Tohoku Pacific Earthquake: Report 14 on Medical Activities on the ground - Médecins du Monde Japan

All the evacuation centers in Iwate Prefecture closed at the end of August. Even here in Ohtsuchi, everyone has moved in to temporary or loaned accommodation. The Self Defence Forces and medical relief teams from various charities have left and it seems as if the town is settling back into normal, day to day life. Because of this, the disastrous effects of the earthquake and tsunami are much less apparent, and as the victims have moved into their news homes it has become more difficult to contact them. Perhaps this has something to do with the drop in coverage in the press.