MEDSF Malaysia

Lack of maternal healthcare puts refugee women at risk in Malaysia

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:49:10 +0000

Access to maternal healthcare services for refugee women in Malaysia remains a challenge. Our teams provide sexual and reproductive healthcare services to refugee women at our clinic in Penang.

MEDSF ready to support Malaysia with safe disembarkation of people at sea

Thu, 07 May 2020 09:41:55 +0000

In an open letter, Beatrice Lau, Head of Mission for MEDSF in Malaysia, cites our commitment to helping provide support to Malaysia in the disembarkation of people stranded at sea.

Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:55:06 +0000

A group of around 400 survivors - all Rohingya refugees - of a boat that drifted at sea for weeks before being rescued have told MEDSF staff of their harrowing story.

Healthcare for struggling refugee communities in Malaysia

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:32:26 +0000

Rohingya are among the refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia who live in constant fear of arrest, detention and deportation.

This General Assembly, ASEAN should show true leadership | Rohingya

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:36:44 +0000

As Southeast Asia's leaders prepare to meet on the sidelines of September's UN General Assembly and at the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Summit in November, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) Malaysia head of mission says Southeast Asia should show stronger leadership on the Rohingya crisis.

Two years on: No solutions in sight for the Rohingya | Myanmar, Bangladesh and Malaysia

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:59:00 +0000

Hear the fears, hopes and daily reality of Rohingya people in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Malaysia, two years since the biggest ever exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

A Rohingya story in Malaysia: “We are always under threat of being arrested”

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:34:55 +0000

Mah, a Rohingya refugee who fled from Myanmar to Malaysia with his family in 2013, recounts his experience in Myanmar and the challenges he and his family are facing in Malaysia.

There’s still time to stop the TPP from cutting off the critical lifeline of affordable generic medicines

Wed, 03 Feb 2016 08:42:28 +0000

"The fight to stop this irresponsible trade deal from going into effect is far from over,” said Judit Rius Sanjuan, MEDSF’s US Access Campaign manager and legal policy advisor. “The TPP deal being signed today is the worst trade deal ever for access to medicines and will make life-saving treatments unaffordable for those who need them most."

TPP negotiators must fix the most damaging trade agreement ever for global health

Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:54:06 +0000

“The U.S. has abandoned its previous commitments to protect health in its trade policy,” said Judit Rius, U.S. Manager and Policy Advisor for MEDSF’s Access Campaign. “The TPP is a precedent-setting blueprint for future trade deals that will deny countries their right to balance business interests with the public health needs of people – a right that is ingrained in international trade rules. This week might be the last chance negotiators have to mitigate some of the potential devastation of the TPP. We ask government negotiators to protect access to medicines and fix the most damaging provisions in the TPP.”

MEDSF expresses its condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those on board the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17

Fri, 18 Jul 2014 08:16:06 +0000

MEDSF expresses its condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those on board the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17