The earthquake mainly hit the rural area of the High Atlas Mountains, where there were landslides, collapses and paths were cut or difficult to use. In this region, access to remote and rural villages already difficult to reach has been further affected by the earthquake.
"We saw entire villages destroyed, roads collapsing, and electricity cut off," says Fouzia Bara, MSF nurse who was part of our first teams in Morocco. These targeted donations were coordinated with the Moroccan authorities. They contained medical equipment and medicines, such as injectable medicines, analgesics , antibiotics, insulin and medical equipment.
We will provide mental health activities and psychological first aid support to local organisations and people who were affected, as well as to frontline workers. MSF began working in Morocco in 1997 to provide care to communities excluded from healthcare in Rabat, Casablanca and Tangier. Our programmes were focused on increasing access to maternal and sexual healthcare.