A boy’s courage – trust, struggle and survival in the face of HIV
April 28, 2026Sameer* is a 16-year-old boy from Bihar. At 11, Sameer had already lost both parents to HIV and was losing faith that medicine could save him until a team of doctors and counsellors at MSF showed him that survival was...
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India: My Journey Through Trauma to Hope
April 27, 2026Warning: This article contains references to suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know is experiencing similar thoughts, please reach out for support. Crisis resources are listed at the end of this article. My name is Anjali*. I am a...
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India: Holding On and Letting Go: The Human Side of HIV Care
April 25, 2026This poem was written by Kaushalya Kumari, a mental health counselor at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Advanced HIV Project in Patna, Bihar reflecting her experience with an 11-year-old patient. The young girl, who struggled with vision problems...
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A Mother’s Courage: Living with HIV and Overcoming Family Rejection
April 24, 2026My name is Nisha*, and I am 31 years old. I live in a large family with my two daughters and many relatives. Living with HIV has been a difficult journey, but it has also taught me a lot about...
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Fareed’s Journey: A Story of Courage and Compassion
April 23, 2026My father used to say, ‘If you can turn someone’s pain into laughter, if you can transform someone’s tears into happiness, you are doing a great deed.’ This has always stayed with me. That’s why I try to make people...
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MSF wants to buy groundbreaking HIV prevention drug. Why won’t Gilead sell?
March 31, 202630 March 2026 - Today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent an open letter to the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences, calling on the company to immediately sell to MSF, lenacapavir, an HIV medicine that is one of the...
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World AIDS Day: MSF in Bihar, India
December 8, 2025People living with HIV in Bihar face challenges such as lack of access to basic healthcare, financial and social isolation due to stigma, disease-associated unemployment, and rejection from society, family, and friends. Patients often have to bear the high costs...
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MSF Unveils Anti-Stigma Wall Mural in Patna, Bihar to Mark World AIDS Day
December 1, 2025Patna, Bihar – December 1, 2025: This World AIDS Day, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) India, in collaboration with Bihar State AIDS Control Society (BSACS) and Guru Gobind Singh Hospital (GGSH), unveiled a wall mural at Garima Ki Kiran...
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India: From Stigma to Strength- My HIV Story
November 29, 2025My name is Rakesh*, and my journey with HIV began in early 2004. It started with small signs—loose motions, itching on my skin—but soon, my right leg began to tremble uncontrollably. It felt like the earth beneath me was shaking....
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India: Power of Social Vulnerability Assessment (SVA)
November 29, 2025At Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), we believe that understanding our patients goes far beyond their medical symptoms. That’s why we introduced the Social Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) in our Advanced HIV project in Patna, Bihar, in April 2023, a...
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Rwanda: MSF welcomes the release of WHO guidelines for HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir
July 15, 2025Kigali, Rwanda: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the release of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) HIV prevention guidelines for lenacapavir at the International AIDS Society Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Lenacapavir has the potential to transform the HIV prevention...
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Uncertainty around PEPFAR program puts millions of people at risk
February 13, 2025The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all other foreign aid for at least a 90-day period has had immediate effects on people living with HIV (PLHIV),...
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