https://www.medsf.org/rss/Philippines en https://www.medsf.org/philippines-tackling-tuberculosis-slums-manila Overcrowding in Manila's most populated slum is exposing people to a higher risk of tuberculosis. We are running an active-case finding programme to screen people and break the chain of transmission. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:31:34 +0000 b40cf3b8-5bdb-49de-b25d-8f142e4bf3ac https://www.medsf.org/msf-launches-intervention-philippines-islands-affected-typhoon-rai After Typhoon Rai battered the Philippines in December, leaving hundreds of casualties, our teams have begun medical and humanitarian activities in the worst-affected regions. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:40:38 +0000 5dc16be5-c4c8-4522-8b44-2b038e9e8b95 https://www.medsf.org/displaced-marawi-living-covid-19-and-ongoing-uncertainty Around 120,000 people in Marawi, in the south of the Philippines, are still displaced following a siege by IS-related groups in 2017. The community lockdown in the Philippines caused by COVID-19 has complicated lives further. Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:14:12 +0000 4ba47483-fafd-41af-b1d6-3d0d9f6075c3 https://www.medsf.org/photo-story-year-pictures-2017 MSF's Pictures of the Year collection looks back on a year of providing medical care in extreme conditions and contexts across the globe. Through the lens of its photojournalists, MEDSF remembers and pays tribute to those who have struggled, those who have persevered and those who have perished. Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:23:02 +0000 50c48445-ad60-4253-b8a5-4c8202a54d50 https://www.medsf.org/photo-story-philippines-supporting-young-girls-slums-manila Over 300,000 people live crammed into the slums of Tondo, which cling to the docks of the port of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. In these deprived districts, MEDSF launched a large-scale operation to vaccinate 25,000 young girls against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), one of the main causes of cervical cancer. Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:37:51 +0000 1f430328-a7b5-46d2-a5c4-75e3669f8e91 https://www.medsf.org/philippines-helping-people-cope-amid-conflict-mindanao Counselling and water will only get these communities so far, and while Marawi has dropped from international news, the needs of people will last and expand. Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:03:53 +0000 b0b412a5-cbc4-4e45-9c65-8a53d3ab9d1c https://www.medsf.org/one-year-after-typhoon-haiyan MEDSF raised €32.5m for Typhoon Haiyan emergency response. Here's how we spent it. Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:22:08 +0000 eeadf491-003f-44a1-b541-42149de9caa7 https://www.medsf.org/philippines-msf-teams-reach-areas-most-impacted-typhoon-hagupit-and-find-population-well-prepared Conclude there is no need for an MEDSF medical intervention Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:29:01 +0000 d807bbc1-4351-4850-ae32-0921971f3eeb https://www.medsf.org/philippines-msf-teams-reach-affected-areas-samar-and-masbate Assess that there is no need for a surgical intervention from MEDSF Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:58:03 +0000 88dd8f1c-c131-4281-aa82-7ac9d1ff66f4 https://www.medsf.org/philippines-typhoon-hagupit-weakens-msf-teams-assess-samar The level of damage does not appear to be as severe as first feared. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:20:45 +0000 683c10b2-534a-4c24-87b5-9d0a90e46fe3