Typhoon Haiyan: Health Staff “Working Around the Clock”
November 15, 2013November 15, 2013: Dr Johan von Schreeb arrived in the town of Guiuan in eastern Samar Island on November 14 as part of a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency team that is setting up medical services and treating patients...
Read morePhilippines Update:"People are in Need of Everything"
November 15, 2013Esther Sterk is a medical doctor who arrived in the Philippines earlier this week to assist in the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) response to Typhoon Haiyan. She is working with a team assessing the immediate needs in some...
Read morePhilippines Update: MSF Rapidly Scaling Up the Response to Typhoon Haiyan
November 13, 2013November 13, 2013—In the ongoing effort to assist people in the central Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have traveled by car, boat, plane, and helicopter to reach some of the areas that were...
Read morePhilippines Typhoon Haiyan: MSF Rushing Personnel, Supplies to Respond to "Catastrophic" Situation
November 12, 2013November 12, 2013: In the wake of the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines on November 8, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are trying to reach the worst-affected parts of the country. Efforts to reach the city...
Read morePhilippines Update:Typhoon Haiyan – Interview with MSF Emergency Coordinator
November 12, 2013"This sort of disaster is unprecedented in the Philippines" November 11, 2013 - Read the following interview with Dr Natasha Reyes, MSF’s emergency coordinator in the Philippines, about the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan and the medical needs it has...
Read moreTyphoon Haiyan: MSF Emergency Teams Arrive in Cebu; Cargo Flights of Supplies Begin Tomorrow
November 11, 2013November 10, 2013—Emergency teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Cebu, the Philippines, on Nov. 9. They have not yet been able to assess the full extent of the needs as access to the areas affected by...
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