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Rotary International Honours MSF/Doctors Without Borders For Its Lifesaving Work Around The World

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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

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

Morocco: Sharp Increase In Violence Against Migrants

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RABAT, MOROCCO/ MADRID/NEW YORK, MARCH 14, 2013—Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are suffering a sharp increase in violence at the hands of security forces in Morocco and at border areas, resulting in serious health problems, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. A report released today by MSF, Trapped at the … Read more

India under pressure from Europe to sign off on trade deal that will harm access to medicines

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DNP+, MSF urge India to reject EU demands before April deadline, protest at European Commission in Delhi New Delhi, 13 March 2013 – Pressure is mounting on India to quickly sign off on a free trade agreement which still contains provisions that will harm people’s access to medicines in India and across the developing world, … Read more

Bayer loses cancer drug patent appeal

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MUMBAI: Patent regulatory authority, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), on Monday upheld the country’s first compulsory licence issued to Hyderabad based Natco Pharma on Bayer’s cancer drug Nexavar, setting an important legal precedent and paving the way for more generic companies to challenge patents. “Affordability” and “access” are said to be the major reasons … Read more

The road (more like dust-track!) thus far… – Alan de Lima Pereira

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Name : Designation : Alan de Lima Pereira, a medical doctor, has worked with MSF in the state of Chhattisgarh in India, Abder Rafi in Ethiopia and Leer in South Sudan. He shares his experiences of these places. When I first heard about Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as a 14 year … Read more

EU-India trade deal could cut medicines lifeline for people in developing countries

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Nearly 2,000 People Living with HIV Rally in Streets of Delhi as EU-India Summit Starts New Delhi, February 10, 2012—As India and the European Union (EU) meet for a summit in New Delhi today to iron out the differences over a free trade agreement (FTA), nearly two thousand people living with HIV and the international … Read more

Rotary International honors Doctors Without Borders

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Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, has been given the honor in lieu of its services for the contributions in providing accessible healthcare to those in need The global humanitarian organization, Rotary International has presented its World Community Excellence award to the International Medical Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without … Read more

Humble start – Aravind Swaminathan

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Name : Designation : © MSF Planning to work in an unaccustomed and entirely new context with security concerns is definitely not the first thought for any doctor soon after completing three strenuous years in post graduation. I was interested, but at the same time was a bit hesitant, because of the varied challenges it … Read more