The international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is hosting ‘Without Borders’, a six-day event (April 28 – May 3) about access to healthcare, at Alliance Française in Chandigarh. Click here to read more
Peter Paul De Groote has dedicated his life to serve the people, who are ravaged by armed conflicts, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters. Groote is General; Director of MSF India, largely known as Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, international humanitarian non-government organisation (NGO). Click here to read more
Name : Designation : Imagine a world where a small finger prick can get fatally infected or an elective caesarean surgical wound fails to heal at all. One may immediately connect this with the pre-antibiotic era though some experts have warned this could be the not too distant future too. “It is not difficult … Read more
Leprosy remains an important cause of preventable disabilities. After the advent of multidrug therapy, new leprosy cases have come down dramatically. Despite this achievement, India, which contributes 60% to the global leprosy burden, faces some challenges to eliminate the disease, including active transmission in the community and delayed diagnosis of leprosy patients. Dr. Thirumugum Muthuvel, … Read more
एचआइवी के उपचार में काम आने वाली जिस दवा एंटीरेट्रोवायरल्स के लिए किसी मरीज को जहां साल भर में 10,000 अमेरिकी डॉलर तक चुकाने होते थे उसकी कीमत अप्रत्याशित रूप से घटकर 300 डॉलर के स्तर पर आ गई। इससे दुनिया भर में 1.70 करोड़ लोगों का इलाज संभव हो सका। एक प्रमुख चिकित्सा सेवा … Read more
Bedaquiline may be the answer to several drug-resistant patients in India, but the government is extra cautious about the rollout. The drug has been approved for only 600 patients for a six-month regime. Shahida is one among over 200 patients selected so far including 68 in Mumbai. Click here to read more
A lack of innovation in diagnostics is making Indians more prone to drug-resistant TB, which is difficult to treat and could be fatal. Click here to read more
Pneumonia in newborns can be fatal. A simple vaccine could save them, and it already exists: but for many parents in India, they just don’t have the money to pay for it. Click here to know more
चौबीस वर्षीय इमरान को टीबी की दोहरी मार पड़ी थी। साल भर पहले उन्हें एक्सडीआर-टीबी (सबसे घातक टीबी संक्रमण) हो गया है। साथ ही नौकरी से भी हाथ धोना पड़ा है। इमरान बताते हैं कि एक्सडीआर-टीबी का मुफ्त इलाज उन्हें नजदीकी स्वंयसेवी संस्था की मदद से उपलब्ध हो रहा है। लेकिन इससे ज्यादा बड़ी समस्या … Read more
Activists from international non-profit Medecins Sans Frontiers or Doctors without Borders say that it will undermine access to safe abortion services and endanger the lives of women.