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When I was offered the opportunity to work in Papua New Guinea (PNG), I wondered why MSF wanted to send me to a remote Pacific island where there is no war or recent natural calamity. Being a first-timer with MSF, I wondered whether it was a joke on me. I wanted to know more about … Read more
I had just come back to my room after the morning meeting, and was preparing myself to go to the hospital, when I heard footsteps approaching. Our new project coordinator (PC) entered my room, took a shallow glance at me and quietly said, “Hemant, you are being medically vacuated to Nairobi and you have to … Read more
Do or die!…………….Experience of an Indian Medical Doctor, Animesh Sinha, working in an MSF mission in Lankein, South Sudan. Dr Animesh Sinha did his MBBS from AFMC, Pune, India and worked with Médecins Sans Frontières in 2011-2012. He shares one of the situations while he worked there. As I enter the room I see a … Read more
“Acts of service should come out of compassion and not from the ego; it is not enough to feel compassionate – this must be translated into action!” Anonymous The Ideal seat of work: I live my ideals in MSF, I extend my arms through the global arms of MSF for all the needy ones in … Read more
19 April 2012- This week, MSF opened a new clinic in Moreh, a small rural town in Chandel district in the Indian state of Manipur that is on the border with Myanmar. The specialised clinic offers free medical treatment and counselling for people living with HIV/AIDS and drug resistant tuberculosis. People living with HIV/AIDS and … Read more
Abdurafi is a small village in Ethiopia close to the border with Sudan that I called home for an unforgettable nine months. The river on whose bank it lies is the lifeline of the region and at the same time a source of great enjoyment for us MSFers who go swimming every weekend. Every year, … Read more
Groundbreaking Move Sets Precedent for Overcoming Drug Price Barriers Delhi/Geneva – March 12, 2012 – In a landmark case, the Indian Patent Office has issued the first-ever compulsory license in India to a generic drug manufacturer. This effectively ends German pharmaceutical company Bayer’s monopoly in India on the drug sorafenib tosylate, used to treat kidney … Read more
Many patients with drug-resistant TB that arrive at MSF’s clinic in Mumbai have received incorrect or inadequate treatment in the private sector. Although this form of TB is curable if treated early enough, some of the patients, like ‘Shanti’, are in such bad condition that their lives cannot be saved. Like many other sufferers of … Read more
In February 2011, my wildest dreams came true. I had been selected as an infectious disease physician for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and had been posted to Uganda, East Africa. Having always wanted to work in Africa, I jumped at the opportunity. I was to be a “TB doctor” in a remote town called Kitgum. … Read more
“Please don’t miss taking your medicines – the drugs will kill the TB bacteria in your lung. Otherwise the bacteria will grow and multiply and then destroy your entire lung, which will make you very sick. You should try to kill TB before it kills you. The TB that you have is a very strong … Read more