A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar at 1:20 PM local time, causing significant damage to infrastructure and raising fears of a high human toll. M\u00e9decins du Monde teams on the ground are mobilizing to provide assistance to the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5191,"template":"","actualite_type":[10],"actualite_sujet":[],"action_combat":[],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-5190","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-international-actions"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar at 1:20 PM local time, causing significant damage to infrastructure and raising fears of a high human toll. M\u00e9decins du Monde teams on the ground are mobilizing to provide assistance to the population.","cta_type":"aucun","cta_lien":"","contenu":"
This disaster strikes as the country is already facing a multidimensional crisis\u2014political, economic, social, health, and humanitarian.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe priority will be to respond to the most urgent needs: care, water,<\/em> food, shelter. M\u00e9decins du Monde teams already on the ground tell us that hospitals are overwhelmed. Starting tomorrow, we will send reinforcements to Mandalay\u2014near the earthquake\u2019s epicenter\u2014to assess needs and provide assistance to the population as quickly as possible. We are also concerned about access difficulties due to both the earthquake\u2019s aftermath and the ongoing armed conflict in the country,\u201d warns Helena Ranchal, Director of International Operations at M\u00e9decins du Monde France.<\/p>\n