Water distribution
Bringing the water system back to life in Tigray, Ethiopia
“I’m the water man,” says Weldekiros Assefa, an engineer and water and sanitation expert for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Ethiopia. “I have the best job at MSF.” Project Update - 7 Aug 2023
Refugees, Migration and displacement
"Now we are trapped in another conflict that makes it even harder to cope and survive": Refugees in Um Rakuba camp
Sudan is hosting more than one million refugees from neighbouring countries, such as South Sudan and Ethiopia, who fled violence and sought shelter. Unfortunately, they now find themselves trapped in another conflict that further hinders their ability to cope. Article - 10 May 2023
Kala azar
“We don’t know where it comes from but it kills a lot of people”
Kala azar is not only one of the most neglected tropical diseases, but also one of the deadliest. Since late 2022, MSF teams have been responding to an alarmingly high number of kala azar cases in south Omo valley, Ethiopia Article - 27 Mar 2023![MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre [Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb145165_medium.jpg?itok=Th5Yfuea "MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre [Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]")
Access to Healthcare
At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali region experienced what is reported as the worst drought in forty years, and when floods struck the Gambella region, more than 180,000 people were displaced from their homes, and health facilities suffered extensive damage. Project Update - 27 Dec 2022
Treating people all across Ethiopia
More than 22 million people were estimated to need humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia in 2022.1 Many faced the tragic consequences of conflict, particularly communities in the regions of Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Southern Nations (SNNPR).At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali region experienced what is reported as the worst drought in forty years, and when floods struck the Gambella region, more than 180,000 people were displaced from their homes, and health facilities suffered extensive damage. Project Update - 27 Dec 2022
Access to Healthcare
MSF raises alert over alarming indications of large-scale nutritional crisis in Ethiopia's Afar region
Many people in Afar cannot access the very minimum levels of healthcare, food and water necessary to sustain human life Press Release - 9 Jun 2022
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Healing from DR-TB, despite long distances and numerous challenges
Treatment of drug-resistant TB can be extremely difficult - lasting up to 20 months for some patients and requiring daily trips to TB centers for medication Stories from the Frontline - 26 Apr 2022
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On 24 June 2021, 35-year-old María Hernandez, our emergency coordinator; 32-year-old Yohannes Halefom Reda, our assistant coordinator; and 31-year-old Tedros Gebremariam, our driver, were travelling in the Tigray Region when we lost contact with them. On 25 June, their vehicle was found empty 100 to 400 meters away, their lifeless bodies.
Paula Gil, president for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Spain explains what we know so far about the circumstances of their killings and what MSF has done to gain a better understanding of what happened. Crisis Update - 13 Jan 2022
Ethiopia: Still no responsibility established for the killing of MSF colleagues María, Tedros and Yohannes in Tigray
Six months after the murder of our three colleagues Maria, Tedros and Yohannes, the full circumstances of, and responsibility for, their killing remains unclear.On 24 June 2021, 35-year-old María Hernandez, our emergency coordinator; 32-year-old Yohannes Halefom Reda, our assistant coordinator; and 31-year-old Tedros Gebremariam, our driver, were travelling in the Tigray Region when we lost contact with them. On 25 June, their vehicle was found empty 100 to 400 meters away, their lifeless bodies.
Paula Gil, president for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Spain explains what we know so far about the circumstances of their killings and what MSF has done to gain a better understanding of what happened. Crisis Update - 13 Jan 2022
Access to Healthcare
Libya: Up Close and Personal With MSF Tripoli Team
Since the early stages of the MSF Tripoli project, our Libyan colleagues have been working around the clock to ensure the smooth running of activities, despite Libya’s dynamic and highly unpredictable political and security environment. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Nov 2021
Access to Healthcare
Forced suspension of majority of MSF activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended all activities in the Amhara, Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia, as well as in the west and northwest of Tigray region, to comply with a three-month suspension order from the Ethiopian Agency for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) on July 30th. Crisis Update - 10 Sep 2021
Attacks on medical care
Statement - 25 Jun 2021
MSF: Horrified by the brutal murder of three colleagues in Ethiopia
Today we are in mourning after receiving confirmation of the death of three of our colleagues who were working in Tigray. Maria Hernandez, our emergency coordinator, Yohannes Halefom Reda, our assistant coordinator and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael our driver, were travelling yesterday afternoon when we lost contact with them. This morning the vehicle was found empty and a few metres away, their lifeless bodies.Statement - 25 Jun 2021