Rohingya: UK medics 'will make a difference' to diphtheria

A team of British medical staff is travelling to Bangladesh to help tackle an outbreak of diphtheria affecting Rohingya muslim refugee camps.

The first of more than 40 doctors, nurses and firefighters are on their way to Cox's Bazar - at the request of the World Health Organization.

Cox's Bazar is home to more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in bordering Myanmar.

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