Yesterday’s attack on Al Shifa hospital, where nearly 2,000 people are sheltering, demonstrates how civilians have nowhere safe to go and shows the current difficulties of providing emergency aid in Gaza. The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the 28 July attack on Gaza City’s Al Shifa hospital, where an … Read more
Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) & Safdarjung Hospital (SJH) and The Indian Public Health Association-Delhi State Branch in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) India is organising a two day event ‘Medical Humanitarianism: The MSF experience’ for future and current medical practitioners on July 30th and 31st, 2014 at VMMC. The event will … Read more
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) welcomes the announcement by the Union Government of Myanmar and the Rakhine State Government that MSF will be allowed to resume operations in Rakhine State, after it was forced to halt medical activities in February. “MSF is cautiously optimistic about this development,” said Marcel Langenbach, Director of Operations for … Read more
Hepatitis C (Hep-C or HCV) is a virus that can cause liver disease, and if untreated, can be fatal. Chronic HCV is a “silent killer” as usually people do not have any symptoms until they have serious liver damage, which takes many years to develop. Many deaths from serious liver disease or liver cancer can … Read more
Medical Workers Also Coming Under Fire Since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip, the majority of the dead and wounded in Gaza are civilians and medical workers are also coming under fire, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Women and children comprised most of … Read more
Following the successful completion of a four year partnership with the Department of Health and Family Welfare (DoH&FW) to support Mon District Hospital, Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) is calling on local authorities and communities to continue good management and patient care at the hospital. MSF officially departs from the hospital on 20 July, … Read more
An MSF team entered Gaza on Thursday to scale up MSF emergency response as an Israeli ground offensive is launched As soon as the five-hour long humanitarian ceasefire ended on Thursday, detonations were heard in Gaza City where the MSF clinic is located. Part of the MSF medical team finally managed to enter Gaza … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expresses our condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those onboard the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine yesterday. MSF is deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of many people from the HIV community – leading scientists, researchers, activists and allies among them – who … Read more
Name : Designation : According to The Lancet Series, malnutrition contributes to nearly 50 per centof the world’s deaths among children under five. Stunting, mental and physical retardation, a weak immune system and impaired development are some of its serious consequences. Below is the experience of a mother in Bihar who raced against time to … Read more
Name : Designation : As per the latest national data from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Bihar recorded nearly 3,529 cases of kala azar in the state, highest in India. Dr Gaurab Mitra has been working in the kala azar programme of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Vaishali district of … Read more