COVID-19 Knowledge and Behavior in Rohingya Camps, Cox's Bazar 2020

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, hosts around 860,000 Rohingya refugees in 34 camps. This dataset from September 2020 assesses the effectiveness of community engagement on COVID-19 prevention, including mask-wearing, testing, and knowledge, following the first confirmed cases in the host community in March and within the camps in May. The assessment was conducted by UNHCR to measure knowledge absorption and behavioral response among the refugee population.

Use Cases

• Assessing the effectiveness of door-to-door messaging and multimedia outreach based on the described community engagement activities.
• Analyzing behavioral changes related to mask-wearing and physical distancing based on the survey's focus.
• Evaluating knowledge levels about COVID-19 symptoms, testing, and treatment among the Rohingya population.
• Modeling public health intervention outcomes in a high-density refugee camp setting based on the described population and case data.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, vulnerable population of around 860,000 Rohingya refugees in 34 camps.
• Survey conducted during a defined period (September 5-10, 2020) with known context of 138 confirmed cases and 8 deaths in the camps at that time.
• Designed to measure the impact of intense, multi-sector community engagement activities that began in March 2020.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single assessment in a specific refugee context.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Survey assessment designed to evaluate community engagement effectiveness, likely involving questionnaires.

Time Range

Survey conducted September 5-10, 2020, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:43:14.392928; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, specifically the 34 Rohingya refugee camps.