MSF prepares to respond to hurricane Melissa
October 30, 2025Paris, France: On Tuesday 28 October 2025, a devastating hurricane, Melissa, struck Jamaica causing flooding and widespread destruction. The hurricane then swept across Cuba on Wednesday 29 October and is now affecting Haiti and other countries in the region. We...
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Philippines: MSF works with rural communities to deliver aid after the Cebu earthquake
October 21, 2025On 30 September, a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines, claiming at least 76 lives and injuring hundreds more. Cebu province was hardest hit, with Bogo City—closest to the epicentre—bearing the brunt of the devastation. A Doctors Without Borders...
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Myanmar: MSF steps up response following devastating earthquake
April 10, 2025South Shan, Myanmar- On 28 March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan State. As of 8 April, official figures reported over 3,600 deaths, more than 5,000 people injured,...
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Kenya: Raging floods raise the risk of cholera and malaria
July 12, 2024Raging floods have hit Kenya, killing nearly 200 people and displacing tens of thousands in Nairobi and other parts of the country, as heavy rainfall continues to batter the country since March. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Kenya started...
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“We have lost everything, but I am very strong”: MSF works in shelter with vulnerable victims of disastrous floods in the south of Brazil
June 3, 2024A boy named Joaquim runs restlessly among toys spread on the classroom’s floor. There are colorful posters displayed on the walls, but it’s not a class day, and Joaquim is not a student here, either. Desks in this classroom in...
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Brazil: MSF teams aim at supporting most vulnerable in response to Brazil’s biggest climate disaster to date
May 20, 2024Professionals face logistic challenges in order to reach population affected by severe floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The situation is catastrophic. When we arrived and traveled through the region by helicopter, we were able to view...
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Afghanistan earthquakes: “What do we go back to?”
October 20, 2023Since Saturday 7 October, Herat Province in western Afghanistan has been hit by three powerful earthquakes as well as innumerable aftershocks of varying strengths. At the Herat Regional Hospital, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs regular activities in the paediatric department, we donated...
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Afghanistan: MSF is responding to Herat earthquake
October 9, 2023Western Afghanistan has experienced three 6.3-magnitude earthquakes and many aftershocks in less than two weeks in October. Together, the quakes and aftershocks have killed more than 2,000 people. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting Herat Regional Hospital, which...
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Morocco earthquake: MSF teams mobilise to evaluate needs and support
September 10, 2023The powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday night at 11 pm local time. MSF is currently not present in Morocco, but we are establishing contacts with local authorities to immediately send our teams to Morocco to assess local needs and...
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Cyclone Mocha: aid efforts severely hampered by new restrictions
July 27, 2023About 85 per cent of my camp is in ruins after Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc here. All hut-like houses are destroyed. People who live in houses like these are in dire need of emergency aid since they have no place...
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Water and sanitation in northwest Syria: the invisible health threats to displaced people
June 18, 2023Jindires, a once-magnificent city located in northwest Syria, near the Turkish border, has been reduced to rubble, bearing the scars of both a relentless war and a recent earthquake. In northwest Syria, nine out of 10 people who were newly...
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MSF starts handing over its Emergency Interventions in Türkiye
June 2, 2023As of 31 May, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will hand over its intervention activities in Türkiye, as the emergency response ends, following the devastating earthquakes that killed 51,000 people in the country's southeast. After the first quake struck on...
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