Effective treatment can cure Kala Azar: Anurag Kashyap

July 7, 2013

Source: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...

Health for Thought

July 4, 2013

Source: 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...

“Human pain, misery go beyond frontiers”

July 3, 2013

Source : 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...

Reaching out to neglected spots of Indian healthcare

July 2, 2013

Source: 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...

MSF India launched its who cares campaign

July 2, 2013

Doctors 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...

Anurag Kashyap, Farooq Sheikh launch MSF health campaign

July 2, 2013

Source: 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...

India’s Access to Medicines Policies Under Attack

June 27, 2013

Rohit 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...

“Without Freedom I Cannot Dream”: An Afghan Refugee in Greece

June 22, 2013

Greece has become one of the main entry points for migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe in hopes of finding a better future. The already-limited response to the medical and humanitarian needs of these people has been adversely impacted...

India must address stock-out of tuberculosis drugs

June 18, 2013

New 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...

South Sudan: 120,000 People Cut Off From Aid

June 18, 2013

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, JUNE 13, 2013—An estimated 120,000 people have fled fighting in and around the main towns in Pibor County in South Sudan’s Jonglei state and are now hiding in unsafe and malaria-infested swamps without access to safe drinking...

Speech Delivered to the UN Donor Conference – Syria on June 7

June 18, 2013

Six months after the first international donor conference for Syria, humanitarian aid is failing. Security and living conditions have deteriorated dramatically. The population living in areas controlled by opposition groups have almost no access to official international aid. Across the...

MSF Welcomes WHO Guidelines On TB Drug Bedaquiline, But More Work Needed

June 14, 2013

Geneva, 13 June 2013 - The World Health Organization has today issued interim guidance on the use of bedaquiline, the first new drug to treat tuberculosis in 50 years, which received accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration...