“We live in a tent – the children are afraid of houses and buildings,” says Hind, a 36-year-old mother of five in Afrin, in northwest Syria’s Idlib province. “We are very tired.” Where can you find refuge when your home is no longer safe? How can you comfort your children when they live in fear […]
Read More… from Syria: One year after earthquake, mental scars are still raw
As of May 31, Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will hand over its intervention activities in Türkiye, as the emergency response ends, following the devastating earthquakes that killed 51,000 people in the country’s southeast. After the first quake struck on Feb. 6, MSF supported Turkish civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in responding to […]
Read More… from Türkiye: MSF starts handing over its emergency interventions
In Türkiye, the consequences of this February’s devastating earthquakes are all too visible in destroyed buildings, makeshift camps and rebuilding efforts widespread in affected areas. With the coming of spring, heavy rain has caused flooding, creating further issues. For the survivors, the earthquakes have also led to less visible, but still significant, consequences. Doctors […]
Read More… from Türkiye: Mental health support for people affected by the earthquakes
On Feb. 6 at 4.17 a.m., Mohammad and his family were shaken awake by the first of two massive earthquakes which hit large parts of northwest Syria and south Türkiye. “When the earthquake shook all the buildings, my wife and I took our children and ran to the school playground,” says Mohammad. “We stood there […]
Read More… from Syria: MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit areas
A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria today, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing point. This first convoy carries 1,296 tents destined to families (of five people or more) left homeless by the earthquake and 1,296 winter kits to insulate the tents from the cold. Other […]
Read More… from MSF aid convoy in relief of earthquake survivors enters northwest Syria
According to the latest estimates by authorities, the earthquakes that hit Syria and Türkiye have killed more than 35,000 people. In northwest Syria, a largely landlocked region, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams already in the area enacted an emergency plan as of Feb. 6. The objective: to support hospitals and provide medical and material […]
Read More… from Syria: “Hospitals were full of wounded and dead”
According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria have killed more than 21,000 people and injured tens of thousands more. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works with affected populations in northwestern Syria with nearly 500 staff members. At the time of the disaster, MSF was already there, supporting local communities […]
Information about MSF’s response, below, is correct as of Feb. 8, 2023. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing and supporting medical care and relief assistance for thousands of injured people after the devestating earthquakes that hit Syria and Türkiye on Feb. 6. Our teams have supported care for 3,465 injured people in […]
Read More… from Syria-Türkiye earthquakes: MSF supports treatment of thousands of injured people
Powerful earthquakes hit the south of Türkiye and northwest Syria on Feb. 6. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams, already present providing humanitarian assistance in northwest Syria, are together with local partners responding to people’s urgent needs in the area since the quakes. Many of our staff have been impacted themselves, whether directly or […]
Latest update on the earthquakes Following the powerful earthquakes that hit the south of Türkiye and northwest Syria on February 6th, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), already supporting the population of northwest Syria, has mobilized its team along with local partners to respond to the increasing needs in the area. So far, the United […]