Doctors Without Borders Student Chapter at Columbia University

Recording of our panel for Black History Month, including our two esteemed panelists, Dr. Robert Fullilive and Dr. Rasha Khoury.

So excited for our first film screening of the school year! We will be watching Padman, a film that was inspired by the life of a social activist who created grassroots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India, and stars Akshay Kumar. We will be watching the film on Netflix through Zoom screen share, at 6:30 PM on Thursday, October 8. The Zoom link is: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/97510293392. We also hope to have a discussion about women’s health and surrounding stigma afterwards. Hope to see you there!!

Repost from Lebanese Red Cross Download the app Lebanese Red Cross (https://www.supportlrc.app/donate/donate.html) to directly donate to the LRC. As confirmed by many, the LRC is the most reliable donation fund for the Lebanese people, since it is unaffiliated with the government and does direct work for medical relief in Beirut. In the same regard, any circulating petitions are ineffective.

As COVID-19-related deaths spike in Yemen, the country’s national health systemalready pushed to the brink of collapse by years of devastating conflictis struggling to respond to the pandemic. There is no money to pay health staff, and personal protective equipment and COVID-19 tests are hard to come by. To make matters worse, misinformation about the virus is fueling fear and stigma, causing many sick people to avoid seeking medical care until it’s too late, compounding al...ready high mortality rates. More resources are desperately needed in Yemen to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and provide care for millions of people suffering from other health problems. In July, MSF called on the international community to mobilize resources to help Yemen cope with this crisis, and on Yemeni authorities to help people access much-needed humanitarian aid. Join us on Thursday, August 6, for a conversation with Dr. Nizar Mohamed Jahlan, MSF anesthesiologist and ICU doctor in Yemen, Dr. Diana Galindo Pineda, medical team leader for MSF in Yemen, and Ghassan Abou Chaar, deputy emergency desk manager for MSF. Together with our host, MSF-USA executive director Avril Benoît, our panel will answer your questions and discuss the unique challenges MSF teams face while responding to this cascading crisis in Yemen. The link to join is here: The link to join is here: https://doctorswithoutborders.zoom.us/j/96097639233