By Mariange Wurfbain | Turkiye and Syria Earthquake Relief
The earthquake that hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria in February has affected a staggering 18 million people and over 2.5 million are now homeless across the region. Even months later, the devastating earthquake that hit February this year, has enormous impacts on the people there. To this day, we are supporting our local partner organisations with relief supplies as well as in the provision of healthcare services.
In Türkiye, the health system was initially able to handle the majority of health cases related to the earthquake. For this purpose, the government opened four field hospitals in the affected provinces Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras and Mataya and deployed emergency medical teams to assist during the first three weeks of the crisis. However, there are still gaps in small communities closest to the earthquakes epicenter, where there is significant damage to primary healthcare facilities that need time to reactivate. To fill these gaps, mobile medical teams were deployed as a temporary solution to cover these communities.
Malteser International, together with its local partner organization IDA (Independent Doctors Association), operates two mobile clinics in Türkiye, providing free primary health care services in the towns of Islahiye and Nurdag, in Gaziantep province, and a physiotherapy center in Kilis, located in Türkiye’s Southeast Anatolia region.
The project provides basic health care, psychosocial support and free medicines to a total of more than 12,600 people affected by the earthquake. The goal is to provide basic health services, including primary health care and medicines, to the most affected communities in areas of southern Türkiye that do not have access to public hospitals. The target communities with the greatest need were selected by the Health Directorate in Gaziantep. Our medical support has helped individuals receive medicine, psychosocial resources and even physical therapy to those who need it most and thanks to you this is all possible.
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