The Rohingya refugees’ plight is not over yet. They are in the midst of a severe health crisis in over-crowded refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh with no access to care, even the most basic medical aid. Our volunteer physicians provided free healthcare to 409,149 refugees till the end of 2022; the patients line up on the dusty, uneven path through their shelter homes made with just tarp, desperately seeking medical care.

IMANA Medical Relief responded immediately after the refugee influx by launching its SaveRohingya Medical mission in December 2017. IMR has since then maintained its presence in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh via mobile clinics inside the refugee camps in coordination with local partners. Our volunteer teams of doctors travel to Bangladesh, and are joined by local providers, to provide critically needed healthcare to the Rohingya refugees. Except for a short suspension of operations in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, the project has been serving these people continuously.

It is a responsibility on each and every one of us to protect this vulnerable population, as we continue to respond to one of the world’s most difficult humanitarian crises and deliver urgently needed medical care.