Hajipur (Bihar), March 15, 2014: On the third annual Kala Azar Day, international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has emphasised on the need for scaling up awareness about kala azar (Leishmaniasis), its diagnosis and treatment in Bihar for the poorest, most vulnerable communities who make up the majority of people … Read more
Name : Designation : Kala azar or black fever (visceral leishmaniasis) is a tropical, parasitic disease caused by the bite of the sandfly. It is almost always fatal if left untreated. Below is the firsthand account of a doctor who is part of the kala azar ward run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières … Read more
Three years of extremely violent war have ripped apart towns, villages, hospitals, clinics – everything that Syrians relied on for their existence. Throughout the country, families that can are fleeing from one place of refuge to the next, each time with fewer belongings and more fear. The entire country is in a state of medical … Read more
Name : Designation : “I have endured the injections, the pills and the side effects, but how do I prepare my teenage daughter of what may lie ahead for her?” asks T Muan, who has completed 18 months of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. He was first diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1986 after complaining of fever. … Read more
Saturday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. On that day, and every other day, thousands of women worldwide will leave their homes to flee war or persecution. The fact that they are women makes their ordeal even more harrowing. When displaced, women and young girls often find themselves alone. Without protection, without their family, and … Read more
Boston/New York, March 6, 2014—Two new studies released today by Epicentre,the research arm of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at CROI, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, point to reductions in new HIV infections in areas where HIV treatment has been greatly expanded. The studies are some of … Read more
Download the report: Everyday Emergency (PDF) Kinshasa, 3 March 2014 – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in the grip of an emergency. For two decades, persistent conflict in its eastern provinces and instability in other regions and a dysfunctional health system have led to recurrent humanitarian crises and outbreaks of disease. In a report … Read more
Yangon, March 1, 2014- On February 27, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Holland received a written order from the Union Government of Myanmar to cease all operations in the country, which led to a full closure of all MSF Holland clinics on February 28. This act left patients confused and desperately concerned across the whole … Read more
Yangon, March 1, 2014- On February 27, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Holland received a written order from the Union Government of Myanmar to cease all operations in the country, which led to a full closure of all MSF Holland clinics on February 28. This act left patients confused and desperately concerned across the whole … Read more
Darbhanga (Bihar), March 1, 2014 -The State Health Society, Bihar,today inaugurated a Malnutrition Intensive Care Unit (MICU) for treating the most complicated cases of severe acute malnutrition in children at the Darbhanga Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in Bihar. The MICU will be operated jointly by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Ministry of Health … Read more