As the number of people in need of urgent medical care in Syria continues to rise, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is running six hospitals, four health centers, and several mobile clinic programs inside the country. While these medical programs are undoubtedly saving dozens of lives every day, the extremely high levels of insecurity … Read more
Barcelona, Madrid, July 19, 2013 – Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut, the two aid workers for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released yesterday in Somalia after 21 months in captivity, will arrive today at the Spanish air-base of Torrejón (Madrid) from Djibouti. The organisation is extremely relieved to confirm the release of the two … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR/NEW YORK, JULY 15, 2013—As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement move to Malaysia this week, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges negotiating countries to remove terms that could block people from accessing affordable medicines, choke off production of generic medicines, and constrain the ability of governments to pass laws in the … Read more
NEW YORK, JULY 8, 2013—More than 20,000 people are largely cut off from aid in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state after fleeing violence in the disputed border region with Sudan’s South Darfur state, the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The displaced people are mainly living in 11 … Read more
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/NEW YORK, July 9, 2013—Three months after a coup in Central African Republic (CAR), the country remains gripped by a humanitarian emergency made worse as the international community looks on with indifference, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report released today. CAR, plunged into … Read more
Three months after Seleka forces seized power in Central African Republic (CAR), the country is in the grip of a humanitarian emergency while the international community looks on with indifference, warned Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). CAR was plunged into chaos by the coup, and the country remains politically unstable. Citing lack of security, UN agencies … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR/NEW YORK, JUNE 30, 2013—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today welcomed new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for HIV treatment and called for the improvements to be rapidly implemented, enabling people and programs in developing countries to benefit. MSF also stressed that increased international support will be needed. … Read more
Source: Dainik Bhaskar नई दिल्ली। फिल्मकार अनुराग कश्यप और अभिनेता फारूख शेख ने दिल्ली में एक अभियान ‘‘हू केयर्स’’ के दौरान भारतीय जनता को देश-विदेश में स्वास्थ्य संबंधी मुद्दों के बारे में चर्चा की। इस मौके पर अनुराग कश्यप ने कहा कि कालाजार से बहुत अधिक लोगों की मृत्यु होती है, यह ऐसा रोग है … Read more
Source:One World SouthAsia A person who invests in a film wants profit which is why filmmakers shy away from subjects like healthcare, says popular Indian film director, Anurag Kashyap. Indian film director, Anurag Kashyap, launched a new campaign by Doctors without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). The campaign ‘Who Cares?’ will spread awareness about … Read more
Source: sunday-guardian The Nobel prize winning organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders recently launched an awareness campaign titled ‘Who Cares?’. Veteran actor Farooq Sheikh and director Anurag Kashyap interviewed several MSF employees in order to enlighten the audience about those health issues which have not gained much attention from the media, and about which, … Read more