![A woman in a field](/sites/default/files/styles/auto_slideshow_image/public/tigray2.jpg?itok=PYvavOcY)
The focus of MSF's projects in the Amhara region is the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of kala azar and snakebite--two neglected tropical diseases. In the area, MSF mostly treated migrant workers, who work barefoot on the vast farms during harvest season in one of the most fertile regions of the country. Ethiopia 2020 © Susanne Doettling/MSF
![People walking around town](/sites/default/files/styles/auto_slideshow_image/public/Tigray3_0.jpg?itok=AdVWaXTT)
MSF has been working in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia since 1997. Activities started in the hospital in the town of Humera in the Tigray region, on the border to Sudan, and in 2003 shifted to nearby farming town in Amhara region. The focus of MSF in the region is the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of kala azar and snakebite--two neglected tropical diseases. In the area, MSF mostly treated migrant workers, who work barefoot on the vast farms during harvest season in one of the most fertile regions of the country. Ethiopia 2020 © Susanne Doettling/MSF
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MSF has been working in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia since 1997. Activities started in the hospital in the town of Humera in the Tigray region, on the border to Sudan, and in 2003 shifted to nearby farming town in Amhara region. The focus of MSF in the region is the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of kala azar and snakebite--two neglected tropical diseases. In the area, MSF mostly treated migrant workers, who work barefoot on the vast farms during harvest season in one of the most fertile regions of the country. Ethiopia 2020 © Susanne Doettling/MSF