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...
Emergency teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been extending their reach out into the areas that appear to have been worst affected by the typhoon. There are at least five distinct regional targets, where separate MSF teams have been looking at the extent of the medical needs in order to...
In the ongoing effort to assist people in the central Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have reached by car, boat, plane and helicopter some of the areas that were in the centre of the storm’s path — northern Cebu island, eastern Samar island, Panay Island...
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...
In the wake of the devastating typhoon which hit the Philippines last Friday, emergency teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are trying to reach the worst affected areas. Efforts to reach the city of Tacloban in Leyte Province are being complicated by roads blocked with debris, as well as...
Dr Natasha REYES, MSF Emergency Coordinator, arrived the Philippines on 9 Nov and is coordinating the relief work, she shared the latest situation on ground. “Right now we’re operating in a relative black hole of information. We know from the very little we can see that the situation is terrible...
Emergency teams (15 members) from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been in Cebu city (second largest city in Philippines) with the nearest fully operational airport to the disaster area, since Saturday 9th November. MSF is strengthening its team with an additional 50 people including medical...
Emergency teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Cebu on Saturday 9th November. They have not yet been able to assess the full extent of the needs as access to the affected areas is extremely difficult; Tacloban airport has been destroyed, many of the roads are blocked and it is...
