World Status Report

March 12, 2025

This report intends to give the UTD Community a snapshot of international risks, and other issues as reported by the linked media and official sources from the U.S. and other countries. 

More health and security information for each country can be found in the travel advisories issued by the governments of the United States, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, and the CDC, ECDC, and WHO sites. Not all advise in these sites will apply to US travelers. 

Security 

Environment 

Health 

Humanitarian 

  • Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts (UN News) – In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”, the UN Children’s Fund. Speaking from Dhaka, Ms. Flowers said that last month in the camps in Cox’s Bazar, admissions for severe acute malnutrition surged by over 27 per cent compared to February 2024, with more than 38 children under five admitted for emergency care every day. 

Migration 

  • Haiti – Gang violence in the capital Port-au-Prince fuels displacement (ERCC) – Since 14 February, following repeated acts of violence occurred in several neighborhoods of the metropolitan zone of Port-au-Prince, 42, 538 people have been forcibly displaced. Most of the people fleeing violence (around 67%) are now hosted in 32 already existing sites and 9 newly created due to the situation. The others found refuge in host families. Many of them are displaced for the second or third time. 
  • Syria – Hostilities and displacement in Syria’s coastal provinces (ERCC) – While the exact toll on the civilian population is still being assessed, up to one thousand civilians are reported to have been killed, including a UN staff. Thousands of civilians are reported to be displaced. An estimated 16,000 civilians crossed to Lebanon due to the hostilities. Humanitarian needs include food, WASH, shelter and health. 

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