Name : Designation : HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are hard-fought wars because patients often think of giving up the harsh treatment associated with these. Counselling plays an important role in making them recognise the circumstances and motivating them to continue. Zothangpui Gangte, a counsellor in the Manipur programme of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) … Read more
New Delhi/Patna, September 5, 2014: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the Government of India’s initiative to adopt Single Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B (LAmB) as a first line drug for treating kala azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis – VL) in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal – the most endemic states in India. The announcement made by … Read more
New Delhi/Darbhanga (Bihar), September 1, 2014 – The international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in Bihar’s northern district of Darbhanga since 2009 toward providing curative treatment to severely acute malnourished (SAM) children. SAM is a condition that results from acute decrease in food consumption leading to wasting or loss … Read more
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) India in collaboration with the Alliance Française de Delhi (AFD) is hosting a 10 day MSF Festival from August 27 to September 5, 2014. The festival will include a photo art exhibition and a film festival which will highlight the medical humanitarian work that MSF provides 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
Mon, July 4, 2014: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) donated an ambulance previously being used by MSF to the Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoH&FW) in Kohima for Mon District Hospital. As MSF officially departs its project site in Mon in July 2014, the organisation decided to donate its ambulance to keep the process … Read more
Name : Designation : Dr. Gayatri’s first assignment with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. Below she writes about her work as a medical doctor there and how it helped her find hope in an otherwise grim situation. At MSF’s Mother and Child Healthcare Centre (MCHC) we were once approached by … Read more
Name : Designation : Mitchell Sangma started out as a medical doctor with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in 2010. On his fourth and most recent assignment, he led MSF’s medical team in Zimbabwe. He shares his experience of a particularly difficult case and the challenge of fighting against the odds. The 22-year-old had limited … Read more
Hajipur, Bihar/New Delhi, 4 April, 2014: In a statement issued in advance of the World Health Day on April 7, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the Bihar government and the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) to recognise and treat Post Kala azar Dermal Leishmaniasis … Read more
The Ministry of Health must act to stop drug resistance from spiralling New Delhi/Mumbai, March 21, 2014: Immediate action from the Indian government is needed to prevent the unregulated sale and inappropriate prescription of tuberculosis (TB) drugs in the private healthcare sector, a practice that has had a significant role in the emergence of drug-resistant TB … Read more