Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) South Asia

Registrations are now OPEN for the MSF Scientific Days - Asia 2026! The MSF Scientific Days - Asia 2026 is a hybrid conference designed to showcase research, innovation, and experiences from treatment and humanitarian programmes across the region. The event is co-organised by Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) South Asia and Médecins Sans Frontières HK / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in collaboration with MSF Access Asia Pacific, Doctors Without Borders APAC, and 국경없는의사회 (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF Korea) with the National University of Singapore (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School Of Public Health serving as the academic partner. Register now: https://lnkd.in/gRiPJQQm #MSFSci #MSFSciAsia

We are sharing an article featured in Daily Sun, written by MSF Without Borders Media Fellowship fellow Md Zahid Hossain Khan, part of the MSF-Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) Grant on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Md Zahid's work reflects a strong capacity to examine complex policy challenges with depth and clarity. This article contributes to the fellowship’s broader effort to support informed and impactful reporting on AMR. This growing public health concern requires greater visibility, understanding, and sustained attention. This growing collection of published work is a valuable reflection of the fellowship’s objective: to strengthen nuanced, evidence-based journalism on critical health issues and to support journalists in exploring underreported dimensions of AMR and access to care. Read the featured article and more: 1. https://lnkd.in/g2WPbHss 2. https://lnkd.in/gn84DQZ8 3. https://lnkd.in/dYbHT_x7 #AntimicrobialResistance #PublicHealth #HealthJournalism #MSFWithoutBordersMediaFellowship

On Monday August 31st, with our MSF rescue vessel Oyvon, our team rescued 18 people. 12 of the survivors, including one young girl, were unaccompanied minors. We found them adrift, on a fiberglass boat, after more than 24 hours at sea.   For more than a decade, the Central Mediterranean has remained one of the world's deadliest migration routes. More than 35,000 people have been recorded dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea, and these figures likely underestimate the true scale of the tragedy. Current policies restricting rescue vessels or criminalizing NGOs do not prevent people from attempting the crossing: people flee because of what they are escaping, not because we are present at sea. All of that, due to the deadly policies of the European Union and its Member States. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eqbX7eFT #MigrationCrisis #SearchAndRescue

It is a simple moment. A boy, a ball, an ordinary afternoon at home. But moments like this don't just happen. They need good health. They need a childhood that's allowed to simply be a childhood. Your support helps make that possible. And not just for him, but for children like him, wherever care is hardest to reach. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is there for people facing serious illness, from urgent treatment to mental health support, so that ordinary moments like this one can keep happening. Give today and help us keep showing up for the people who need it most. Donate now: https://ow.ly/Cxvn50ZMrtE #DoctorsWithoutBorders #HumanitarianAid ##MSFIndia #MSF

Mental health struggles don't always show on the outside. Someone can look completely fine and still be finding it hard to get through the day. A conversation with someone you trust, a professional who listens without judgement, a helpline that's just a call away: these small steps can make all the difference. If you're going through a hard time, please don't go through it alone. Reach out. Help is there, and asking for it is a strength. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #EndTheStigma

Dogra Hospital in Bara Tehsil, Khyber District, is a vital healthcare facility for communities living with the long-term effects of militancy, displacement including from Tirah Valley and limited access to essential medical services. In collaboration with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the strengthening of the hospital’s infrastructure, services and clinical capacity to help expand access to more equitable, quality healthcare in the area. With Pakistan continuing to face a high volume of neonatal mortality, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recording particularly high rates, MSF is also supporting efforts to strengthen maternal and newborn care at Dogra Hospital. This includes a dedicated newborn unit, maternity services and improved referral systems, helping bring specialised care closer to families who may otherwise struggle to access it. The MSF-supported newborn unit provides care for premature and sick newborns, including oxygen, thermal and feeding support, medicines, monitoring and laboratory services. The unit follows a zero-separation approach, allowing mothers to stay with their babies throughout hospitalisation — supporting breastfeeding, bonding and active participation in care. Between September 2025 and August 2026, more than 348 newborns were treated in the unit, alongside consultations for babies from the maternity ward and surrounding communities. MSF also supports a dedicated cutaneous leishmaniasis clinic at Dogra Hospital through shared staffing and medical supplies, helping improve the hospital’s capacity to diagnose and treat the disease. Between July 2025 and August 2026, the clinic screened 896 people, with 424 patients starting treatment after testing positive — underlining the continued need for specialised services in the area. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ekHxawny #HealthcareAccess #MaternalHealth #MSFinPakistan

Update: the deadline for application has been extended until 28th September. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) South Asia is looking for a Media and Research Manager to help strengthen visibility, shape compelling narratives, and support evidence-based communications. This role is ideal for someone with strong skills in media, research, storytelling, and strategic content who is passionate about humanitarian work and creating impact. Apply now to be part of a team making a difference. https://lnkd.in/gtqeMig9

Sudan’s patients are still here. The care they need is disappearing. War has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, yet funding cuts are forcing clinics and services to shut down. Closing a clinic does not remove a patient, it pushes care out of reach, delays treatment, and leaves people arriving sicker to overstretched facilities. Three years of conferences and pledges have not delivered enough accessible care on the ground. What is promised must be disbursed, and it must reach the organisations able to provide lifesaving services. Needs are not limited to frontline areas. Even where active fighting has reduced, displacement, malnutrition, disease outbreaks, and unmet medical needs continue. Pulling out now risks deepening an already catastrophic crisis. We must all act now! Provide immediate bridge funding, commit sustained and flexible support, and ensure no service is closed without a safe, properly resourced handover. Sudan cannot afford more empty promises. Learn more: https://ow.ly/johq50ZKv0Z #SudanCrisis #CrisisResponse #TalkAboutSudan

This story comes from Kiribati, but the connection between climate and health feels especially close to home after the floods in Nepal. When climate shocks damage water systems, the consequences go far beyond infrastructure, affecting disease risk, hygiene, nutrition, and the ability of health services to function. In Kiribati, rising sea levels, extreme rainfall, king tides, and floods are putting already fragile freshwater sources under even greater pressure. Safe and sufficient water is not separate from healthcare, it is fundamental to it. That is why climate-resilient water systems are also a public health intervention. Through its climate-sensitive healthcare project in Kiribati, MSF is working with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services and local communities to strengthen nutrition, improve care and referral systems, and support water, sanitation, waste management, and rainwater infrastructure. From Kiribati to Nepal, the message is clear: climate resilience is health resilience. #ClimateHealth #NepalFloods

He was told to keep it a secret. Years later, Tuberculosis nearly took his life. This time, he refused to stay silent. At Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) South Asia’s Health and Humanity Summit 2026, Nitesh Yadav shared his journey as a two-time drug-resistant TB survivor from being diagnosed as a child and told not to speak about it, to spending months without answers during his second illness, to surviving treatment, isolation, and stigma that almost broke him. Today, Nitesh has turned that experience into action. As a teacher and active member of the TB Survivors Collective, he works to raise awareness, challenge stigma, and support others affected by TB showing that life after TB is possible, and that survivor voices matter. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e9grjDHx Please note: Nitesh is not part of MSF’s TB cohort, but he is a TB survivor and an active member of TB SURVIVORS COLLECTIVE, community-based organisation (CBO). #TuberculosisAwareness #EndTB #HHSummit