MEDSF India

MEDSF hands over drug resistant tuberculosis project in Mumbai after 18 years

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:53:38 +0000

MEDSF closes its drug-resistant TB project in Mumbai and hands it over to India’s National TB Elimination Program and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

India: MEDSF to close sexual violence treatment centre in Delhi

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:04:18 +0000

MEDSF will close its sexual violence treatment centre in Delhi, India, where we provided support to over 3,500 survivors.

World AIDS Day: Why are people living with HIV still dying in India?

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:13:02 +0000

It is unacceptable that people living with HIV are still dying because the tests, treatment and care for life-threatening infections are not available.

Providing support for COVID-19 in Manipur, India

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:09:27 +0000

Following a severe wave of COVID-19 in India, MEDSF teams responded in Manipur state, providing treatment to patients and supporting the local health system.

Self-managed abortion with pills opens up access for millions of people

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:23:42 +0000

Self-managed abortion with pills could open up access and uphold autonomy for millions of people - a revolution in safe abortion care

MEDSF scales up medical care in response to catastrophic rise of COVID-19 in India

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:58:30 +0000

The increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the second wave in India have been devastating to the healthcare system. Medical facilities and staff are struggling to cope with the surge in cases, namely in Mumbai.

Solutions for young people at risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:36:59 +0000

Between 25,000 and 30,000 children are estimated to become sick with DR-TB annually yet child-focused diagnostic, treatment and prevention strategies lack.

MEDSF supports India and South Africa ask to waive coronavirus drug patent rights

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:19:54 +0000

MEDSF backs a demand by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organization to waive patent and intellectual property rights on coronavirus COVID-19 drugs and vaccines.

MEDSF opens 100-bed COVID-19 treatment centre in India

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 13:34:59 +0000

With over 380,000 people diagnosed COVID-19 in India, MEDSF is stepping in to help provide treatment and care to people with moderate forms of the new coronavirus, starting in Bihar state.

AIDS death toll stagnates due to lack of community-level testing

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:57:00 +0000

Hundreds of thousands of people still die from AIDS because countries are ill-equipped to detect and treat them, new MEDSF report "No time to lose" reveals.