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Rohingya Refugee Camps: Some 60 babies born a day: UN

Around 60 babies a day are being born in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, sheltering hundreds of thousands of mainly Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar, the United Nations children's agency Unicef said on Wednesday.

A baby born into chaos

Mohammed Jubayed came into the world shortly after midday in a baking hot military tent in the chaos of a vast refugee camp in Bangladesh, now home to nearly a million Rohingya.

Woman held for 'trying to steal baby'

A woman was detained for allegedly trying to steal a baby from her mother at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Stillbirth in Bangladesh / Rate halved in 15 years

An estimated 83,100 babies were born dead in Bangladesh last year, which is nearly a 50 percent decrease in stillbirths from 160,300 in 2000, according to The Lancet, a UK-based medical journal.

Doctor delivers baby mid-flight while returning from her honeymoon

A Los Angeles doctor returning from her honeymoon ended up delivering a baby on an overseas flight when a fellow passenger went into early labor.

May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018

Rohingya Refugee Camps: Some 60 babies born a day: UN

Around 60 babies a day are being born in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, sheltering hundreds of thousands of mainly Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar, the United Nations children's agency Unicef said on Wednesday.

October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017

A baby born into chaos

Mohammed Jubayed came into the world shortly after midday in a baking hot military tent in the chaos of a vast refugee camp in Bangladesh, now home to nearly a million Rohingya.

March 5, 2016
March 5, 2016

Woman held for 'trying to steal baby'

A woman was detained for allegedly trying to steal a baby from her mother at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.

January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016

Rate halved in 15 years

An estimated 83,100 babies were born dead in Bangladesh last year, which is nearly a 50 percent decrease in stillbirths from 160,300 in 2000, according to The Lancet, a UK-based medical journal.

October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015

Doctor delivers baby mid-flight while returning from her honeymoon

A Los Angeles doctor returning from her honeymoon ended up delivering a baby on an overseas flight when a fellow passenger went into early labor.