In Manila and the North of the Philippines, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to assist the most vulnerable people affected by tropical storms Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng), which struck the country on September 26 and October 3, affecting over 8.4 million people and causing 849 deaths. Project Update - 23 Oct 2009

Indonesia

The emergency phase is mostly over. We are now entering the recovery stage.

20 days after the earthquake hit the area, the emergency phase is mostly over and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are entering the recovery stage.
Voices from the Field - 22 Oct 2009

Yemen

Razeh hospital hit by rocket fire, MSF calls for respect of health care facilities

While the war has been ongoing for the past two months in northern Yemen, one of the last hospitals still operating in the Saada governorate was directly hit by the fighting and forced to stop its work. It is urgent to set up a hospital in a safe area, allowing patients to access healthcare. MSF is ready to restart medical activities in the governorate as soon as possible. Press Release - 21 Oct 2009

Tuberculosis

The underfunding of TB research across Europe

Report - 21 Oct 2009

India

Flood waters in India recede but humanitarian needs remain

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was one of the first international humanitarian aid organisations to provide emergency assistance to the affected populations in Andhra Pradesh and is continuing its relief efforts this week. Project Update - 19 Oct 2009

Malaria

Malaria: Introducing ACT from Asia to Africa

The introduction of rapid tests and ACTs in MSF missions, along with the plea for their accessibility in public structures in African countries, opened the way for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. MSF’s participation in their introduction through work in humanitarian circumstances (war refugees, neglected epidemics) and the long mediation process (from Asia to Africa, from Chinese science to international norms, from one economic model to another, etc.) remind us that medical progress arises not only from the most sophisticated research laboratories but also from the porosity of borders and from improbable meetings between refugees, researchers, and clinicians. msf-crash.org - 13 Oct 2009

MSF teams are focusing on Manila city and surrounding areas, one week after tropical storm Ketsana. <br/>/nAccording to official figures, the flooding killed 300 people and displaced 320,000 in and around Manila. The floodwaters have started to recede and many people are returning to their homes. However some places are still under water and it could take months for all the water to clear.

Philippines

MSF mobiles teams providing emergency assistance in newly flooded area in the northern Philippines

In Manila and its surroundings, more Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are still working to provide medical care to the most vulnerable people affected by tropical storm Ketsana, which struck the Philippines two weeks ago affecting 3.9 million people and forcing 500,000 to flee their houses. Project Update - 13 Oct 2009

Afghanistan

No guns, no fees in Ahmed Shah Baba hospital, Kabul

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started working again in Afghanistan in 2009. The organisation’s return to the country – after five years – was motivated by the increasing number of signals that the overall situation for Afghans was getting worse rather than better. Project Update - 12 Oct 2009

Pakistan

MSF requests permission for international medical teams to set up assistance in Dera Ismael Khan

For the past two months, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been requesting authorisations for an independent access in the area to provide emergency medical care with a team of national and international staff. Project Update - 12 Oct 2009

Streets of Pasig neighbourhood after the flooding.

Philippines

MSF teams assessing the situation in the northern Philippines as typhoon Parma loops back

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical doctors and logisticians are currently assessing the situation on the main island of Luzon, Philippines, as typhoon Parma continues to rain on the northern Philippines. Project Update - 9 Oct 2009

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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Struck twice by tropical storms, MSF works with the most vulnerable