ArticleEpidemics2020
Quantifying the success of measles vaccination campaigns in the Rohingya refugee camps.
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- Vaccination in Forcibly Displaced, Pediatric Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Massive scabies outbreak in Rohingya refugee camps, Cox's Bazar: Epidemiology and impact of a mass drug administration (MDA) campaign - A retrospective study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Observational
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- Transgression of planetary boundaries and the effects on child health through an infectious diseases lens.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Beyond emergency relief: The role of U.S. foreign health assistance amid growing displacement and climate change.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Barriers and drivers to childhood vaccinations in Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)/Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Health service providers' views on barriers and drivers to childhood vaccination of FDMN/Rohingya refugees: a qualitative study in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study.The Lancet. Public health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with low childhood immunization coverage among Rohingya refugee parents in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.PloS one · 2023Article
- Feasibility of measles and rubella vaccination programmes for disease elimination: a modelling study.The Lancet. Global health · 2022Article
- Infectious disease in an era of global change.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2022Review
- Meningococcal infections among refugees and immigrants: silent threats of past, present and future.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020Article
- Outcomes of Ambulatory Pediatric Surgical Care Provision in a Conflict Affected Population in Kakuma Refugee Camp During a Measles Outbreak.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
In the wake of the Rohingya population's mass migration from Myanmar, one of the world's largest refugee settlements was constructed in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh to accommodate nearly 900,000 new refugees. Refugee populations are particularly vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks due to many population and environmental factors. A large measles outbreak, with over 1700 cases, occurred among the Rohingya population between September and November 2017. Here, we estimate key epidemiological parameters and use a dynamic mathematical model of measles transmission to evaluate the effectiveness of the reactive vaccination campaigns in the refugee camps. We also estimate the potential for subsequent outbreaks under different vaccination coverage scenarios. Our modeling results highlight the success of the vaccination campaigns in rapidly curbing transmission and emphasize the public health importance of maintaining high levels of vaccination in this population, where high birth rates and historically low vaccination coverage rates create suitable conditions for future measles outbreaks.
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