Beijing - In the wake of the devastation caused by China’s strongest earthquake in 30 years on May 12, reports suggest that several government centres with which MSI China partners have been damaged or destroyed.

Hard on the heels of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, vast areas of China’s Sichuan Province took the brunt of the huge earthquake. Despite many remarkable stories of survival against the odds, the expected death toll from this massive natural disaster has climbed to more than 70,000.

MSI China is working closely with MSI support teams in Australia and the UK, and has introduced the National Population and Family Planning Committee (one of MSI China’s government partners) to relief agencies offering emergency primary healthcare supplies to the affected population.