Squalor and disease await Rohingya babies born in Bangladesh camps

Newborns in danger of malnutrition and disease as huge influx of refugees from Myanmar puts pressure on basic services in Cox’s Bazar shelters

More than 48,000 babies will be born this year in the cramped and squalid refugee camps where the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar are living.

According to Save the Children, about 130 live births are expected each day across 2018, with newborns facing malnutrition and the risk of diseases such as diphtheria, cholera and measles.

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The disadvantage these newborn babies will face, by virtue of the situation they are born into, is truly heartbreaking

Continue reading... January 04, 2018 at 11:31PM