Details of MSF activity in Asian earthquake zone as teams increase in number

MSF teams are spreading throughout the earthquake zones offering medical care as well as distributing shelter, basic food supplies and cooking implements. In Pakistan, staff are now active in six locations. More staff are en route as well as supplies. Project Update - 13 Oct 2005

Guatemala

Mudslides devastate communities

Guatemala has endured by mudslides that have buried entire communities following Hurricane Stan that brought torrential rains to the region. Hurricane Stan struck Guatemala from October 4 to 9 and the storm left weakened terrain throughout the country. Mudslides were constant in the following hours and days. Project Update - 12 Oct 2005

Natural hazards

Natural disasters do not lead to epidemics

Philippe Guérin, Scientific Director of Epicentre - the epidemiology branch of MSF - explains that natural disasters do not harbour epidemics. He details the risks and priorities in the wake of the Kashmir earthquake, as he had done after the tsunami that struck southern Asia in December 2004. Project Update - 12 Oct 2005

Morocco

Mass relocation to uncertain locations for immigrants in Morocco after MSF highlights their plight

Following the MSF press release on Oct 7 reporting on 500 immigrants in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, in Morocco, who had been abandoned by authorities in a desert area in southern Morocco with no food, water or adequate means for survival. Project Update - 11 Oct 2005

Earthquake

Primary needs are focus of MSF work at Asian earthquake zone

MSF is increasing its activities in both Pakistan and India-controlled Kashmir following the Saturday morning earthqauke in the region. The quake measured 7.6 on the Richter Scale and has brought widespread devastation. Project Update - 10 Oct 2005

India

Teams in India-controlled Kashmir provide emergency help after earthquake

MSF is running a psycho-social project in the Indian region of Kashmir. Project Update - 10 Oct 2005

Nigeria

Patient numbers increase after key media campaign in northern Nigeria

Since the opening of the project three weeks ago, more than 260 malnourished children have been treated by MSF. Project Update - 28 Sep 2005

Cholera

Cholera outbreaks across West Africa: MSF sends more staff and supplies

A number of factors conspire to make the outbreak during this year's rainy season much worse than in most years, including bad conditions of hygiene, overcrowding in certain areas, and a lack of safe drinking water. Project Update - 14 Sep 2005

Nicaragua

Chagas treatment: Far from ideal

Excerpted from the MSF 2005 publication: Lessons Learned: "Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua"
Project Update - 7 Sep 2005

Nicaragua

Lessons Learned: 'Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua'

Excerpt from the MSF 2005 publication: Lessons Learned: "Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua"
Project Update - 7 Sep 2005

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