How (Study Design): This was a population-representative survey.Īuthors: Eva Leidman, M.S.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and coauthors What (Study Measures): Weight-for-height and height-for-age scores were calculated to assess malnutrition anemia screening also was done Who and When: 269 children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years in the Kutupalong refugee camp in October 2017 The populations of two refugee camps and surrounding makeshift settlements have more than doubled and concerns have been raised about the nutritional status of the Rohingya children. They joined an estimated 200,000 who had fled in earlier waves since the 1990s. Why the Research Is Interesting: Nearly 700,000 ethnic minority Rohingya people crossed the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh after violence escalated in Rakhine State in Myanmar in August 2017. Bottom Line: The pervasiveness of malnutrition and anemia among Rohingya children in a refugee camp in Bangladesh exceeds emergency thresholds.
