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India’s Ministry of Health recently released the “Report of the First National Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey”. According to the report, the survey is the largest national drug-resistant (DR) TB survey ever conducted by any country in the world. The survey results reveal that more than 6% of all TB patients in India have multidrug-resistant TB … Read more
By Lorena Bilbao, Operations Coordinator for MSF programmes in Syria Dear colleagues, Over a month has passed since the Syrian government and its allies intensified their military offensive in East Ghouta. Over a month of relentless bombing and shelling, on top of five years of intense siege. Week after week, we tried to support you … Read more
“This is the first time I’ve fled DRC”, explains 53-year-old Imani who lived through the war in Ituri in the 2000s. “It’s different this time. In the 2000s our homes were torched too, but we were able to go back to our villages. Now people are being hunted down and killed. The attackers chase us … Read more
Name : Designation : Interviews conducted & written by DVL Padma Priya for MSF For World TB Day 2018, we celebrate the courage and endurance of four MSF patients who are currently undergoing treatment for drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). Pooja, Rekha, Vikas and Sita are receiving care in MSF’s DR-TB programme in Mumbai, where a … Read more
Yesterday afternoon, Thursday 22 March, two airstrikes hit a densely populated neighborhood in the town of Harem (Idlib governorate), resulting in a mass casualty influx of 63 injured and 38 dead to the nearest field hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The medics reported that a popular market was hit by the … Read more
Despite being curable, the world is losing the battle against tuberculosis (TB). The road ahead is rife with challenges, from diagnosis to treatment, for patients and treatment providers alike. In this Q&A, Dr. Francis Varaine, leader of the MSF working group on Tuberculosis, explains MSF’s priorities over the next ten years. Dr. Francis Varaine, … Read more
Amsterdam – The international humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls out Italian and other European governments and condemns all actions which prevent lifesaving rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean and which return people to Libya. The latest incident in a long series of actions to obstruct Search and Rescue operations “The … Read more
By Meinie Nicolai, nurse and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) General Director Most people in East Ghouta live underground. Medical care is increasingly provided in basements. What is happening there cannot bear the light of day. I recently spoke to one of the directors of a hospital MSF has been supporting since 2013 in … Read more
Having fled indescribable violence in Myanmar, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh must now contend with new dangers: precarious living conditions, the upcoming rainy season and fears for personal safety after dark. The camp itself is a health risk Health conditions in the camp are alarming and deadly outbreaks of communicable diseases such as measles and diphtheria … Read more
More than six months into the beginning of the latest Rohingya exodus, people continue to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh fearing for their lives and seeking safety. A total of 3,236 refugees are reported to have entered Bangladesh in February alone, bringing the total number of new arrivals in 2018 to more than 5,000, according to UNHCR. They add … Read more