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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Between life and living: Patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) share stories of strength, support and suffering
December 2, 2022India has the highest burden of both tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) based on estimates in the WHO Global TB Report 2022. The country accounts for 28 percent of the global TB burden. In its clinic in Mumbai, MSF...
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India
June 16, 2020Mental Health Helpline The recent COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in unprecedented challenges to all countries across the world. The difference in magnitude of infected cases and mortality reflects the capacity, preparedness and political commitment of different countries. The pandemic has...
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MSF Media Fellowship 2019-20
December 12, 2019Mahima Jain MSF Media Fellow 2019-20 Mahima Jain is an independent editor and journalist reporting on gender, environment and socio-economic issues for several global and Indian publications. She writes deeply-researched narrative features that focus on systemic issues and inequality.In 2021,...
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Manipur: “Don’t give up, be positive”
December 1, 2019Images by Jan-Joseph Stok It was in the year 2013, when 33-year-old Sinruwng Bejoy Anal learnt he was HIV positive. At first he had problems coping with his illnesses and was full of fear, but now he knows how to...
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Delhi: Walk through MSF sexual and gender-based violence project
November 25, 2019Meet Dr Yashoda Kurra. She works as a medical doctor at MSF’s sexual and gender-based violence project in Jahangirpuri, Delhi. MSF SGBV project is a 24X7 clinic where MSF teams provide free-of-cost quality medical and psychological care to survivors of...
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Chhattisgarh: Treating tuberculosis in the jungle
October 29, 2019Since 2006, MSF is working in Sukma district of Southern Chhattisgarh in India, place of a longstanding low-intensity conflict between Indian security forces and Left-Wing Extremist group. The MSF team works to provide primary health care services to the population...
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