Lipi Upadhyay

Kenya: Shut out and forgotten, refugees in Dadaab appeal for dignity

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Dimming prospects of lasting solutions amid continued insecurity in Somalia and ever-shrinking resettlement slots have locked refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps in conditions of vulnerability and dependency. With severe mobility constraints and limited livelihood options, humanitarian assistance continues to be a vital lifeline for refugees. But surviving on a bare minimum of assistance means many have been … Read more

Antibiotic Resistance: Factsheet

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What is antibiotic resistance (ABR)? Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria, not humans or animals, become antibiotic-resistant. These bacteria may infect humans and animals, and the infections they cause are harder to treat than those … Read more

Yemen: MSF hospital partially destroyed in Mocha attack

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SANA’A – On Wednesday evening, an aerial attack in Mocha, southwestern Yemen, partially destroyed a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières, when the aerial attack hit the surrounding buildings, including a military warehouse. At the time of the attack, around 30 patients and 35 staff were present in the hospital. Fortunately, no casualties were reported among them. … Read more

Mali: Supporting cancer patients in Bamako

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“Since that day, my life has been nothing but suffering and paying out money.” This is how 40-year-old Hawa  sums up the medical journey that took her from her hometown Timbuktu to Bamako, Mali, and a diagnosis of cancer. Medical tests, biopsies and surgical procedures have taken over her life since 2009. Her numerous medical appointments … Read more

Syria: Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties

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BRUSSELS – Continued conflict in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria is creating a huge need for medical care. A massive explosion in Darkoush town in the afternoon of Thursday 31 October resulted in 12 casualties being rushed for urgent treatment to a nearby hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). A building near the centre of Darkoush town exploded, … Read more

MSF and TB activists disrupt opening of TB conference to protest drug corporations keeping life-saving medicines from people

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Newer medicines for DR-TB are desperately needed, but barriers to access, including high prices, keep them out of reach for most people around the world. Hyderabad, 30 October – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) joined tuberculosis (TB) activists to disrupt the opening ceremony of the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad today, … Read more

Yemen: No true accountability three years after bombing of MSF-supported hospital

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The newly-released findings of the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) – the UK and USA-supported body appointed by the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) to investigate incidents in Yemen – have once again failed to provide true accountability for the victims of strikes on protected medical facilities in Yemen. The JIAT’s latest findings, released in … Read more

Central American Migration: More people kidnapped, abused on migration route in southern Mexico

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MEXICO CITY —Teams working in Tenosique, Mexico for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are reporting an increase in kidnappings and an escalation of violence faced by migrants and refugees on Mexico’s southern border. In testimonies collected in recent weeks by MSF staff providing medical and psychological care to migrants travelling through southeastern Mexico, patients speak of abductions, torture, extreme … Read more

Chhattisgarh: Treating tuberculosis in the jungle

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Since 2006, MSF is working in Sukma district of Southern Chhattisgarh in India, place of a longstanding low-intensity conflict between Indian security forces and Left-Wing Extremist group. The MSF team works to provide primary health care services to the population affected by the conflict. treating tb in the jungle by MSF on Exposure