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    Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders is responding to earthquakes in Herat
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders is responding to earthquakes in Herat
    At 11:10 am local time on Saturday, October 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan, followed by three subsequent aftershocks. As of ...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Mental health
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    As Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Libya begin medical activities in the cities of Derna and Susah one week after th...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    A Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team has arrived on 13 September 2023 evening from Misrata to Tobruk, east Libya and is due...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Haiti Earthquake Crisis
    Haiti
    Haiti Earthquake Crisis
    On Saturday August 14 at 8:30 am local time, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the southern region of Haiti, specifically the provinces of Grand’Anse,...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Sierra Leone: Living through epidemics and expanding in challenging times
    Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone: Living through epidemics and expanding in challenging times
    “When COVID-19 came I was very nervous. I thought it would be another Ebola, which was a death sentence,” says 45-year-old Ira Jonson. Ira was heavily...
    Epidemics and pandemics
    Responding to emergencies amid the conflict in CAR
    Central African Republic
    Responding to emergencies amid the conflict in CAR
    Since late December, the situation in Central African Republic (CAR) has quickly worsened, as clashes between a coalition of non-state armed groups an...
    War and conflict
    Emergency response