• Chan Emily Y Y EYY Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University, Cheuk Pong Chiu, and Gloria K W Chan.
• Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: emily.chan@cuhk.edu.hk.
• Int. J. Infect. Dis. 2018 Mar 1; 68: 39-43.

AbstractComplex emergencies remain major threats to human well-being in the 21st century. More than 300000 Rohingya people from Myanmar, one of the most forgotten minorities globally, have fled to neighboring countries over the past decades. In the recent crisis, the sudden influx of Rohingya people over a 3-month period almost tripled the accumulated displaced population in Bangladesh. Using the Rohingya people in Bangladesh as a case context, this perspective article synthesizes evidence in the published literature regarding the possible key health risks associated with the five main health and survival supporting domains, namely water and sanitation, food and nutrition, shelter and non-food items, access to health services, and information, for the displaced living in camp settlements in Asia.Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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