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...
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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 ...
Natural disasters
Philippines
Typhoon Rai Response: Voices from the Field
Survivors and Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff share their stories about the impact of Typhoon Rai (locally known as Ode...
Natural disasters
Haiti
Haiti: After the earthquake, a surgical team works nonstop
Xavier Kernizan is an orthopedic surgeon who normally works at Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s Tabarre hospital in Port-au-P...
Emergency response
Natural disasters
Surgery and trauma care
DR Congo
Helping Each Other: Stories of solidarity after Nyiragongo eruption
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erupted on 22 May, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dis...
