Asia

Bangladesh

Location

Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India.

Register with the embassy on arrival. Burdened by debt. Rural community devastated by floods and cyclones. One of the highest population densities in the world. Travel is difficult and facilities non-existent. Women need to conform to rigid codes of dress. Women should not drink alone. Do not take photographs of military installations.
Vehicle security, vehicle convoys, personal security, corruption, gunfire, checkpoints, general travel, navigation, off road driving, building/office security, climate injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, helicopter safety, cultures/customs, communications, emergency shelters. Avoid demonstrations. Major roads at night are subject to armed robbery.

Use bottled water only as there is a heavy arsenic content in some deep well water and is a serious problem.

Mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in south-east.

Tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October).

Droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season.

Avian influenza, bacterial diarrhoea, dengue fever, filariasis, hepatitis A, B and E, leptospirosis, malaria, polio, rabies, typhoid fever, yellow fever.
Hospital: Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Tel: 2-31 8202

Many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; water-borne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation.

Road network is in poor condition and road safety is very poor. Traffic is heavy and chaotic in urban areas with extreme congestion. Travel between towns after dark is risky due to banditry.

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