Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Since August 2017, more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Rakhine, Myanmar to seek refuge in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This is the biggest refugee crisis after the world war. IMAM Response and Relief team (IMARET) responded by activating the #IMARET4Rohingya relief effort to provide medical relief to the refugees in Coxs Bazaar. Teams of volunteer doctors were deployed every two weeks to the camps since 21st October 2017. In collaboration with a local medical Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the Malaysian Field Hospital (MFH), relief efforts started with mobile clinics operating at different identified areas in the camp. Subsequently, IMARET assisted in operating a designated primary healthcare clinic in the camp. It is equipped with outpatient services, treating acute and chronic diseases and maternal and child health services. IMARET Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) teams were also deployed to conduct psychosocial interventions for the refugees living in the congested camps. Apart from that, IMARET volunteer doctors also contributed their services at the Malaysia Field Hospital (MFH). In terms of public health, IMARET together with the MFH has installed five field water treatment systems at different locations in the camps. Each water treatment system can produce up to 12,500L per day of safe drinking water for the refugees. To date, IMARET has deployed 37 teams, comprising of 120 doctors and treated 80, 876 patients.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-23,
title = {Imaret Medical Relief at Cox's Bazar: Filling the Gaps During Humanitarian Crisis},
author = {Ahmad Munawwar Helmi Salim and Jayaseelan Sekaran and Aneesa Abd Rashid and MMed},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Since August 2017, more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Rakhine, Myanmar to seek refuge in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This is the biggest refugee crisis after the world war. IMAM Response and Relief team (IMARET) responded by activating the #IMARET4Rohingya relief effort to provide medical relief to the refugees in Coxs Bazaar. Teams of volunteer doctors were deployed every two weeks to the camps since 21st October 2017. In collaboration with a local medical Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the Malaysian Field Hospital (MFH), relief efforts started with mobile clinics operating at different identified areas in the camp. Subsequently, IMARET assisted in operating a designated primary healthcare clinic in the camp. It is equipped with outpatient services, treating acute and chronic diseases and maternal and child health services. IMARET Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) teams were also deployed to conduct psychosocial interventions for the refugees living in the congested camps. Apart from that, IMARET volunteer doctors also contributed their services at the Malaysia Field Hospital (MFH). In terms of public health, IMARET together with the MFH has installed five field water treatment systems at different locations in the camps. Each water treatment system can produce up to 12,500L per day of safe drinking water for the refugees. To date, IMARET has deployed 37 teams, comprising of 120 doctors and treated 80, 876 patients.},
note = {Type: PLENARY AND SYMPOSIUM; Organisation: 1IMARET, IMAM Response and Relief Team, Malaysia, 2Klinik Kesihatan Lintang, Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia, 3Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia},
keywords = {humanitarian, medical, refugees, relief},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}