Over the last three days, the Saudi-led coalition has not allowed MSF flights into Yemen, directly hindering the organisation’s ability to provide life-saving medical and humanitarian assistance to a population already in dire need. As such, MSF is calling on the Saudi-led coalition to immediately allow unhindered access to and within Yemen so that humanitarian … Read more
After a year in hiding, destitute returnees are left to cope on their own Kinshasa – More aid is urgently needed in the rural areas of Kasai, central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as people come out of hiding a year after conflict flared in the region, said international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans … Read more
Amsterdam/Yemen – Yemen’s health service is experiencing widespread and critical problems, in part because most Ministry of Public Health and Population staff received their last regular salary a year ago, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned in a report. MSF is calling for financial support for government health staff without delay in order … Read more
Geneva/New York/New Delhi, 22 August 2017 – Hopes for improved access to an affordable pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) that safeguards both children and adults from pneumonia were dealt a major blow after the Indian patent office granted a patent to the US pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer for its PCV13 product, marketed as Prevnar13. “It’s unfair and … Read more
New York/New Delhi, June 26, 2017 – As U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet at the White House today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that U.S. pressure on India to change its drug regulatory and patent system could result in millions of people in the U.S. and around the world losing … Read more
June 15, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh): A clinic for Hepatitis C with state of the art point-of-care diagnostic GeneXpert and latest drugs, called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), was inaugurated today at the PL Sharma District Hospital which is the first of its kind in the country. The clinic is part of the Hepatitis C project being implemented … Read more
New Delhi/Geneva : MSF response on the India-EFTA free trade agreement negotiations in Liechtenstein this week Background: On 30 May 2017 (Tuesday), trade talks will resume for the India-EFTA (European Free Trade Association) free trade agreement (FTA) in Liechtenstein, between India and the EFTA countries of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Through this deal, Swiss … Read more
Bangassou/Bangui – Following intense fighting that broke out this morning in Bangassou (Mbomou Province), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on all parties to agree to a ceasefire in order to access wounded people in urgent need of life-saving medical care. “In the space of a few hours, MSF treated 21 wounded people in … Read more
Chandigarh, 28 April 2017: The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will host ‘Without Borders’, a six-day event (28 April – 3 May) about access to healthcare, at Alliance Française in Chandigarh. MSF works in more than 65 countries, including India, and provides assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, … Read more
In the past weeks, MSF teams have witnessed summary executions and terror among civilians Bangui – As conflict spreads and intensifies in the Central African Republic (CAR), dozens of civilians are being killed and wounded. Thousands are being forced to flee for their lives and are receiving little to no humanitarian assistance, the international medical … Read more