US aid cuts leave Rohingya in Bangladesh vulnerable to hepatitis C

Groups struggle to meet refugee health care needs in face of shortfall

20250617 Female Rohingya refugees waiting at a health center in a camp Cox's Bazar

Women wait for checkups at a health care center on May 26 at a camp Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli)

PRIYANKA SHANKAR and VALERIA MONGELLI

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- As the U.S. and other countries slash their humanitarian aid budgets to focus on other priorities, Rohingya refugees are suffering.

Nearly 1 million members of the mostly Muslim ethnic group originally from neighboring Myanmar are living in refugee camps in Bangladesh and face a sharp reduction in health care and vaccination programs, even as an outbreak of hepatitis C rages in the camps.

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