Amit Harshana Andrêza Trajano de Souza Animesh Sinha Fahim Omar Farah Naz Hossein Farhat Mantoo Helen O’Neil Jonathan Jennings Krishna Pandey Leena Menghaney Monique Kamat Peter Vickerman Pragya Kumar Rachel Yantzi Raman.R. Gangakhedkar Seema Rao Shilpa Shroff Simba Tirima Suman Rijal
KISANGANI/GENEVA – Multiple humanitarian crises are unfolding in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and hundreds of thousands of people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The recent upsurge in violence across the regions of Djugu, Mahagi and Irumu have forced thousands to flee their … Read more
Refugees and migrants in Tripoli’s Qasr Bin Gashir detention centre were shot at and injured, according to evidence reviewed by medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). With MSF and other humanitarian agencies warning of the dangers for the some 3,000 migrants and refugees locked up in detention centres in Tripoli and the … Read more
Patna, Bihar: On 25th January, international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), together with state authorities in Bihar, inaugurated a specialised ward at the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital (GGSH) in Patna, Bihar, northeast of India. The main purpose of the programme is to reduce the number of deaths among patients with advanced HIV … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the decision by Italian judicial authorities to request the seizure of the Aquarius for alleged anomalies in its disposal of on-board waste. It is a disproportionate and unfounded measure, purely aimed at further criminalizing lifesaving medical-humanitarian action at sea. “After two years of defamatory and unfounded allegations … Read more
RCEP trade deal could cut medicines lifeline for people in developing countries Bangkok/Geneva – As the sixteen countries negotiating Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement meet in Bangkok this week for another round of closed-door negotiations, public health experts and the international medical humanitarian organization – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warn that the … Read more
European governments must come to their senses and end policies which trap extremely vulnerable people in Libya or leave them to die at sea, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), as governments gather for the European Council Summit today. Last week was the deadliest so far this year on the Mediterranean, as at least … Read more
Kala azar Elimination is not possible without addressing the emerging issue of kala azar-HIV coinfection. As a disease that affects the most vulnerable and poorest in society, the deep-rooted stigma and the inadequate state of health facilities make this coinfection an urgent public health concern. The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders / Médecins … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received 63 casualties in a hospital it supports in Hajjah, following a series of night-time airstrikes by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition on a wedding party that took place in a remote, impoverished village in Bani Qays district in Yemen, on Sunday 22 April. “Attacks on civilians are a … Read more
