MSF in India

MSF scientific survey: 45% of Kashmiri population experiencing mental distress

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Integrated and decentralised prevention, care and treatment programme urgently needed Jammu and Kashmir: Nearly 1.8 million adults (45% of the population) in the Kashmir Valley show symptoms of significant mental distress according to a comprehensive mental health survey conducted by the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) between October and December 2015. … Read more

MSF, ITPC and DNP+ calls for scale-up of ‘viral load’ monitoring to improve HIV treatment outcomes in developing countries (and India)

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“In India, over half a million people living with HIV are on treatment but the best tool to monitor their treatment – the viral load test – is not easily accessible and available. Access to viral load testing is strictly rationed and is only available if the SACEP (State AIDS Clinical Expert Panel) committee – … Read more

Gilead attempt to secure patent on hepatitis C drug opposed in India

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‘Patent opposition’ seeks to ensure production of affordable generics November 22, 2013, New Delhi/New York: DoctorsWithout Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports the ‘patent opposition’ just filed at India’s Patent Office by the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), which aims to prevent US pharmaceutical company Gilead/Pharmasset from gaining a patent in India on sofosbuvir, … Read more

Doctors Without Borders Cycle Tour Comes to Delhi

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New Delhi, October 27, 2013 – Cycle enthusiasts from Delhi are getting on bike saddles today to express solidarity with outgoing International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Unni Karunakara, who is cycling over 5,000 km across the length of India in support of medical humanitarian aid programs in 70 countries around … Read more

India: No End in Sight to Cyclone Aila Misery

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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

From Presidency of Doctors Without Borders to Pedalling Cross Country in India

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Dr Unni Karunakara embarks on a personal odyssey to cycle 5000 kms from Srinagar to Kerala to connect with people about health, healthcare, and humanitarianism Srinagar, October 12, 2013 – Outgoing International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Unni Karunakara, is taking to the road on a bicycle to travel 5,000 kilometres … Read more

Bihar State, India: Flood Survivors Tell Their Stories

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Name : Designation : Displaced people carry their belongings in Araria district, Bihar state © India 2008 Bjorn Nissen /MSF Hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced in northeastern India and neighboring Nepal after the worst flooding in 50 years. In the Indian state of Bihar, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing humanitarian … Read more

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to psychosocial needs in Uttarakhand

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New Delhi, September 9, 2013: Medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to psychosocial needs of people who suffered from incessant rain, cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand in June 2013. The floods had caused widespread destruction and thousands were reported as missing. “MSF intervention has been based on an assessment carried … Read more