The Philippines: Houses, rice fields submerged by Tropical Storm Trami
In Bula, Camarines Sur, Doctors Without Borders reaches the hardest-hit communities, where clean drinking water is one of the most urgent needs.
Natural disasters
Bangladesh
Providing medical and sanitation support following devastating floods in Bangladesh
In mid-September, the floodwaters had barely subsided in Noakhali, in southern Bangladesh, when the devastating consequences began to unfold. Among th...
Natural disasters
Nigeria
Nigeria: fears of outbreaks grow in Maiduguri following severe flooding
Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent additional support for massive flooding in Maiduguri, Nigeria, especially in terms of water, sanitation, and ...
Natural disasters
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Life after earthquakes in Herat
Since Saturday 7 October, Herat Province in western Afghanistan has been hit by three powerful earthquakes as well as innumerable aftershocks of varyi...
Natural disasters
South Africa
South Africa: Music – medicine a doctor can't prescribe
In Durban, South Africa, following devastating floods in April 2022, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'mental health team has b...
Natural disasters
Mental health
Pakistan
Pakistan floods: Shahid's Story
Shahid Abdullah is an emergency field coordinator with Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Balochistan, Pakistan. He describes ...
Natural disasters
Emergency response
Pakistan
Pakistan: Responding to the emergency at home
Akeela, an Outreach Counsellor with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2020, lived in the village of Mir Gul Hassan Manju ...
Natural disasters
Emergency response
Afghanistan
Afghanistan earthquake: Doctors Without Borders sends teams to the worst-affected areas
Following the earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan on the night of 21 to 22 June, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans...
Natural disasters
Philippines
The Philippines: Medical and mental health needs continue after Typhoon Rai
From January to March 2022, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mounted an emergency response in Dinagat Island Province and the ...
