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Gates Foundation and UNHCR upgraded fecal sludge treatment infrastructure in Cox's Bazar refugee camps serving 900,000 Rohingya
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partnered with UNHCR to redesign and upgrade fecal sludge management at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh — the world's largest refugee settlement, housing approximately 900,000 Rohingya who fled Myanmar's military violence beginning in 2017. The centerpiece of the project was the operationalisation of two large-scale fecal sludge treatment plants designed to provide sustainable, long-term sanitation management for the camps. In the absence of functioning sewage infrastructure in the Bangladeshi hill country, the Gates-backed fecal sludge system prevented groundwater contamination and disease outbreaks, addressing one of the most acute public health risks in the densely populated camps.
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