11-23 | MSF is currently wrapping up its emergency response in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. On 28 September, a series of earthquakes hit Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi Province caused significant damage and loss of life. As of 30 October, 2,101 people are known to have died. A further 4,438 people have been seriously injured. Search and rescue operations were stopped on 12 October.
10-1 | According to the official report of Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), as of 30 September 2018, the recent earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia has resulted to the deaths of 832 people (821 of which are from Palu City and 11 from Donggala Regency). Also, 540 people are severely injured, 29 are missing, and a total of 16,732 people have been displaced.
5-16 | In a report released lately, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the humanitarian crisis that is affecting people forced to flee Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Central Americans forced to flee devastating violence in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador are being re-victimised along the migration route to the United States and Mexico, according to a report released by MSF.
5-18 | Health professionals working in the hardest-hit areas of Ecuador have felt the impact of the recent earthquake particularly deeply; they not only have to deal with the emotional impact on their patients, but the consequences for themselves and for their families. Like so many people in Ecuador, health professionals lost their homes, their projects and even their loved ones in the earthquake.
4-21 | Concha Fernández is the project coordinator for two of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams currently responding to medical needs in Ecuador following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck the northeast of the country on Saturday, April 16. According to the latest official figures, 525 people were killed in the earthquake. When did you arrive in Ecuador and what did you find? MSF has a project in Tumaco, Colombia, which is very close to the Ecuadorian border.