
India: Fighting Kala Azar in Bihar
August 3, 2013Name : Designation : Visceral leishmaniasis is known worldwide as kala azar. Since 2007 MSF is implementing a kala azar diagnostic and treatment project in Bihar state, northern India. India 2011 © Anna Surinyach / MSF It is 10 in...
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Effective treatment can cure Kala Azar: Anurag Kashyap
July 7, 2013Source:One World SouthAsia A person who invests in a film wants profit which is why filmmakers shy away from subjects like healthcare, says popular Indian film director, Anurag Kashyap. Indian film director, Anurag Kashyap, launched a new campaign by Doctors...
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Health for Thought
July 4, 2013Source: Indian Express White tents within Alliance Francaise de Delhi are home to an interactive exhibition that informs visitors about the work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is part of "Who cares?", a campaign of the international...
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“Human pain, misery go beyond frontiers”
July 3, 2013Source : The Hindu Bollywood personalities Farooq Sheikh and Anurag Kashyap on Monday highlighted the need to provide proper healthcare to marginalised communities in rural India. They also asserted that civil society must extend support to humanitarian organisations working in...
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Anurag Kashyap, Farooq Sheikh launch MSF health campaign
July 2, 2013Source: Business Standard Actor Farooq Sheikh and director Anurag Kashyap today inaugurated a public health awareness campaign cum exhibition by Doctors Without Borders/Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) here. The "Who cares?" campaign by MSF is aimed at creating awareness in India...
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Reaching out to neglected spots of Indian healthcare
July 2, 2013Source: One World SouthAsia Doctors without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), today launched a campaign to engage Indian people with pressing health issues in the country. New Delhi, July 2: The educated segment of the society should work for...
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MSF India launched its who cares campaign
July 2, 2013Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), with celebrated citizens Anurag Kashyap & Farooq Sheikh, campaigns to build awareness of medical humanitarian issues New Delhi, 2 July 2013 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organisation, rolls out...
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India’s Access to Medicines Policies Under Attack
June 27, 2013Rohit Malpani, director of policy and advocacy at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s Access Campaign, provided witness testimony on June 27, 2013, during a U.S. Congressional hearing on India's trade policies. The hearing comes several months after the Indian...
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India must address stock-out of tuberculosis drugs
June 18, 2013New Delhi, 17 June 2013 – The Indian government must urgently address the persistent issues and almost routine delays of procuring drugs to treat tuberculosis, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The issues are behind a...
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Delivering medical care in challenging environments can be rewarding – Sandeep Mahat
May 5, 2013Name : Designation : Sandeep Mahat joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders soon after his medical training. He shares his experiences, from delivering emergency aid after floods in Nepal to providing hospital-care with limited resources in a...
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MSF Urges Indian Prime Minister To Resist European Pressure To Trade Away Health
April 13, 2013As clock ticks towards agreement, MSF warns EU-India free trade deal will harm access to medicines. The negotiations between the European Union (EU) and India on a free trade and investment agreement have now reached an intense phase, with regular...
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Sluggish Response Risks Squandering Historic Opportunity To Tackle Global Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
March 22, 2013People living with MDR-TB and their healthcare providers call for urgent action New Delhi, 22 March 2013—If measures to tackle multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are not significantly stepped up, including addressing barriers that prevent both research into better drug combinations and...
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