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Insecurity and movement restrictions to Healthcare in Amhara: Patients Struggle to Reach Lifesaving Treatment
Additionally, MSF was forced to halt life-saving ambulance referrals for highly critical patients to Gondar University Hospital, exacerbating the challenges faced by those in need of urgent care. Article - 9 Jul 2025
Refugees, Migration and displacement
A Growing Crisis for thousands of displaced people in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
IDPs continue to face difficulties related to housing, access to basic services, and uncertainty about their future. Humanitarian needs remain pressing, with an urgent need for food, water, shelter, and medical care. Testimony - 28 May 2025
War and conflict
MSF team relocates to Mattar to care for refugees fleeing violence on the South Sudan-Ethiopia border
Over the past weeks, Ethiopia’s Gambella region has been experiencing a dual emergency. More people are becoming infected by an expanding cholera outbreak in Wanthoa Woreda, coupled with the huge influx of refugees arriving because of intense fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile and Jonglei states. In the weeks leading up to the displacement, MSF had treated over 1,200 cholera patients and provided more than 3,000 outpatient consultations on the Ethiopian side of Burbeiye. Article - 22 May 2025
Humanitarian challenges
The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency
US cuts to foreign aid are hurting people caught in conflict and crisis. Article - 27 Apr 2025
Cholera
Violence and cholera ravage northeastern South Sudan, impacting western Ethiopia with outbreak and refugee influx
South Sudan has been grappling with cholera outbreaks across various parts of the country since last year. The latest wave, which began in Upper Nile State, is now spreading further into neighbouring Jonglei state, the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, and across the border into Ethiopia’s Gambella region, where MSF teams are working to treat patients amid the surge in cases. Article - 31 Mar 2025
MSF Eastern Africa Media Fellowship 2024
The MSF Eastern Africa Media Fellowship was initiated in 2024, aiming at journalists in Kenya. More than 400 journalists applied for this opportunity. The first edition included a full-day workshop, after which participants submitted their pitches. Ultimately, three successful journalists received reporting grants to cover humanitarian stories from Kenya and South Sudan.
Malaria
Ethiopia: MSF responds to unprecedented surge in malaria
As malaria cases in Ethiopia this year surge to unprecedented levels, MSF teams are responding in two of the most hard-hit regions, Oromia and Gambella. Article - 28 Nov 2024
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