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Women and their children waiting for a consultation at the MSF mobile clinic, in the village of Adiftaw. Ethiopia, March 2021.

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MSF responds to emergencies and fills gaps in health care for internally displaced people and refugees.

Our work in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, where diseases such as kala azar are endemic, we continue to fill health care gaps, and respond to emergencies and the needs of the growing refugee population. From November 2020, we assisted people affected by fighting in the Tigray region.

Panoramic view of the town of Adwa, in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

What's happening in Ethiopia?

By October 31, 2020, Ethiopia was hosting more than 796,400 registered refugees and asylum seekers, according to UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. Most of them are from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan. In addition, inter-communal violence has led to an internal displacement crisis, which at times has affected more than one million people.

We provide medical and mental health care to refugees, internally displaced people and their host communities, communities affected and displaced by natural disasters such as floods and droughts, as well as to Ethiopians deported from Gulf countries and returned from Lebanon.

Our activities in Ethiopia include treating malnourished children and people with neglected diseases such as kala azar, running mobile clinics for communities in remote locations and donating drugs and medical supplies.

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An MSF translator provides information to women and children waiting for a medical consultation at a mobile clinic in the village of Adiftaw, Tigray.

How we're helping in Ethiopia in 2020

In 2020, we provided general and specialist health care to South Sudanese refugees in the camps of Gambella region and specialist health care in Gambella hospital. In remote areas of Somali region, we offered general health care and responded to emergencies such as outbreaks of cholera and measles.

We also treated people for neglected tropical diseases, including kala azar and snakebite envenomation, in Amhara region. In Addis Ababa, we provided medical and mental health support to repatriated or deported Ethiopian migrants and ensured continuity of care for them in their regions of origin.

Our teams also assisted people displaced by floods in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR) and Afar region, and supported internally displaced people and the host community in Benishangui Gumuz region.

In March, we ended our support to Hitsats refugee camp in Tigray region, where we offered mental health care to refugees and the host community.

We started supporting health facilities in southern Tigray with training and donations in November, and have been running mobile clinics and supporting some heavily damaged health facilities in other parts of Tigray since mid-December, providing them with oxygen and other vital supplies, and rehabilitating emergency, maternity, pediatric and inpatient services.

On the border of the Amhara region, our teams offered health care to thousands of displaced people and supported several health facilities with medical supplies. We also gave nutritional and mass casualty training to Ministry of Health staff. In early November, we provided medical assistance to 278 people wounded in the first clashes in western Tigray.

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How we're helping in 2020

79,600

Outpatient consultations

6,360

People admitted to hospital

5,210

Individual mental health consultations

4,010

Births assisted

38

Children treated in inpatient feeding programs

890

Staff in 2020 (full-time equivalent)

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