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Volume 8 Journal of Obesity &Weight Loss Therapy Obesity Summit 2018
July 10-11, 2018
July 10-11, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand
19th World Obesity Congress
Malnutrition and its underlying causes among vulnerable populations living in the makeshift site and
in the host communities in Bangladesh refugee camp
Salina Shelly
Nutrition Consultant, Asgar Ali Hospital, Bangladesh
Acute and chronic malnutrition are associated with disease and death. Prevalence of malnutrition is positively correlated
with children’s mortality rates in refugee camp (Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar-Bangladesh). Children under 5 years have the
highest death rates of all refugees. It is thought that malnutrition related morbidity and mortality is preventable. Assessment
of nutritional status with anthropometry is practical and acceptable on an international level. Furthermore, research suggested
that the ability to monitor a population over time helps identify the effectiveness of nutrition interventions. Baseline prevalence
data and monitoring malnutrition are necessary to evaluated and implement adequate program support to Myanmar refugee’s
children’s in Bangladesh. An estimated, a quarter of million refugee have been forced to flee Myanmar due to conflict and
burning of villages without essentials. Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps
where they lack enough food, clean water and health care facilities. Desperate living conditions and waterborne diseases are
threatening for children’s 6 to 59 month. High levels of severe acute malnutrition among young children have been found in
the camps. It is estimated, one in every five children under the age of five is suffering from acute malnutrition and about 14,500
suffer severe acute malnutrition. Bangladesh is a developing country with huge population. It is very difficult to host this
Rohingya population for a country like Bangladesh. As a result, Rohingyas and their children are not having basic rights to live
their livelihood. At the Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh refugee’s camps nutrition assessment are not conducted regularly; however
health agencies provide monthly growth monitoring. Acute and chronic malnutrition is very high in the largest population in
the new settlement Cox’s Bazar refugee camp.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C4-067