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“Helping these people so far away from the real world is what pulls me out from the bed every morning!”

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Parts of three Indian States – Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana – have been caught up in longstanding conflict between the Maoist groups (known as Naxalites or Naxals), and the Indian Government. This conflict has seriously jeopardised healthcare in these areas. Camille Gillardeau has been the project coordinator in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana for … Read more

IDRIS*: “I had no idea how bad it would be. The journey to Europe was worse than what I left behind in Somalia.”

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Name : Designation : Pozzallo, Sicily *name has been changed Photo credit: Julie Remy  Idris is 20 years old and is a trained nurse from Somalia. Ten days ago, he arrived in Pozzallo, Sicily, along with almost 450 other people, after having endured a six-month ordeal in the hands of smugglers, travelling through Ethiopia, Sudan and … Read more

“Surgery is not mathematics”

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Name : Designation : Dr Chandrika Rao has been on numerous assignments with MSF since 2008 and is currently working as surgical advisor in Amsterdam. She speaks to DVL Padma Priya, Press Officer, MSF India, about the challenges faced by surgeons in the field, and why it’s difficult to match surgeons for MSF projects.    … Read more

“Reading about a disaster is very different from actually being in a disaster”

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Name : Designation : DVL Padma Priya, MSF India’s Press Officer, recently returned from Nepal. Here she recounts the experience of seeing MSF medical teams in action and the challenges of managing emergency communications.   On Saturday, 25 April, when the earthquake struck Nepal, I felt tremors in Delhi. I wondered where the epicentre was … Read more

“The satisfaction that comes from helping people get better is incomparable”: A TB infection control officer speaks

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Name : Designation : Thomas Albuquerque, a TB infection control officer with MSF Mumbai, is responsible for implementation of ‘Airborne Infection Control’ (IC) measures in the MSF clinic, patient households and communities. Airborne IC refers to putting infection control practices in place that reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents from one person to the … Read more

Tajikistan: “Amazing how people are so positive despite undergoing painful treatment”

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Name : Designation : In 2011, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started a pediatric tuberculosis programme to improve access and quality of care for children with drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). The team continued to support pediatric TB care in 2013 and 2014, offering diagnosis and comprehensive care to children with TB. Here, Dr.Aravind … Read more

The Uninterrupted Cycle of Violence

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Name : Designation :   I came to Hebron on the 10th of February this year. Time has passed.  The first time I experienced a rocket attack, I was in Jerusalem. Although in Jerusalem, most were being intercepted by the Iron Dome – the sounds were very audible. I heard this one, and initially I … Read more

MSF supports the introduction and roll-out of single-dose treatment for kala azar in Bihar

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Transmitted by the bite of a sand fly, kala azar is a vector-borne disease, endemic in 76 countries around the world. Typically, the disease thrives in impoverished areas and is almost always fatal if left untreated. Bihar is the state in India where kala azar is most endemic.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDz37w6_4Y   Supporting the roadmap for Kala azar … Read more

New MSF study in Mumbai highlights DR-TB burden in people living with HIV.

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Level of primary transmission alarming Mumbai, 27 October 2014: Ahead of the Union World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) releases a new study today which points to an alarmingly high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) among HIV-positive patients at antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres in Mumbai. The findings … Read more