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Hepatitis C virus in the Rohingya refugee camp

As everyone knows, 1 million rohingya are surviving in the world largest refugee in Bangladesh. Somehow, people receive primary healthcare but they have to face difficulties when refugees have any serioua illness. In the meantime, Hepatitis C infection become a major challenge for the Rohingya people as it is spreading fastly among the Rohingya community in the camp and also healthcare NGOs don't provide health facilities for this virus and it is also not possible for the refugee as it is very costly.

  • Abdullah Habib
    Director
  • Abdullah
    Writer
  • Rohingya Social Cinema
    Producer
  • Bethanie Burk Holder
    Key Cast
    "Doctor"
  • Hasina Begum
    Key Cast
    "Patient"
  • Abu Razak
    Key Cast
    "Patient"
  • Shiju Shikder
    Key Cast
    "MBBS Doctor"
  • Jolene Miller
    Key Cast
    "Nurse"
  • Dil Mohammad
    Key Cast
    "Patient"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 25, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Myanmar
  • Country of Filming:
    Bangladesh
  • Language:
    English, Rohingya
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Abdullah Habib

Abdullah Habib is a Rohingya artist base on photography, videography and poetry and he was a former school teacher from Maungdaw, Rakhine State in Myanmar. Forced to flee his home, he arrived in Bangladesh in early September 2017 and started working with the Rollywood Rohingya film team making videos re-enacting Rohingya life. He has produced several photo-essays and poetry books on different topics. In 2019, his photographs were published by the Asia Time and many other. In August 2020, he received third prize in the photo series category from the Rohingya Photo Competition. In 2021, his work was published by Westword in Today, Tomorrow, Forever: Being Rohingya in Australia. His photographs have been exhibited at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre in Ottawa and the Oxford Human Rights Festival. In 2022, He and his fellow photographers have published a photo magazine on Identity of Rohingya with their collective photos and story. Moreover, he was awarded for his photography and poetry in the International Art Contest on Statelessness organised by Minority Rights Group International, OHCHR, UN and UNHCR in Geneva. Recently, He represented the stories of his community in the 10th edition of Litfest in Dhaka with other two Rohingya female artist.

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