Malawi: Responding to immediate medical needs after cyclone Freddy hits southern region
Cyclone Freddy hit the southern region of Malawi on 12 March 2023 with heavy rains and strong winds causing damage to infrastructure such as roads, bu...
Natural disasters
DR Congo
Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
Every two to three years, measles outbreaks affect tens or even hundreds of thousands of children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last year was...
Measles
Infectious diseases
Turkmenistan
Surviving among the rubble: Syria and Türkiye one month on
On February 6, two massive magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes struck southcentral Türkiye and northwest of neighboring Syria. After the initial earthqu...
Natural disasters
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Cuts to refugees’ food rations will have serious health impact
Cuts to the food rations received by around one million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, will increase their risk of malnutritio...
Rohingya refugee crisis
Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders surveys estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed during the attacks in Myanmar
Surveys conducted by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh estimate that at least 9,000 R...
Rohingya refugee crisis
Bangladesh
Rohingya crisis: a summary of findings from six pooled surveys
On 25 August 2017, a counter-insurgency military operation in Rakhine State, Myanmar, led to a mass displacement of Rohingya civilians into Bangladesh...
Rohingya refugee crisis
Turkmenistan
Türkiye: "It is important to be flexible in this response given the magnitude of the disaster"
Logistics coordinator Ricardo Martínez is leader of one of the first Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) emergency teams to arrive ...
Natural disasters
Syria
Syria: Doctors Without Borders aid convoy in relief of earthquake victims enters northwest Syria
Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)calls for the urgent scaling up of humanitarian supplies, which currently fail to even match pr...
Natural disasters
Syria
Earthquake in Syria: "Hospitals were full of wounded and dead"
According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria have killed more than 35,000 people. In Northwest Syria, a largely landl...
