As access improves in the region devastated by the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunamis in northeast Japan, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is finding serious needs among pockets of populations in areas that had previously been impossible to reach by road. MSF currently has a team of 10 people divided...
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) team sent to the area devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis in northeast Japan continues to assist in the massive government-led relief effort. The team has expanded to 10 people, with further personnel being sent on Monday. “On Sunday...
On Saturday evening, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) assessment team reached the area of northeast Japan hit by the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake. “In some places, we saw that houses and buildings had been completely destroyed. Local people said the water from the tsunami had gone down...
Following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis that devastated areas of northeast Japan on Friday afternoon, a chartered helicopter with two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams has landed in Miyagi prefecture. The team is travelling to the medical coordination centre in the worst-...
Following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis that hit northeast Japan on Friday afternoon, two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams of three-people are attempting to get to the worst-hit areas in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. Access to the area by land is currently blocked by the...
