A DFY doctor examining an infant at a Rohingya medical camp
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RohingyaMedical Relief

Medical aid for undernourished women and children in the refugee camps set up in Bangladesh during the 2017 Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh · 2017Women & children
The crisis

A health emergencyin the camps

A major health emergency unfolded in the refugee camps set up in Bangladesh after the attacks and violence of 2017.

The DFY team provided medical aid to women and children who were undernourished and vulnerable to contagious disease. Malnutrition, diarrhoea, and lung and chest infections were widespread in the camps.

MalnutritionDiarrhoeaLung & chest infectionsMaternal & child health
Closer to home

Rohingya refugeesin India

Around 40,000 Rohingya refugees live in India.

They are spread across Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi in the north, Hyderabad and Chennai in the south, and the Northeast, West Bengal and Rajasthan, with small settlements in places such as Aligarh, Mathura and Kolkata.