You have a mission to help people caught up in an emergency – would you put scientific research on your to-do list? The answer isn’t an obvious ‘yes’. While the work of humanitarian and
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organisation, on Monday welcomed the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to bring in a law to make it mandatory for doctors to prescribe generic
The international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is hosting ‘Without Borders’, a six-day event (April 28 – May 3) about access to healthcare, at Alliance Française in Chandigarh. Click here to
Peter Paul De Groote has dedicated his life to serve the people, who are ravaged by armed conflicts, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters. Groote is General; Director of MSF India, largely known
Leprosy remains an important cause of preventable disabilities. After the advent of multidrug therapy, new leprosy cases have come down dramatically. Despite this achievement, India, which contributes 60% to the global leprosy burden, faces some
Bedaquiline may be the answer to several drug-resistant patients in India, but the government is extra cautious about the rollout. The drug has been approved for only 600 patients for a six-month regime. Shahida is
एचआइवी के उपचार में काम आने वाली जिस दवा एंटीरेट्रोवायरल्स के लिए किसी मरीज को जहां साल भर में 10,000 अमेरिकी डॉलर तक चुकाने होते थे उसकी कीमत अप्रत्याशित रूप से घटकर 300 डॉलर के
A lack of innovation in diagnostics is making Indians more prone to drug-resistant TB, which is difficult to treat and could be fatal. Click here to read more
Pneumonia in newborns can be fatal. A simple vaccine could save them, and it already exists: but for many parents in India, they just don’t have the money to pay for it. Click here to
My family worried about me every time they heard somebody exclaim: “Nishanth has gone to Yemen? Of all the places in the world to work, why did he choose to go there?” My parents never
चौबीस वर्षीय इमरान को टीबी की दोहरी मार पड़ी थी। साल भर पहले उन्हें एक्सडीआर-टीबी (सबसे घातक टीबी संक्रमण) हो गया है। साथ ही नौकरी से भी हाथ धोना पड़ा है। इमरान बताते हैं कि
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said the reinstatement by US president Donald Trump of the Mexico City Policy that prohibits nongovernmental organisations receiving US funding from performing or providing counseling or information on abortion will undermine
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