Médecins Sans Frontières - INTER

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB227166

Date taken / Date Recorded 01/04/2025 3:35 PM

Country Myanmar (Burma)

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Duration 1m43s

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Additional Information / Shotlist Mikhael De Souza
MSF in Yangon, Myanmar

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The day after the earthquake hit,
around 6.45 in the morning

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we were able to send the first team to assess the situation.

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So this team was based in Yangon around 600 kilometers away from Mandalay.

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They drove more than 14 hours on a road and we had no idea how good it was.

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They were able access to Mandalay around seven o'clock in the evening.

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This team is assessing what help we can bring immediately to these people

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and also to the health system and to the hospital to cope with the urgent needs.

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The thing is, around 500 buildings have totally collapsed

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and around 800 buildings have been partially destroyed,

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which means that there's a lot of people
living outside in really poor conditions.

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We've seen huge solidarity
amongst the inhabitants of the city.

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Water, both in quantity and in quality,
is immensely lacking in the whole country

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and most specifically in the regions affected by the earthquake.

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As we speak now we are delivering water tanks in the hospital in Mandalay.

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The lack of water is creating an issue in terms of immediate survival,

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but could also create an issue in terms epidemics in the future

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that we definitely want to avoid.

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Another pressing issue
is that since the earthquake,

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phone networks have gone down.

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So it's extremely difficult to contact other regions of the country.

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So we try and keep on calling our teams

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and sometimes we are able to talk and sometimes we are not able to talk

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to know exactly what is happening.

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So definitely water, electricity,

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and phone networks are crucially lacking and are an issue

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for the survival of most people affected by the earthquake.

INTER - Myanmar Earthquake

INTER - Myanmar Earthquake