Response to cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe (2019/03/27)

MSF teams are responding to the devastating effects of cyclone Idai which hit Zimbabwe on 15 March 2019 killing scores of people. Property and infrastructure including road networks were severely damaged. Chimanimani district, in the eastern part of Zimbabwe was hardest hit by the cyclone. In response, MSF initially set up a 24-hour stabilisation centre at Skyline junction, on the outskirts of Chimanimani to provide medical assistance and to support people affected by Cyclone Idai because the roads were damaged and inaccessible. When roads became accessible, MSF teams moved inside Chimanimani to access 20 health clinics and surrounding settlements to assess health needs and to distribute medicines to clinics and village health workers.

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