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MSF welcomes Indian government standing strong against EFTA trade deal’s harmful intellectual property provisions

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Geneva/New Delhi, 15 February 2024 — In a welcome move today, the Indian Commerce Ministry confirmed its rejection of Switzerland’s demand for data exclusivity for medicines in the India-EFTA trade deal, and emphasised the importance of protecting the country’s generic drug production and supply. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Public Eye, and Delhi Network … Read more

Millions of peoples’ access to affordable medicines at risk if India-EFTA trade deal finalised as is

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Text leaked yesterday shows India-EFTA trade deal includes excessive intellectual property provisions that may require India to gut pro-public health national laws. Geneva/New Delhi, 14 February 2024 — Following news that India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – which comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland – are close to finalising a trade deal, … Read more

MSF’s Mobile Response Team: Bringing mental health support to Kashmir

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Since 2001, MSF has been offering free, high-quality counselling services to individuals in Kashmir. To tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness, MSF actively works to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and the necessity for accessible mental health services in the region. Introducing our Mobile Response Team (MRT): a committed group consisting of … Read more

Bringing mental health care to Kashmir

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Since 2001, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been committed to providing free counselling services in Kashmir, India. Our teams are actively engaged in hospitals across five key districts: Baramulla, Shopian, Pulwama, Srinagar, and Sopore. In a strategic partnership with the Ministry of Health, we have developed a groundbreaking 5-pillar concept aimed at making … Read more

India: Bringing mental health support to Kashmir

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Since 2001, MSF has been offering free, high-quality counselling services to individuals in Kashmir. Our dedicated teams currently operate in hospitals across four districts: Baramulla, Bandipora, Pulwama, and Srinagar. To tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness, MSF actively works to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and the necessity for accessible mental health … Read more

MSF South Asia Health and Humanity Summit: Partnering to build better responses during emergencies

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17 August 2023, New Delhi: Setting the agenda for a paradigm shift in health and humanitarian considerations during emergencies, especially in South and Southeast Asia, over 15 practitioners, thought leaders, artists, and over 300 attendees from the social impact space convened to engage in discussions and display works of art at MSF South Asia’s inaugural … Read more

Calling to care, one patient at a time: MSF is creating a support ecosystem to manage diabetes in burden heavy India

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Ravi* (43) never realized his unhealthy diet’s detrimental effects on his health until his sugar levels spiraled out of control. He is a hardworking daily wage laborer in New Delhi. His fondness for junk food is fueled by its easy accessibility in his daily lifestyle. The diagnosis of his condition was overwhelming, leaving him unsure … Read more

Urgent need to improve access to TB testing to support rollout of better, safer, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB

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Delhi, 22 March 2023 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on governments and donors today to speed up access to new, shorter, safer and more effective treatments* for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), as well as the diagnostic tests needed to implement the new treatment regimens. MSF joined the World Health Organization (WHO) and other … Read more

Position Paper: Medical Care for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors

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Noting that merely 2.4% of women survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), disclosing to someone, sought medical care (NFHS-V) (1), a national medical symposium was organized to understand barriers to access health care for the survivors of SGBV. The symposium sought to lay out an action plan to support requisite changes in policy and … Read more

‘Driving’ change and empowering SGBV survivors

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The story of Fatima, the first woman e-rickshaw driver in the Jahangirpuri area of North-west Delhi, is one of resilience and hope. Her effervescent smile takes us by a surprise. She has such a strong personality that even the aura around her seems to be radiating with positivity and hope. She speaks calmly even as … Read more