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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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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A mother’s story: Finding care for her daughter
December 1, 2024"I wish someone had told me about HIV testing from the very beginning, so that my Savita* wouldn’t have ended up in your hospital in such a critical condition. No other child should have to go through the pain she...
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India: Addressing Healthcare Challenges for people living with HIV in Patna
October 9, 2024Bihar, India- Since 2019, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been actively working in Bihar to provide crucial support to individuals living with advanced HIV at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Patna. This vulnerable population confronts numerous critical challenges, including: Limited...
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Bihar: Meeting medical care needs of people with advanced HIV
January 24, 2020On 25 January 2019, MSF inaugurated Garima Ki Kiran clinic in Bihar with a purpose to reduce the number of deaths among patients with advanced HIV by increasing their access to care for life-threatening infections. On the completion of clinic's...
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Providing comprehensive care to people living with advanced-HIV in Bihar
February 8, 2019MSF in South Asia: Projects in South Asia Access campaign Connect with us What We Do MSF has been working in Bihar since 2007. Our activities have seen a gradual transition to focus on people living with advanced HIV and life...
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Acting against kala azar-HIV co-infection in Bihar
February 7, 2019What We Do After treating more than 13,000 patients since 2007 in Bihar’s Vaishali district, MSF began focusing on the treatment of kala azar-HIV co-infection in partnership with the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS) in Patna in 2016. The evidence base...
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Bihar: MSF to provide comprehensive care for people living with advanced HIV
January 25, 2019Patna, Bihar: On 25th January, international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), together with state authorities in Bihar, inaugurated a specialised ward at the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital (GGSH) in Patna, Bihar, northeast of India. The main purpose...
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