WHO Cox’s Bazar: Rohingya emergency crisis - Situation Report: June 2026

Overview

In June 2026, WHO supported disease surveillance, outbreak response, and essential health services for approximately 1.7 million refugees and host community members, while advancing measles control, dengue preparedness, routine immunization, and emergency readiness. However, critical funding gaps continue to threaten key public health functions and service delivery.

Coordination and Leadership

Key actions:

• Analysis of the 2026 Joint Response Plan (JRP) funding status identified major gaps in critical health interventions. WHO faces a 64% funding gap in its Health Sector coordination and leadership functions. From September 2026, this gap will reduce WHO's capacity to coordinate partners and lead the Health Sector response. Funding shortfalls will also affect infectious disease surveillance, outbreak detection, and response activities (P1) from July 2026. This will weaken early warning, health-risk monitoring, data analysis, and operational decision-making in a densely populated and vulnerable setting. The WHO-led Health Sector and UNICEF-led Nutrition Sector completed a joint assessment of all 42 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to inform a phased integrated of health and nutrition service delivery. The assessment provides the evidence base to determine facility readiness for integration, establish realistic implementation timelines, and support coordinated planning between both sectors.
• Regular coordination mechanisms continued to strengthen partner alignment on public health priorities, preparedness, operational planning, and response activities, supporting coordinated health service delivery across all camps.
• The Health Sector sustained strategic engagement with donors, government counterparts, and partners to advocate for additional resources, address critical funding gaps, and maintain continuity of life-saving health services.
• Health Sector information products (4W, HeRAMS, Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) reports, and epidemiological updates) continued to support planning, monitoring, and resource allocation: https://rohingyaresponse.org/sectors/coxs-bazar/health/