Supertyphoon Man-yi hits the Philippines: “It’s like the storm took an axe to the trees”
Rooftops have been ripped from houses and community centers. Segments of metal sheeting are wrapped around trees that are now empty of leaves and bran...
Natural disasters
Year in Review 2023
This essay by Doctors Without Borders directors of operations—Ahmed Abd-elrahman, Oliver Behn, Dr Marc Biot, William Hennequin, Dr Sal Ha Issoufou, Ke...
War and conflict
Natural disasters
Tuberculosis (TB)
Refugees
Brazil
Brazil: Unprecedented flooding leaves millions affected and hundreds of thousands displaced
The extreme rainfall and flooding that hit the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul isolated and forced the evacuation of whole cities. Roads...
Natural disasters
Syria
Syria: Mental wounds remain deep a year after the earthquakes
People in northwest Syria continue to struggle with the mental health impacts of more than a decade of war, compounded by the devastating earthquakes ...
