Bangladesh: MSF runs immunization activities to protect children against deadly diseases

May 1, 2022

Doctors 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...

Bangladesh: Unprecedented increase of scabies cases in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps

March 17, 2022

The 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...

New Year babies: The first MSF newborns of 2022

January 20, 2022

There 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...

Bangladesh: A fire broke out in Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camp

March 23, 2021

Large 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...

Rohingya refugee crisis: Three questions on life for the Rohingya in Bangladesh

March 18, 2021

There 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...

Bangladesh: Relocations, reduced services leave Rohingya communities at breaking point in Bangladesh

January 22, 2021

Faruk* 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...

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...

Bangladesh: Five challenges for the Rohingya in Bangladesh amid COVID-19

May 6, 2020

One 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...

“These children shouldn’t be sick” – tackling measles in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

February 19, 2020

In 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...

“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...

Bangladesh: Rohingya refugee crisis: Unseen wounds need to heal

December 3, 2019

A loudspeaker from the mosque in Jamtoli comes to life at an unscheduled hour. Instead of the midday call to prayer, an imam asks his listeners to pay attention to their daily anxieties and seek help at the nearby MSF...

Rohingya refugee crisis: Two years on, no solutions in sight for the Rohingya

August 26, 2019

Sitting in a teashop in Kutupalong mega-camp, Bibi Jan tugs on her sleeve. She’s covering up scars inflicted during the largest-ever episode of violence against the Rohingya, in August 2017. She tells us of the events that forced her to...