Posts in earthquake

Music Opens Doors To A Girl's Recovery in Haiti

Musical “animators” at MSF’s Drouillard Hospital in Port-au-Prince can play a key role in getting traumatized patients to open up and talk to counselors.

Patient in MSF's Drouillard hospital, Port-au-Prince

A Month in Focus - January 2012

20.01.2012

 

Japan

29.06.2011

The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March devastated the northeastern coast of Honshu island.

Japan 2011 © Jun Saito

Japan Quake: Dr. Nobuko Kurosaki, President of MSF Japan

16.03.2011

Dr. Nobuko Kurosaki, President of MSF Japan and a member of the first assessment team to fly to the quake-afftected areas of northeastern Japan...

Haiti: One Year After

10.01.2011

One year after a devastating earthquake killed an estimated 222,000 people and left 1.5 million people homeless, Haitians continue to endure...

 

Mirlanda's story

23.12.2010

Six months after the January earthquake, photographer Nicola Vigilanti travelled to an MSF reconstructive surgery in Haiti.

Indonesia

29.09.2010

MSF first started working in Indonesia in October 1995, when it provided emergency aid to the victims of a devastating earthquake in Kerinci,...

Indonesia 2009 © Alan Cheung /MSF

Haiti: 3 years later, much remains to be done

09.01.2013

Three years after the 2010 earthquake, the Haitian health care system is still devastated.

Haiti 2013 © Emilie Régnier

Haiti: New Emergency Surgical Centre opens

11.04.2012

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has officially opened a new emergency trauma, orthopaedic and visceral surgery referral centre in the Tabarre...

Country Year © Author/MSF

Haiti: Health care still in disarray two years after the earthquake

11.01.2012

Two years after the earthquake, the health care system in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas is still in disarray.  Most Haitians still...

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Turkey: MSF distributes winter tents to earthquake-affected families

11.11.2011

MSF teams have distributed 2,000 winter tents and 2,000 cooking kits in collaboration with local organisations since the earthquake struck...

Distribution of tents to people in earthquake-hit cities of Turkey

Turkey: MSF distributing relief goods to 10,000 people

28.10.2011

Following the earthquake that struck Eastern Turkey last Sunday, killing at least 500 people and injuring 2,500, MSF has sent a team to Van and...

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Japan: Building shelters and supporting psychological needs

16.05.2011

Two months after the massive earthquake and tsunami in the northeast of Japan, a team of MSF Japanese psychologists are continuing to work with...

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Japan: Earthquake and tsunami - One Month on

11.04.2011

Dr. Nobuko Kurosaki, President of MSF Japan and a member of the first assessment team to fly to the quake-afftected areas of northeastern Japan...

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Japan: Providing psychological care in quake aftermath

25.03.2011

MSF plans to support a team of six psychologists who will treat survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit north-east Japan on...

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Japan: MSF caring for elderly in evacuation centres

21.03.2011

For the past seven days MSF has been providing medical
consultations in evacuation centres in Minami Sanriku, where around 10,000
people are...

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Japan Quake: MSF Ireland Executive Director Marc DuBois on RTE Morning Ireland

18.03.2011

Speaking on RTE's Morning Ireland programme on Thursday 17th March, the Executive Director of MSF Ireland and the UK, Marc DuBois describes MSF's...

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Japan: MSF helping survivors in isolated communities

15.03.2011

On Tuesday, members of the 11-person MSF team in the area devastated by last week’s earthquake and tsunamis worked in evacuation centres with...

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Japan Quake: RTE Morning Ireland interview with Director of MSF Japan

14.03.2011

The General Director of MSF Japan was interviewed on Morning Ireland on Monday 14th March.  He describes the relief effort and what the...

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Japan: MSF team assesses quake-battered area

13.03.2011

The MSF team sent to the area devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis in northeast Japan continues to assist in the...

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Japan Quake: MSF teams on way to worst affected area

12.03.2011

Following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis that devastated
areas of northeast Japan on Friday afternoon, a chartered helicopter...

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Japan: Two MSF teams try to reach worst-hit areas

11.03.2011

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Haiti: One Year After

One year after the catastrophe, it's important to look back on what has
been done and achieved and to review the choices that were made.  We...

