Name : Designation : Thomas Albuquerque, a TB infection control officer with MSF Mumbai, is responsible for implementation of ‘Airborne Infection Control’ (IC) measures in the MSF clinic, patient households and communities. Airborne IC refers to
MSF releases a critical analysis of the global Ebola response one year into the deadliest outbreak in history BRUSSELS, 23 MARCH 2015 – The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today releases a
Geeta*, an XDR-TB patient at the MSF clinic at Mumbai, photographed at her home. Patients face stigma that can cut them off from their families and communities. The masks they wear while infectious adds to
The brutal violence against the medical mission has put the healthcare system on the verge of collapse March 11, 2015 — As the war in Syria enters its fifth year, a dreadful humanitarian situation reigns in eastern
Patna/ Darbhanga, March 1, 2015: Over 300 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have been successfully treated at the 30-bed specialised Malnutrition Intensive Care Unit (MICU) in Darbhanga Medical College Hospital (DMCH).The medical facility,
Since December 2014, an estimated 20,000 Central Africans have fled over the River Ubangi to into the Bili and Bosobolo health zones in Equateur Province, northern DRC, adding to 10,000 refugees already present in the
Cases of cholera have been recorded in Mozambique since last December, but the epidemic has quickly expanded in the month of February, infecting about 3.500 people and killing 37. In the westernmost Tete province, currently
Creating awareness is a key component of the response to an Ebola epidemic. It is impossible to eradicate the disease without the population’s support and changes in people’s behavior. In Guinea, dozens of MSF health
Initial results of a clinical trial of the experimental drug favipiravir suggest that it can reduce mortality among patients with low levels of the Ebola virus in their blood, but is ineffective for patients with
Barcelona, 19 February-. The medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières urged all parties to the conflict to facilitate the evacuation of the wounded people due to the fierce clashes in the recent days in Aleppo,
NB. Testimony taken Friday 13 February 2015 Alyona, 24, is from Debaltseve, a heavily contested city on the frontline of the Ukrainian conflict. When fighting intensified in January, Alyona, her husband and two-year old son Gleb,
Name : Designation : As a medical doctor with Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr.Srinivas Rao, has always wanted to serve medically neglected people. Having studied medicine in Ukraine and being able to
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