Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Ongoing Mission

Country Facts

MedGlobal's Response

Partner with OBAT Helpers
Send weekly Medical Providers to service over 1,200 patients per week
In 2019, we served 59,052 patients; 12,309 were children 5 years old or less
In 2019, we sent 99 volunteers to Bangladesh
As of December 2019, we have served over 100,000 beneficiaries
$5 million donated in life-saving medical supplies

Helping Babies

1 in 10 newborns needs help breathing after birth. Helping Babies Breathe is an internationally recognized program aimed at reducing infant mortality by providing life-saving measures within the first minute of birth – the “Golden Minute.”

MedGlobal, in partnership with UNFPA, will provide training to local medical professionals in Bangladesh on Helping Babies Breathe. The course will help birth attendants develop knowledge and skills that they can utilize within the first minutes of life, including identification of a baby in danger and administration of life-saving measures. Part of the training will teach participants to become Helping Babies Breathe Trainers.

ROHINGYA IN BANGLADESH

On August 25, 2017, several police posts in Rakhine state were attacked. In response, the Myanmar military launched what it called a “clearance operation,” which was essentially a pseudonym for ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya. Since August of 2017, over 800,000 Rohingya women, children, and men have fled the Rakhine State region.Most Rohingya refugees arrived in Bangladesh with only the clothes on their backs. Now, over to 1.3 million refugees have set up camps in difficult terrains with little access to safe drinking water, food, shelter, or healthcare. The need for aid with this vastly growing humanitarian crisis has been overwhelming.

MISSION BRIEF

We are currently sending weekly teams of 4-8 medical personnel to the MedGlobal clinic in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. We are working in partnership with OBAT Helpers to provide Medical Professionals to service their clinic in Camp 4 Kutupalong Refugee camp.

The clinic currently sees close to 2000 Rohingya patients per week providing primary care, emergency, free medications and referrals. We are also working closely with OBAT Helpers to establish training programs for the local and refugee populations.

Volunteer

We are currently sending weekly teams of 4-8 medical personnel to the MedGlobal clinic in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. We are recruiting medical professionals who can work in a Primary Care setting with preference for the following:

Specialties Needed:

Internal Medicine

Family Practice

General Practitioner

Physician Assistants

Nurse Practitioners

Paramedics

Specialties

OB-GYN

Emergency Room

Infectious Disease

Any other specialists will be considered in the application process but should be ready to work in a Primary Care capacity if selected. Volunteers must commit to a minimum stay of 7 days. We recommend longer deployments if possible

Time Commitment:
1 week minimum

Dates: Ongoing 2019

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