Médecins Sans Frontières - INT_3 Things to Know about Syria Turkiye Earthquake

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Date taken / Date Recorded 11/02/2023 7:27 AM

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Three things you should know

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about the Syria Turkey earthquake.

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1. People have been left homeless

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on a massive scale.

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Apartment buildings, houses

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have been flattened.

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People are homeless

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in freezing temperatures

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with nowhere else to stay.

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And let's not forget the effect

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on people's mental health.

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That's one of the reasons Doctors Without Borders

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is focused on the delivery of

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psychological first aid.

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It's something that helps people

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just get through the first days.

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Now, beyond that, of course,

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we know the mental health needs

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will be enormous.

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2. These earthquakes compounded

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an already existing crisis in northwest Syria.

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War, economic crisis

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COVID 19 pandemic,

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a cholera outbreak,

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lots of displacement.

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This pushed the medical facilities

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in the region to the brink

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even before the disaster.

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Doctors Without Borders

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medical teams were already

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working in northwest Syria

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for many, many years supporting

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multiple hospitals,

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maternity wards, mobile clinics.

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And that's one of the reasons

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that we were able to
be so effective

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in the immediate hours

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after the earthquake,

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starting to treat
patients right away,

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supporting the hospitals

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not only with staffing,

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but also the medical supplies

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they needed to treat

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thousands of wounded people.

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3. This is a massive disaster

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that requires a massive

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international aid effort.

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We need more relief

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to reach northwest Syria.

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We're concerned
that there's really

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only been one access point

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to be able to bring emergency

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relief supplies in from Turkey

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into northwest Syria.

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We must make sure that

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that remains open

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and that other roads
are opened up.

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In order to facilitate

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bringing in all the supplies

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and aid workers and the expertize

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that the people in northwest

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Syria need.

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We're concerned

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that there's really

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only been one access point

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to be able

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to bring emergency

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relief supplies

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in from Turkey

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into northwest Syria.

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And we need more of them.

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Amid all of this suffering,

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we lost two of our own colleagues

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in the earthquake

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and other colleagues

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have lost family members.

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They've lost their homes.

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The other thing to remember

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is about people's

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mental health needs.

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We lost two staff

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members, two beloved colleagues

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in this earthquake.

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Nearly

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three quarters of the population

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was already displaced,

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sometimes multiple times, up

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to 20 times from their homes

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because of the war.

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More aid must

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reach northwest Syria.