One month after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still working on three of the country’s hardest-hit islands, providing healthcare for people in remote areas and supporting the health system as it recovers. One month after Typhoon Haiyan, which killed 5,600...
Developed specifically for natural disasters, MSF’s inflatable hospital is a temporary structure in which its teams will provide secondary healthcare and surgical care in the typhoon-hit city of Tacloban over the next three to six months while the local healthcare system is rebuilt. A team from the...
Cindy is a Filipino nurse from the town of Estancia on the north east of Panay Island. She has been helping survivors of Typhoon Haiyan since it hit the Philippines on 8 November. She explains the initial medical response here. For the last few days, together with many of her colleagues, Cindy is...
Cradled in his father’s arms, five-month old Niño James PADERNOS cries feebly. He is coughing and has been feverish for two days, with red spots on his face. “Two days ago he came down with a fever. It didn’t go away”, says Niño’s mother. “His fever is very high, I am very worried. We came all the...
Almost ten days after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, aid is reaching airports, ports and cities, but people in many rural areas are still struggling without assistance, says MSF emergency coordinator Caroline Seguin. She describes the huge logistical challenges of getting emergency aid to...
Dr Johan VON SCHREEB, arrived in Guiuan in the east of Samar island on 14 November, an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan and where MSF’s emergency team is setting up its medical services and treating patients. They are creating what will be an integrated provision of mobile clinics, reaching out to...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency team in the far east of Samar island, where the typhoon first stuck, is setting up its medical services and seeing patients. The team is creating what will be an integrated provision of mobile clinics, reaching out to the more isolated parts of the coast and...
While serious logistical difficulties remain, the activities of MSF teams on the islands most affected by typhoon Haiyan are taking shape. With 137 international staff in the Philippines today, and the arrival of 232 tons of supplies, MSF teams continue to assess areas outside the main cities while...
Esther STERK is a medical doctor who arrived in the Philippines earlier this week to assist in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) response to Typhoon Haiyan. She is working with a team assessing the immediate needs in some of the islands west of Cebu, remote areas that have been massively affected...
