Rohingya stories: Anwar's dream
Five years after a forced exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya refugees share hopes and fears.
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Responding to a refugee emergency and caring for neglected communities.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to respond to the medical and humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees and vulnerable Bangladeshi communities, and to address gaps in health care in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar slum.
Five years after a forced exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya refugees share hopes and fears.
Read MoreMSF remains one of the main providers of medical humanitarian assistance to the stateless Rohingya, approximately one million of whom live in the largest refugee camp in the world, in Cox’s Bazar. Five years since the initial emergency, people still live in the same overcrowded and basic bamboo shelters, entirely dependent on aid and with little hope for the future. Outbreaks of waterborne and vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, acute watery diarrhea, and diphtheria, pose a serious ongoing threat.
In Bangladesh, MSF runs a health care program for refugees in Cox’s Bazar, who fled recurrent targeted violence in Rakhine State by the Myanmar military, and for vulnerable communities in Dhaka’s slums. In 2021, we also supported the COVID-19 response.
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Patients admitted
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Individual mental health consultations
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