Source: Business Standard Actor Farooq Sheikh and director Anurag Kashyap today inaugurated a public health awareness campaign cum exhibition by Doctors Without Borders/Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) here. The “Who cares?” campaign by MSF is aimed at creating awareness in India about pressing health issues. “Dev D” director, who had a small town upbringing, said he … Read more
Rohit Malpani, director of policy and advocacy at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s Access Campaign, provided witness testimony on June 27, 2013, during a U.S. Congressional hearing on India’s trade policies. The hearing comes several months after the Indian Supreme Court ruled against pharmaceutical company Novartis in its seven-year legal battle to be granted … Read more
New Delhi, 17 June 2013 – The Indian government must urgently address the persistent issues and almost routine delays of procuring drugs to treat tuberculosis, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The issues are behind a worrying stock out of TB drugs which the country is currently experiencing. “As a country … Read more
Name : Designation : Amul Rathi, has worked as a logistician with MSF for more than five years. He shares his experiences from setting up mobile health clinics in forest areas of Chhattisgarh in India to managing supplies for a hospital in Iraq. Mobile Health Camp in Chhattisgarh, India© Amul Rathi/ MSF My hometown Sukma … Read more
Name : Designation : Sandeep Mahat joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders soon after his medical training. He shares his experiences, from delivering emergency aid after floods in Nepal to providing hospital-care with limited resources in a rural town of India. My last day at MSF’s Mother and Child Health Centre in … Read more
As clock ticks towards agreement, MSF warns EU-India free trade deal will harm access to medicines. The negotiations between the European Union (EU) and India on a free trade and investment agreement have now reached an intense phase, with regular high level meetings to fast-track the conclusion of the agreement. Today, the Indian Prime Minister … Read more
Brussels, 9 April, 2013 – As European Commission (EC) pressure mounts on India to rush into signing a free trade agreement (FTA) by mid-April, activists from across Europe mobilised in Brussels today to demand the EC withdraw provisions that will harm people’s access to medicines in India and across the developing world. Civil society organisations … Read more
People living with MDR-TB and their healthcare providers call for urgent action New Delhi, 22 March 2013—If measures to tackle multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are not significantly stepped up, including addressing barriers that prevent both research into better drug combinations and treatment scale up, MDR-TB rates will continue to increase worldwide and a historic opportunity to … Read more
Pune/Mumbai, 3 Feburary 2013 – The global humanitarian organisation Rotary International has presented its World Community Excellence award to the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders. The award was presented at the annual conference of Rotary International District 3140 in India on 2 February at Aamby Valley, Pune. “MSF has done monumental … Read more
Name : Designation : In the wake of Cyclone Aila, daily flooding in both Bangladesh and India prevents families like this one from rebuilding their homes and communities. © Bangladesh 2009 Veronique Terrasse/MSF Nearly two months after Cyclone Aila devastated East India and the coast of Bangladesh, the plight of survivors is no longer headline … Read more