Advanced COVID-19 Clinical Management Certification Course:

• This online course has been developed by HAEFA in collaboration with Project HOPE and The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Studies of Brown University, USA, with support from Save the Children Bangladesh and USAID. 
• The main objective is to help physicians in Bangladesh acquire the most current, evidence-based COVID-19 management clinical knowledge and skills in an easily digestible and interactive manner. 

Cervical Cancer (VIA) Screening:

• It was a great moment for the Kurigram Cervical cancer screening Team as the president of HAEFA, Dr. Ruhul Abid, and the Brown University Susan Cu-vin MD faculty visited the Kurigram project and provided health service facilities to the VIA positive patients who came from hard-to-reach areas.
• In November, around 4500 women were screened for cervical cancer in 9 UHCs and 14 camps.

Kurigram:

• Kurigram Cervical cancer screening project started functioning “see and treat” procedure. 
• In Kurigram district hospital, Dr. Abid and Dr. Cu-vin inaugurated the newly dedicated VIA  room.
• HAEFA Teams of Roumari and Rajibpur Upazilas started their boat journey carrying the VIA positive patients towards the Kurigram District Hospital to attend the Colposcopy camp.
• Refresher Training on Operating Thermocoagulation was conducted in the presence of Civil Surgeon Susan Cu-Uvin, MD, Dr. Ruhul Abid MD at Civil Surgeon Office, Kurigram.

• In November, more than 1600 women were screened in 7 VIA centres in Cox's Bazar. Around 35 cases were positive.
• The CC CXB team referred VIA-positive patients to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital for further investigation. 
• The CC CXB team will bring the positive patients to Colposcopy camps in Sadar Hospital and Pekua UHC for further analysis in December.
• The HAEFA Cox's Bazar team organized Sixteen VIA camps during this reporting time in six respective upazilas. Around 2000 women were screened. More than 25 cases were positive. 
• Dr. Abid and Dr. Cu-vin visited Cox’s Bazar Cervical Cancer Screening project and attended the Refresher Training on Operating MobileODT and Thermocoagulation Machine for See and Treat of Cervical Cancer in Cox’s Bazar.

• Rohingya Refugees continue to relocate in the Bhasan Char, a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal from the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar.

Daily Synopsis Report of November 2021:

HAEFA healthcare professionals have been giving medical care to the Rohingya Refugees since its establishment. A summary of the medical conditions of the patients treated by the three camps of HAEFA is provided below. 

• Kutupalong (Camp 1w): 
  • More Than 3100 patients visited the Camp 1w, and had taken the Healthcare services.
  • The prevalent cases were Fever, Cough, DM, HTN, Asthma, COVID-19, and Dermatitis. 
• Balukhali (Camp 09):
  • Around 2000 patients visited Camp 9, and had taken the Healthcare services.
  • The prevalent cases were Fever, Cough, DM, HTN, Asthma, COVID-19, and Dermatitis. 

• The president of HAEFA had attended multiple health awareness sessions during his stay in Bangladesh. 
• The President of HAEFA appeared on a TV program on a national broadcasting network to discuss the significance of HAEFA’s healthcare services ranging from NCDs to cancer screening, treatment for the underprivileged people, and portable, solar-powered Electronic Medical Record (NIROG).
• The most joyous moment for Dr. Abid was to witness and participate in the celebration of 50 years of independence of Bangladesh.