The midwives are providing emergency services including for sexually transmitted disease and sexual violence, as well as caring for pregnant women and young mothers. A Rohingya refugee baby cries as his mother jostles for aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept 20, 2017. Women and children made up the majority of Rohingya refugees entering Bangladesh. bdnews24.comIn Bangladesh, which has been hosting hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees since the 1990s, about two-thirds of the refugees in the camps are women and girls, including many pregnant women and young mothers, Doraiswamy said. "Still, pregnant women and young mothers in the camp know they have a safe space and good care with the midwives."

Source: bd News24 September 20, 2017 12:22 UTC