Bangladesh: Poor water and sanitation services expose Rohingya community to disease
October 19, 2022A recent assessment by MSF in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows that five years since the acute emergency phase of the response to support Rohingya refugees in 2017, the water and sanitarian situation in the camps is...
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5 years on: 5 Rohingya people talk about their past, present and future
August 24, 2022Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) spoke with five Rohingya people living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to understand how they see their lives five years since being forcibly displaced from Myanmar. Representing the ages five, 15, 25,...
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Bangladesh: MSF runs immunization activities to protect children against deadly diseases
May 1, 2022Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is assisting the Bangladesh Ministry of Health's Routine EPI program in Kamrangirchar where we administer vaccinations to children on a regular basis. We provide BCG, Penta, and MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) vaccinations as part...
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Bangladesh: Unprecedented increase of scabies cases in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps
March 17, 2022The number of people attending MSF’s services in Cox’s Bazar with scabies is the highest we have seen in three years. Cases of skin diseases in 2021 were more than double those of 2019, with 73,000 people treated, and infections...
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New Year babies: The first MSF newborns of 2022
January 20, 2022There is always a reason to find hope. For a second uncertain year in a row, many countries have faced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while, at the same time, conflict, disaster and obstacles to accessing care have hit...
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Bangladesh: A fire broke out in Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camp
March 23, 2021Large fire broke out in camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on 23rd March where around 900,000 refugees are currently living. According to UN estimates, around 15 people lost their lives during the massive blaze, 560 people were injured and up to 10,000 families (more than...
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Rohingya refugee crisis: Three questions on life for the Rohingya in Bangladesh
March 18, 2021There are currently around 860,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Most of them live in Cox’s Bazar district. The activities which Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carries out for these refugees are centralised around the so-called ‘mega camp’, a large collection of...
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Bangladesh: Relocations, reduced services leave Rohingya communities at breaking point in Bangladesh
January 22, 2021Faruk* is a Rohingya refugee – one of nearly a million – living in a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. “No one wants to be a refugee; the life we have here is not easy. We live in an open prison,” Faruk...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees remain in limbo three years after mass exodus
August 25, 2020“Spending our lives in the camps is difficult; the area is small and there is no space for the children to play,” says Abu Siddik. He lives in one of the camps in the Cox’s Bazar district of southeastern Bangladesh, where...
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Bangladesh: Five challenges for the Rohingya in Bangladesh amid COVID-19
May 6, 2020One of the most densely populated countries in the world, Bangladesh also houses the world’s largest refugee camp. Across Cox’s Bazar, nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions. As COVID-19 spreads through Bangladesh, these are the five key challenges to overcome. 1. Highly...
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“These children shouldn’t be sick” – tackling measles in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
February 19, 2020In a pink room decorated with white flowers at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) Kutupalong field hospital in the Cox's Bazar district of southeastern Bangladesh, a woman lies curled around her sleeping child. Next to her, a young mother...
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“They suffer in silence”: Meeting mental healthcare needs of refugees in Bangladesh
December 12, 2019“Men can spend time outdoors; the women have to spend most of their time in their shacks. There is no privacy or physical space where they can be alone,” says Pooja Iyer, MSF’s mental health manager at the Jamtoli and...
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