heavy rainfall have triggered extreme flooding and landslides in Bangladesh, killing at the very least 50 individuals and stranding more than 1 million.
The catastrophe has additionally heightened the chance of public well being threats, together with waterborne illnesses like dengue and cholera, stated Sonakshi Dey, the Worldwide Federation of Crimson Cross and Crimson Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Bangladesh programme director.
With greater than 10,700 water and sanitation services broken, restoring entry to protected consuming water and delivering important aid gadgets to these affected stay high priorities, she stated.
“This example is sort of grave. The primary drawback is the entry to achieve the individuals, as a result of the geographical topography of the nation can be very troublesome,” she instructed CNA’s Asia First on Tuesday (Jul 14).
The floods have compounded an already difficult humanitarian scenario.
Since March, Bangladesh has been grappling with a measles outbreak, with practically 750 confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths.
The IFRC, which has been responding to the outbreak, says its aid efforts are actually being stretched even thinner by the floods and different concurrent emergencies.
“We try to observe the totally different households to see additionally how they’re doing by way of well being as a result of if we will determine (illness circumstances) rapidly, then we will additionally deal with them,” she stated.
She added that aid efforts embody different companies such because the World Well being Group (WHO) and UNICEF.
