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Review of the Evidence Landscape on the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Interventions Among the Rohingya Refugees to Enhance Healthcare Seeking Behaviours in Cox’s Bazar

Published on 22 July 2021

This report is the first output in a body of work undertaken to identify operationally feasible suggestions to improve risk communication and community engagement efforts (RCCE) with displaced Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar. Specifically, these should seek to improve healthcare seeking behaviour and acceptance of essential health services in the camps where the Rohingya reside. It was developed by the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) at the request of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in Bangladesh.

As a first step in this process, this review paper synthesises and assesses the quality of evidence landscape available in Cox’s Bazar and how the Rohingya seek and access healthcare services in Cox’s Bazar and presents the findings from key informant interviews on the topic. Findings are structured in five discussion sections: (1) evidence quality; (2) major themes and variations in the evidence; (3) learnings drawn and recommendations commonly made; (4) persistent bottlenecks; and (5) areas for further research. This synthesis will inform a roundtable discussion with key actors working for the Rohingya refugees to identify next steps for RCCE and research efforts in Cox’s Bazar to improve health outcomes among the Rohingya.

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Yonally, E.; Butler, N.; Ripoll, S. and Tulloch, O. (2021) Review of the Evidence Landscape on the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Interventions among the Rohingya Refugees to Enhance Healthcare Seeking Behaviours in Cox's Bazar, Brighton: Social Science in Humanitarian Action (SSHAP), DOI: 10.19088/SSHAP.2021.032

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Santiago Ripoll

Research Fellow

Emily Yonally
Nadia Butler
Olivia Tulloch

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