International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 7, (2020), pp. 5068-5077 ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5068 Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of WASH and nutrition in a human- made emergency: A study on Rohingya community living in the camps of Bangladesh Md. Azizul Haque Department of Public Health, Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur Rajssthan, India. Tel: +8801724422800, Email: azizulhaque2008@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Sourab Chakraborty Department of Public Health, Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur Rajosthan, India. Md. Shahoriar Ahmed Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association (BPA), Savar, Dhaka-1343 Abstract Background: The refugees are living in vulnerable conditions where the WASH and nutrition status have declined and in jeopardy because of huge influx of them in a small area within a short period of time. Pure water, personal hygene along with basic needs like sanitation, shelter are the most vital human needs in an emergency situation. Objective: The aims of this study is to assess the knowledge and practices of water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition by Rohingya refugees (especially mothers) living in an emergency in Bangladesh. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, survey study and data were collected by convenient sampling technique of 995 households using face-to-face interviews. Result: The study found most vulnerable gender is female 836 (84%), age group (21-30) is 406 (40.13%), religion is 992 (99.7%), occupation is houisewife 803 (80.7%), illiterate 792 (79.6%). 68.7% (n=684) respondents in the study area reported that their drinking water comes from shallow tube well. Most of the respondents (86.5%, n=861) treat the water before drinking. Most of the respondents were unaware of the preparation method of ORS (63.9%, n= 636). Most of the respondents (87.6%, n= 872) in the study area said that they have the facility of latrines. Among households (3.2%, n=28) do not use latrines regularly. Most of the respondent (75.3 %, n= 657) responded that their children use the latrine. A total of 971 respondents, the most (78.1%, n= 758) replied that they use soap to wash their hands, whereas a considerable number of respondents (21.9%, n=213) don’t use soap. Conclusion: Without having drinking water and mass awareness about personal hygiene it could not be possible to eradicate diarrhoea, cholera and other disease outbreaks in the Rohingya and refugeecamps in Bangladesh. Key words: knowledge, attitude, practice, WASH, Human-made emergency, Rohingya, Bangladesh. I. Introduction: Almost 663 million people worldwide are deprived of a safe drinking-water source (UNICEF/WHO, 2015), and around 1.9 billion people rely on pure water which is fiscally infected (Bain et al., 2014). Moreover, an approximate 2.4 billion people are devoid of any facility of an improved sanitation, whereas 13% of them practice open defecation. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are burdened with the lowest sanitation coverage (WHO/UNICEF, 2015). Hygiene interventions could hampared fecal-oral disease contamination and use soap for personal hygiene may be critical in outbreaks. In a refugee camp in Malawi, Peterson et al. (1998) found that regular soap distribution reduced 27 per cent diarrheal disease among households with regular availability of soap. In addition, hand washing was found to be useful in protecting users beside cholera in outbreaks (Reller et al., 2001; Hutin et al., 2003). Bangladesh is a