On 15 February, in collaboration with the Turkish Medical Association, a team from Médecins Sans Frontières donated various essential relief items to people affected by the earthquake in the city of Adiyaman in southern Türkiye. The donated items – including hygiene kits, electrical stoves, winter...
1) What is the situation in Northwest Syria? Following the two strong earthquakes many buildings in northwest Syria collapsed leaving thousands of people homeless. The search for survivors is ongoing, with the hospitals that remain functional treating the wounded. Many hospitals have been damaged,...
“I’m Samar from Eastern Ghouta. I’m the MSF health promotion supervisor in northwest Syria. When the first quake occurred, I was home in A’zaz with my husband, son, and daughter. We live on the second floor. We were asleep when the earthquake happened. My husband felt it and woke me up. I carried...
Since the strong earthquakes hits Southern Türkiye (formerly Turkey) and Northwest Syria last week, there are over 30,000 deaths according the official figures from both countries as of February 12. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) immediately launched humanitarian relief work to respond to the...
Walid *, 68-year-old displaced person in Termanin “My two sons who fled from Jindires after the earthquake with their families came to my house. My daughter-in-law delivered the moment she arrived. I am a cancer patient, and I used to receive treatment in Türkiye. My house with two rooms is now...
1) What is the situation in Northwest Syria? Following the two strong earthquakes many buildings in northwest Syria collapsed leaving thousands of people homeless. The search for survivors is ongoing, with the hospitals that remain functional treating the wounded. Many hospitals have been damaged,...
Following the powerful earthquakes that hit the south of Türkiye (formerly Turkey) and northwest Syria on February 6th, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), already supporting the population of northwest Syria, has mobilized its team along with local partners to respond to the increasing needs in the...
Following the earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan on the night of 21 to 22 June, MSF sent teams made up of medical and logistical staff to the worst-affected areas. Hundreds of people are thought to have been killed, over a thousand wounded, and many homes have been...
A fuel shortage in Haiti in recent days is threatening access and continuity of medical care in the country, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. At its trauma hospital in Tabarre, Port au Prince, MSF has been forced to limit patients and is only treating life-...
On Saturday 14 August at 8:30 am local time, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the southern region of Haiti, specifically the provinces of Grand’Anse, Nippes and Sud. But the tremors were felt in other areas of Haiti, too. The Haitian Civil Protection General Directorate (DGPC) says 137,000...
