Dhaka, May 25 -- Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has launched a large-scale hepatitis C "test and treat" campaign in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, aiming to provide care to 30,000 people by the end of 2026 amid an alarming rise in infections and a critical lack of treatment options.
The initiative includes the establishment of three specialised treatment centres in Balukhali, Jamtoli, and Hospital on the hill, and will target nearly one-third of all people living with hepatitis C in the camps, according to MSF.
Between October 2020 and December 2024, MSF treated over 10,000 patients at its clinics. However, a 2023 study by MSF published in "The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology" revealed that nearly one in five adults in th...