Burma: Rohingya

(asked on 17th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of access to sexual and reproductive health services for Rohingya families in refugee camps in Bangladesh.


Answered by
Lord Bates Portrait
Lord Bates
This question was answered on 31st October 2017

Sexual and Reproductive Health Services are an essential part of the Rohingya humanitarian response, with more than 70,000 pregnant or nursing women among the new arrivals. Aid Direct funds are not being used, but our bilateral support will cover a full range of services of sexual and reproductive health services in line with good humanitarian practice. We will provide access to female bathing cubicles and sanitary items for more than 35,000 girls and women, counselling and psychological support for over 10,000 women suffering from the trauma of war and over 2,000 survivors of sexual violence; and medical help for over 50,000 pregnant women to give birth safely. We are providing the support described through a range of partners including United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, Oxfam, Save the Children and ACF (Action against hunger), and we are supporting UNFPA to set up and run 13 sexual and reproductive health clinics.

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