India: The URU night run in Bengalaru
June 20, 2025Bengalaru, India- On 30 May 2025, the URU Marathon in Bengaluru, India, concluded with resounding success as over 800 participants came together to support Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This spirited event showcased not only the athletic prowess of...
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India: Mumbai TB Symposium Focuses on Advancing TB Treatment and Collaboration
June 11, 202410 June 2024, Mumbai: A pivotal symposium organised today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders brought together a diverse coalition of experts and stakeholders to forge actionable strategies against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DRTB). This crucial gathering aimed to highlight the...
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India: How Deepak Shegar overcame DR-TB to reclaim his dreams
June 10, 2024Mumbai, India- "When I recover, I want to play cricket," says Deepak Shegar, a 23-year-old whose aspirations extend far beyond his battle with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). With dreams of a career in the garment industry, a love for cricket, and...
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Namrata’s journey: triumph over drug-resistant Tuberculosis
March 24, 2024Mumbai, India- Namrata's story is a testament to the timeless principle that consistency is crucial. Her disciplined approach to maintaining a routine, embracing a healthy lifestyle, and adhering to medication regimens demonstrates that even formidable conditions like drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)...
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Bringing mental health care to Kashmir
October 9, 2023Since 2001, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been committed to providing free counselling services in Kashmir, India. Our teams are actively engaged in hospitals across five key districts: Baramulla, Shopian, Pulwama, Srinagar, and Sopore. In a strategic partnership...
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India: Bringing mental health support to Kashmir
October 9, 2023Since 2001, MSF has been offering free, high-quality counselling services to individuals in Kashmir. Our dedicated teams currently operate in hospitals across four districts: Baramulla, Bandipora, Pulwama, and Srinagar. To tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness, MSF actively works to...
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Calling to care, one patient at a time: MSF is creating a support ecosystem to manage diabetes in burden heavy India
June 14, 2023Ravi* (43) never realized his unhealthy diet’s detrimental effects on his health until his sugar levels spiraled out of control. He is a hardworking daily wage laborer in New Delhi. His fondness for junk food is fueled by its easy...
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Near zero healthcare seeking behaviour among gender-based violence survivors: MSF stresses for community linked, survivor centric care model after latest data in India
May 11, 2022New Delhi, India - The Government of India’s latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-V) data reflects a dismal state in the practice of seeking medical care post gender-based violence, including sexual violence, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF).Current estimates reflect...
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Manipur: MSF’s COVID-19 emergency response in Imphal
March 15, 2022The second wave of COVID-19 hit India at the end of March 2021. In April, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent doctors and nurses to work in Mumbai’s Jumbo Hospital that had a capacity for 2,000 patients. Teams also...
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Manipur: MSF’s COVID-19 emergency response in Imphal old
November 1, 2021The second wave of COVID-19 hit India at the end of March 2021. In April, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent doctors and nurses to work in Mumbai’s Jumbo Hospital that had a capacity for 2,000 patients. Teams also...
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COVID-19 in India: Fighting misinformation on the frontlines
May 12, 2021By Santosh Choure, Health Promotion Manager, Mumbai Mumbai is still seeing more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day. People are scared and many of them don’t prefer to get tested even though they have symptoms, as they’re afraid...
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COVID-19 in India: “The situation is terrible, but the commitment of the staff is extraordinary
May 12, 2021By Mabel Morales, MSF Medical Coordinator The situation in India and in Mumbai is very bad and critical. We’re providing medical support to one of the COVID-19 treatment centres here in Mumbai with 1,000 beds. There are many, many cases...
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