Rickets in Bangladesh | PDF: SURVEY REPORT
Prevalence of Rickets in Bangladesh: In Cox’s Bazar District, an epidemic of Rickets began two decades ago. It was first brought to broad attention in 1991 by workers from Social Assistance and Rehabilitation of the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) visiting the Chakaria region of southeastern Bangladesh after a devastating cyclone (Craviari et al, in press). An informal village survey found that approximately 1% of children had rachitic deformities. Focus groups and local informants suggested that rickets was “new” and had not been seen before the early 1970s.