MSF Podcasts

#67 "Europe! HANDS OFF Our Medicine"

08 November 2010

MSF launched a public campaign to tell Europe to back off its trade policies that could destroy India's generics industry and keep millions of people in developing countries from their urgently needed medicines.

#66 Treating survivors of domestic and sexual violence in PNG

03 November 2010

In Papua New Guinea, 70 percent of women say they've been physically abused by their husbands, and in some parts of the country that number reaches 100 percent, according to the PNG Law Reform Commission. When this kind of violence is so widespread, what kind of a difference can a small MSF project make?

#65 MSF closes a long-running hospital in DRC

26 October 2010

The Bon Marche Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was started by MSF in 2003 after years of conflict and instability had rendered the national health services almost non-existent. Now, although violence between armed groups in the Congo is still a huge concern, the situation in Bunia itself is significantly calmer. This year MSF handed over medical activites back to the country's ministry of health.

Hear about how and why MSF leaves a project.

#64 MSF's Kashmir radio soap opera

19 October 2010

"Alaw Baya Alaw" - Kashmiri for "Hello Brother, Hello" - has been on the air in the Kashmir Valley since 2005. Its purpose is to raise awareness of mental health issues in an entertaining way.

#63 In Kashmir, mental health care during a surge of violence

15 October 2010

The Kashmir Valley has been in the midst of increasing civil unrest since June. Violent, deadly clashes between protestors and security forces have led to strict 24-hour curfews and an even more pronounced military presence on the streets, the combination of which has kept people from accessing much-needed mental health care. MSF has been providing psychological care in Kashmir since 2002 and since June the team has had to adjust its strategy to in order to reach those who need help the most.

#62 Difficulties of treating children with TB

06 October 2010

In Mathare, a poor area on the outskirts of Nairobi, MSF treats children with TB, but just diagnosing them is extremely challenging. Results of the lack of research into TB means the main diagnostic tool for the adult form of the disease is 130 years old and not at all adapted for use with children.

#61 The retreat from funding the fight against AIDS: Part 3 - Sending a message

28 September 2010

Patients who have built up resistance to their first treatment regimen urgently need second- or third-line treatment.