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MSF India Newsletter
MARCH 2020
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| The COVID-19 pandemic has already spread to more than 200 countries around the world. These include countries with advanced, well-funded health systems to those with fragile, weak services. Frontline workers, people on move, and other vulnerable populations with chronic diseases like TB, HIV need our support the most. |
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| COVID-19: REACHING THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS |
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| On March 24th, 700 people were evacuated from a camp in Aubervilliers near Paris to various emergency shelters located in Paris and Ile de France. MSF started activities linked to COVID 19 in France, focusing on these vulnerable people living in the streets. Corinne Torre, MSF head of mission in France explains more. |
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| WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO WORK |
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| A key priority is to keep our regular medical programmes running for the hundreds of thousands of patients we care for and for the extremely vulnerable communities we help around the world |
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DR CHRISTOS CHRISTOU,
MSF INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT |
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| As the world grapples with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, MSF International President Christos Christou writes a letter addressed to MSF staff and supporters ensuring that ‘we are in this together’. |
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| WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY |
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| Despite the new DR-TB medicines being available, many patients still face side-effects of injectables. |
| MSF urges India to "end the suffering" & scale up access to Bedaquiline and Delamanid for all people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and discontinue the use of harmful injectable agents. |
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COVID-19
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| Avoiding a ‘second tragedy’ for those with TB
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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| How the Ebola response failed the people of DRC |
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Burkina Faso
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| Four questions on the unprecedented humanitarian emergency |
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Bangladesh
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| Story of one of the most persecuted minorities |
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| MEET OUR DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS |
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| DR NISHA MOHAN |
| After completing two assignments in Chhattisgarh and Manipur with MSF, Dr Nisha Mohan completed her third assignment in Bangladesh as a Medical Activity Manager. There she worked with our teams to provide medical care to refugees and locals in need.
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| DR ANIMESH SINHA |
| Dr Animesh Sinha returned after completing his 7-year-long stint in Russia and Belarus with MSF. He worked in Chechnya from 2013-2016 as Medical Activity Manager and then continued with his work in MSF as Clinical Trial Coordinator, TB Practecal in Belarus.
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Doctors Without Borders India / Medecins Sans Frontieres
AISF Building, First floor
Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar-IV
New Delhi-110024
www.msfindia.in
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