Bangladesh: MSF calls for unhindered access to humanitarian assistance, care and protection for all Rohingya refugees
November 19, 2024November 18, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Since the beginning of the year Rohingya refugees have been arriving in Bangladesh after escaping escalating violence in Myanmar They now face immense challenges, including overcrowding, lack of access to essential services and deteriorating...
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আটকে পড়া এবং ভুলে যাওয়া এক জনগোষ্ঠী: কোথায় নিরাপত্তা চাইবে রোহিঙ্গারা?
September 5, 2024মিয়ানমারের রাখাইন রাজ্যে ক্রমবর্ধমান সংঘাতের কারণে রোহিঙ্গা জনগোষ্ঠী আটকে পড়ছে, যারা সীমান্ত পেরিয়ে বাংলাদেশে প্রবেশ করতে পারছে না, কোনরকম নিরাপত্তা বা সহায়তা ছাড়াই তাদের ফেরত পাঠিয়ে দেওয়া হচ্ছে। “আমরা বিস্ফোরণ, গুলির শব্দ এবং মানুষের চিৎকার শুনেছি,” ১৭ মে সন্ধ্যায় যখন...
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Bangladesh: Trapped and forgotten, where can Rohingya people seek safety?
August 22, 2024Click here to read this article in Bangla. As Rohingya become increasingly trapped by raging conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state, those who cannot pay their way across the border into Bangladesh are being left without protection or assistance. “We heard explosions, gunfire...
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Myanmar on the brink: A population in desperate need
August 19, 2024Shinjiro Murata, General Director, MSF Japan Across Myanmar, 18.6 million people are struggling to meet their basic needs—including access to medical care. The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is rapidly deteriorating, and yet the international community is crippled by inaction, their...
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Bangladesh: MSF sees severe spike in arrivals of war-wounded Rohingya from Myanmar
August 10, 2024Escalating numbers of Rohingya people with violence-related injuries have crossed the border into Bangladesh over the past week, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), indicating the worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.In the four days...
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Myanmar: MSF suspends medical activities in northern Rakhine state
June 28, 2024The extreme escalation of conflict, indiscriminate violence, and severe restrictions on humanitarian access in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, have forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend medical humanitarian activities in the townships of Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw. MSF ran 14 mobile...
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Lack of hepatitis C care means most Rohingya refugees cannot be cured amid alarming prevalence rates in camps in Bangladesh
June 13, 2024A study carried out by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) indicates that almost 20 per cent of the Rohingya refugees tested in the Cox's Bazar camps in Bangladesh have an active hepatitis C infection.A blood-borne virus, hepatitis C is a disease...
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World Health Day: Women’s healthcare challenges in Bangladesh
April 8, 2024In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar have sought refuge in Cox's Bazar district where MSF has been providing medical services since 1992. The latest and the largest influx occurred in 2017, when nearly 700,000 Rohingya entered...
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From Clinics to Sludge: The many facets of MSF
February 9, 2024When people think of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), images of medical teams providing life-saving care often come to mind. However, MSF's impact extends well beyond medical aid, with significant efforts in areas that are not just...
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Bangladesh: The needs are here and now – MSF reopened its clinic two years after fired destroyed it
January 5, 2024Two years ago, on March 22, 2021, a devastating fire swept through the world's largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. It killed 15, injured 560, and left 45,000 people without shelter. The fire also destroyed the Doctors Without Borders...
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Remnants of home: six years on, the lasting mementos of Rohingya families
September 6, 2023Once, in villages within Rakhine State in western Myanmar, the Rohingya community lived, raising families and pursuing livelihoods. However, that existence was shattered on 25 August 2017, when a wave of targeted violence and persecution forced the Rohingya to flee...
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Bangladesh: MSF calls for an urgent and comprehensive response to the scabies outbreak in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps
July 13, 2023Cox’s Bazar, 12 July, Wednesday - An outbreak of scabies, the skin disease, is affecting hundreds of thousands of Rohingya living in refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, demanding an urgent response, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors...
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