New MSF book reveals that a fear-crippled response caused unnecessary deaths and suffering during the West African Ebola epidemic Brussels, 21 February 2017 – In a new book released this week, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) argues that the response to the West African Ebola epidemic of 2014–2015 was led by fear rather than medical priorities. The Politics … Read more
New Delhi/New York, 13 February 2017 – Five new challenges against patents on crucial new medicines to treat hepatitis C filed in India and Argentina are the latest in a global push to ensure access to affordable treatment. The patent challenges could remove barriers to production and distribution of affordable generic versions of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) … Read more
Bolivia – The international organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has presented Bolivia’s Ministry of Health with an operating manual for managing Chagas disease in rural areas, as part of its closure of operational activities, after over 30 years of humanitarian action in the country. MSF is calling on the Bolivian authorities to increase … Read more
Delhi, 8 December 2016: The international medical humanitarian organisation- Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) organised an awareness-raising event on violence against women for the women and girls from the Jahangirpuri community today. Participating in support of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign by UN Women, that started on 25 November (the International … Read more
Geneva/Jakarta, 5 December 2016 – As negotiators from the 16 countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) meet in Tangerang, Indonesia, starting today, international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with other health groups, reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the proposed agreement that would increase market … Read more
19 November, Kolkata: The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontiérés (MSF) in collaboration with Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) is organising a conference titled, “Antibiotic Resistance in West Bengal: Challenges and Road Ahead” to highlight the growing public health challenge of antibiotic resistance in West Bengal. The conference, to be held … Read more
Srinagar, 8 October 2016: The international medical humanitarian organisation – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) in collaboration with Institute of Mental and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS) Kashmir conducted on 8 October 2016 at the Community Centre – a training workshop on psychological first aid (PFA) for nurses and paramedical staff to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2016. … Read more
14 October 2016 – As negotiators for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement prepare to meet in Tianjin, China, from 17-21 October, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges the 16 negotiating countries to reject any terms in the deal that will harm access to medicines. Countries should uphold the recommendations of the recent … Read more
18 August 2016 – Following the August 15 aerial bombing of Abs Hospital in Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate, which killed 19 people and injured 24, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to evacuate its staff from the hospitals it supports in Saada and Hajjah governorates in Northern Yemen, concretely Haydan, Razeh, Al Gamouri, Yasnim … Read more
MSF urges negotiating governments to drop damaging intellectual property provisions New Delhi, 15 August 2016 –Ahead of the next round of negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), which takes place in Vietnam starting today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appealing to the negotiators of all 16 countries to remove harmful intellectual property … Read more