MEDSF Indonesia

MEDSF hands over adolescent health project in Indonesia

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:01:17 +0000

Since 2018, MEDSF ran a project that provided innovative approaches to adolescent health in two provinces of Indonesia, to address a healthcare gap. After four years, our teams are now ready to hand them over to local communities to run.

Update on response to Sunda Strait tsunami | Indonesia

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:24:19 +0000

Updates from MEDSF's teams in Indonesia, following the tsunami that hit Sunda Strait late on 22 December 2018.

"Thank God, my family is safe!" | Indonesia

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:26:39 +0000

Elis, a 30-year-old mother who is seven-months pregnant and was treated by MEDSF, recounts her experience of the tsunami that hit her family’s home on the coast of Sunda Strait, Indonesia, on 22 December 2018.

MEDSF supports health centres tending to Sunda Strait tsunami victims in Indonesia

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 14:30:42 +0000

MEDSF teams responded to the influx of patients as injured people were brought to the health centres in Pandeglang district on the morning of 23 December 2018.

Update on Central Sulawesi response | November 2018 | Indonesia

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:16:02 +0000

An overview of MEDSF's emergency response in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, following the earthquake and tsunami that hit the province on 28 September, causing significant damage and loss of life.

Getting healthcare and safe water to remote areas in Central Sulawesi

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:59:27 +0000

An MEDSF team from Indonesia is helping health centres in remote parts of Central Sulawesi get back on their feet and working to ensure communities have access to safe water, having assessed the medical and humanitarian needs in areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island on 28 September.

Access Campaign: MEDSF delivers petition of nearly 400,00 people who demand Pfizer and GSK cut the price of pneumonia vaccine

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 07:39:41 +0000

“We’ve seen too many children die of pneumonia, and we’re not going to stop until we know that all countries can afford this life-saving vaccine,”

Adapting to changing needs one month after the Indonesian earthquake

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Nearly one month after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) is focusing its efforts on the most affected area - the villages near Padang and Pariaman.

Sumatra: 'The emergency phase is mostly over. We are now entering the recovery'

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

20 days after the earthquake hit the area, the emergency phase is mostly over and Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) teams are entering the recovery stage.

South Pacific region rocked by typhoons and earthquakes

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

More than 60 Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) surgeons, doctors, nurses, logisticians, and others are currently part of the substantial international and local aid effort in Manila in the Philippines, Padang in Indonesia, and Samoa in the South Pacific.