'Our role is going to be delivering the anti-toxin to children particularly who are affected by this, who haven't been immunised before,' he said. The group will be helping tackle a diphtheria outbreak, Paddy McMaster, a consultant paediatrician who is part of the team, told ITV News.
More than 40 doctors, nurses and firefighters from the UK's emergency medical team are heading to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh for six weeks, where many Rohingya are living in camps. British medical staff are set to join emergency efforts for Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar.
