Malnutrition
Afar: Delivering Lifesaving Nutrition Across One of Ethiopia’s Harshest Landscapes
In 2025, MSF outreach teams treated 1,745 children and nearly 100 pregnant and lactating mothers across the eight locations in Afar and referred 272 children from health posts and centres to the ITFC due to medical complications. Article - 22 Jan 2026
Access to Healthcare
Somalia: Free healthcare offers a lifeline to mothers and children in Mudug Region
Article - 22 Oct 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
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
Snakebite
International Snakebite Awareness Day: Developing plans to tackle snakebite in Ethiopia
Over the years the word got out that MSF was providing access to free and quality snakebite care (includes antivenoms) in the small rural community of Abdurafi. Article - 19 Sep 2024
Access to healthcare
Ethiopia: MSF hands over activities as Abiy Adi hospital slowly recovers from impacts of war
After more than a year, MSF will end its activities on 15 August 2024 as the hospital's capacity has increased and the healthcare provided has reached appropriate standards. MSF will focus on assessing and supporting health facilities in other areas where needs may be greater. Article - 15 Aug 2024
Conflict in Sudan
In the Heart of Conflict: A Harrowing Tale of Survival in War-Torn Sudan
The feeling of relief was immense, but so was the pain of what I had left behind. An overwhelming mix of exhaustion and gratitude. Article - 2 Aug 2024
War and conflict