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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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Patients stories - Two weeks after a second typhoon hit the Philippines

21 October 2010
Two weeks after a second typhoon hit the Philippines
Two weeks after a second typhoon hit the Philippines
Two weeks after a second typhoon hit the Philippines on October 3, several provinces in the northern island of Luzon are still reeling from the floods triggered by weeks of continuous rains. In Pangasinan and Tarlac provinces, several villages and cities were devastated after the authorities were forced to release water from local dams, which where in danger of spilling over. Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing medical assistance and relief items to the most affected communities in Luzon.   Christina Belisario, mother of four Carmen West, Rosales, Pangasinan Province “My house has been totally flooded. By the time the water from the dam arrived at our village it was night here and we were not...
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Philippines Update

21 October 2010
Two weeks after a second typhoon hit the Philippines on October 3, several provinces in the northern island of Luzon are still reeling from the floods triggered by weeks of continuous rains. In Pangasinan and Tarlac provinces, several villages and cities were devastated after the authorities were forced to release water from local dams, which where in danger of spilling over. Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing medical assistance and relief items to the most affected communities in Luzon. Christina Belisario, mother of four, Carmen West, Rosales, Pangasinan Province “My house has been totally flooded. By the time the water from the dam arrived at our village it was night here and we were not prepared at...
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by Dr. Radut.