Anita Schug

Anita Schug is a Rohingya neurosurgeon and human rights activist based in Solothurn, Switzerland. At the age of five she fled Myanmar with her family, learned medicine in Ukraine and is a co-founder of the Rohingya Medics Organisation. Early life Schug was born in Rangoon, Myanmar. and is the co-founder of the Rohingya Medics Organisation.

In 2017, she spoke of the thousands of Rohingya women killed in Rakhine state and confirmed reports of violence against Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

In 2018, she spoke about the widespread sexual abuse of Rohingya women in Buthidaung prison, Myanmar.

In 2020, Schug spoke of the practical difficulties of following World Health Organization advice for social distancing for those who lived in crowded refugee camps, and called for faster distribution of food to refugees.

Family Schug has two sisters who are also both doctors. She has two children and is married to a German trauma surgeon.