Field epidemiology in action: an Australian perspective of epidemic response to the Rohingya health emergencies in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Noore Alam - Department of Health, Queensland Government, Australia - Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia. - Deployed through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Bernadette Kenny - National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, Australia. - Communicable Disease Control Branch, Department for Health and Wellbeing, Government of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia - Deployed through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Julia E Maguire - National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, Australia. - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Australia. - Deployed through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Samuel McEwen Deployed through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Meru Sheel - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Australia. - The University of Sydney, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Westmead, Australia. - Deployed through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • M. Ximena Tolosa - National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, Australia. - WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Victoria, Australia. - Deployed through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.14

Keywords:

Rohingya, emergency response, Bangladesh, humanitarian crisis, refugees, outbreak

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Published

2019-02-14

How to Cite

Alam, N., Kenny, B., Maguire, J. E., McEwen, S., Sheel, M., & Tolosa, M. X. (2019). Field epidemiology in action: an Australian perspective of epidemic response to the Rohingya health emergencies in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Global Biosecurity, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.14

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Rapid Reports and Perspectives From the Field
Received 2018-12-07
Accepted 2019-01-20
Published 2019-02-14