Highlights

• As of 4 September 2023, 133,134 dengue instances (together with 38% girls and 19% kids (0-15 yrs) have been contaminated, with 646 deaths (58% feminine, 12% kids beneath 15 years previous). In Cox’s Bazar, as of 30 August 2023, 9,670 individuals (1,214 Bangladeshi and eight,456 Rohingya refugees) had examined constructive for dengue. Ten individuals (eight from Rohingya camps, two from the host group) died of dengue-related issues.2 • Social media posts on dengue prevention and care developed by the SBC Section reached over 70.73 million social media customers (29 per cent girls).

• Kits for 13,425 dengue assessments had been procured and distributed to the Communicable Disease Control – Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in opposition to a request for 200,000 kits as a result of funding limitations, with one other procurement of as much as 9,369 combo dengue take a look at kits for 93,690 assessments below course of by UNICEF.

• In partnership with the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA), >142,900 folks (>81,600 girls, >1084 individuals with disabilities) had been reached with focused accredited dengue prevention direct messaging, consciousness occasions, and discussions throughout 30 of essentially the most extremely prevalent districts via 524 Child Protection Community Hubs (CPCH).

• WASH Section is collaborating with the International Centre for Disease Control, Bangladesh (ICCRD) to revise WASH coaching packages on dengue for the Dhaka City Corporation workers (Conservancy Inspector, area employees, metropolis company councilors).

• In Cox’s Bazar, Community Hygiene Promoters (CHPs) and Community Hygiene Volunteers (CHVs) disseminated messages on dengue prevention, reaching a complete of 21,785 households (HHs) and 265,100 people (135,428 feminine).

• So far UNICEF has made US$ 2.4 M obtainable for rapid response together with Emergency Programme Fund (EPF) mortgage, leaving a funding hole of US$ 3.1 M to assist an built-in multi-sectoral response to the dengue outbreak and forestall extra girls, kids, and different weak members of the inhabitants from additional infections.