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Haiti: Where aid failed

04.01.2011

Why have at least 2,500 people died of cholera when there are about 12,000 NGOs in the country?

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HAITI: MSF responding to the earthquake

20.08.2010

On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

China: Qinghai earthquake update

18.08.2010

19 April: According to official Chinese media, the death toll from the 6.9 magnitude quake last Wednesday in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture...

Broken quake survivors suffering in mind as well as body

08.07.2010

Anxiety, profound grief and flashbacks are widely encountered depressive symptoms.
This article by Lara Marlowe was published in The Irish...

HAITI: MSF responding to the earthquake

08.07.2010

On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 quake...

Haiti Earthquake Response

08.07.2010

On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

Haiti: Time passes but medical needs persist

20.05.2010

Four months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, the MSF teams continue to adjust their activities to meet the changing, but still major, medical...

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MSF in Haiti: Three months after the quake

17.04.2010

Three months after the earthquake which devastated Haiti on January 12, killing over 200,000 people, MSF is continuing to respond to both the...

© Photo by Michael Goldfarb A patient with an MSF physical therapist at the MSF-

Haitians "facing intolerable breach of human dignity"

05.03.2010

Colette Gadenne, who has been managing MSF activities in Haiti over the last few weeks, and Christopher Stokes, General Director of MSF...

© Julie Remy Tents and other makeshift shelters have been set up in the city cen

Chile: MSF in most affected areas

03.03.2010

Due to initial response by Chilean authorities, MSF is concentrating its efforts in the areas that are most difficult to...

© REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero Women cry next to a destroyed building in Talca

The first MSF team arriving in Chile

28.02.2010

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Haiti: From one emergency to the next

15.02.2010

One month after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the numbers are still difficult to digest: more than 200,000 deaths, 300,000...

© Bruno Stevens/MSF

Haiti: 'Normal' medical issues start to re-emerge among the trauma

05.02.2010

One of the emerging trends in MSF's medical work in Haiti is a return to prominence of what could be described as normal illnessess and...

© William Daniels/MSF

Video: MSF''s Haitian staff determined to help.

27.01.2010

Despite being victims of the earthquake themselves, MSF's Haitian staff have continued to do everything they can to provide medical assistance in...

Haiti update: New facilities and mobile clinics

27.01.2010

The core medical activities in Haiti are still concentrated on treating people who were injured in the quake, with surgery continuing and post...

© Julie Remy/MSF

Haiti update: Surgery begins in inflatable hospital

26.01.2010

The dual pressures of continuing needs for emergency surgery and a growing need for post-operative care are all-consuming work for many Médecins...

©Julie Remy/MSF

Haitian MSF staff determined to help their people

25.01.2010

Haitian surgeon Dr. Philippe Brouard has worked with MSF at Trinité hospital in Port-au-Prince since 2006.

© Julie Remy/MSF

Haiti update: Mobile clinics and water provision programmes begin

22.01.2010

The MSF teams in Port au Prince and beyond are still mainly occupied with...

© Julie Remy/MSF

Haiti: Running operating theatres around the clock

17.01.2010

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A 12 year old girl undergoes a leg amputation after part of her leg was cut by d

PHOTO GALLERY: 24-hours after the Haiti earthquake (from Reuters)

15.01.2010
© REUTERS/Joel Trimble

INTERVIEW: Dr Greg Elder, 24 hours after the earthquake

15.01.2010

  Dr. Greg Elder is the deputy operations (MSF) in Haiti. Here, he provides an update ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Haiti earthquake photo update (from Reuters)

15.01.2010

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on the 12th of January, the MSF medical teams in Port-au-Prince have been treating very large...

© REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

VIDEO: Haiti earthquake update

14.01.2010

Paul McPhun, MSF operations manager, gives a briefing here on the situation for MSF and our patients in Haiti, including...

Dispatches - Winter 2010

  • New life emerges from the chaos of the floods- Pakistan. 
  • How the man with the green file managed to beat the odds- Myanmar. 
  • War, fires and mud?
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