Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are living in Bangladesh after fleeing targeted violence in Myanmar.

The Cox’s Bazar district on Bangladesh’s southeast coast has hosted Rohingya refugees fleeing targeted violence in neighbouring Myanmar’s Rakhine state since 1978. The latest campaign of violence, which began in late August 2017, has provoked an unprecedented exodus.

Before August 2017, we had one project in Cox’s Bazar and one in Kamrangirchar, a slum area of the capital, Dhaka. After more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled violence in Myanmar from August 2017, we launched additional emergency projects.

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MILLION LITRES OF WATER DISTRIBUTED
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OUTPATIENT CONSULTATIONS
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MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATIONS
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Why are we here?

We run an occupational health programme for people living in the Kamrangirchar slum area of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Many of them work in small factories where they are exposed, without protection, to dangerous machinery and substances.

We offer reproductive healthcare to adolescent girls in Kamrangirchar. Our services include antenatal consultations and assisting deliveries. People of all ages benefit from our family planning sessions.

We’re supporting government initiatives to expand routine vaccination in the camps. Staff at all our facilities now have the capacity to administer immunisation for measles and rubella, oral polio and tetanus according to national protocols.

1985

YEAR MSF FIRST WORKED IN THE COUNTRY
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