Treatment for the victims of sexual and gender-based violence

Hundreds more women and girls accessed medical treatment in 2015 after experiencing sexual and gender-based violence in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka. New patient data collected by the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) shows clinics run by MSF in different areas of Kamrangirchar treated almost double the amount of victims of sexual and gender-based violence in 2015 compared to the previous year, with 1,154 patients compared to 684 in 2014.

MSF's clinics for women in Kamrangirchar, established in 2013, are the only health facilities in the area offering free and confidential medical services and counselling for victims of sexual and gender-based violence, to provide community based services that are easily accessible.

Médecins Sans Frontières is a medical organization founded in 1971 that today works in more than 70 countries. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF's clinics in the Kamrangirchar provide a range of services focusing on sexual and gender-based violence, adolescent reproductive health and occupational health for factory workers. MSF also runs a clinic in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar, providing health and maternal care to Rohingya refugees and the local Bangladeshi population.