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MSF responding in the Philippines after the typhoons

06 January 2012
Philippines, flooding, typhoon, emergency response
MSF staff evaluate the devastation left by recent the recent typhoon that hit Mindanao, Philippines. Pauline Busson/MSF
MSF is present in the region of Mindanao Island most affected by the floods. A team is providing medical assistance to people whose houses were destroyed and who are now living in evacuation centers. Pier-Luigi Testa, MSF's deputy emergency program manager. MSF's intervention came about almost unexpectedly. What happened? In December, an MSF team was headed to Mindanao Island to assess emergency health needs in the Cotabato, Maguidanao and Davao areas, where armed conflict has been underway for several years. However on December 16, during the assessment, a typhoon struck Mindanao, causing many deaths and widespread damage in another part of the island. The team thus halted its evaluation mission and went to the flooded sites....
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Pakistan: Providing basic healthcare to families displaced by severe flooding in southern Sindh

07 October 2011
Pakistan: Severe flooding in Sindh
Pakistan floods
Severe flooding in Pakistan has affected millions of people, with the southeastern province of Sindh particularly badly hit. Weeks of torrential monsoon rains have seen canals bursting their banks and flooding villages, leaving tens of thousands of families homeless for the past two months.  Photo: PK Lee/MSF MSF has been providing basic healthcare to displaced families living in camps or in tents on the roadside. Although the rains have finally stopped and the water is starting to recede, thousands of people are still unable to return home. MSF continues to work in the area, providing basic healthcare and monitoring the health of affected communities. Badin district, in southern Sindh, was one of...
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Pakistan: MSF response to floods victims in Sindh

21 September 2011
Pakistan floods in Sindh province
A photograph from Sindh province during a distribution of sanitation items in response to last year's devastating floods.
Monsoon rains and floods continue to ravage southern Pakistan, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced and vulnerable in Sindh province. In the coming days, an MSF team of 13 will  launch mobile clinics in camps for people displaced from their homes in southern Badin district in coming days, in the sub-districts of Tando Bago, Dadah and Chabralo. A photograph from Sindh province during a distribution of sanitation items in response to last year's devastating floods. Photo: Damien Follet   The MSF team has conducted assessments throughout Badin district in the past week. “we saw roads that were partially flooded, the roadsides lined with makeshift tents made of plastic...
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