WHO has deployed additional experts, procured hospital beds to accommodate more patients in diphtheria treatment centres, provided 1,345 vials of lifesaving diphtheria anti-toxins and 300 000 doses of antibiotics, and is working with health authorities to support ongoing vaccination efforts for both children and health workers.
‘Twenty-one people have died from diphtheria in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.’
In addition to this, WHO is working with more than 80 health partners to improve access to essential life-saving primary and secondary health services in Cox's Bazar. For 2018, the health sector will request additional funding to help 1.2 million people living in refugee camps and temporary settlements.
Source: Medindia