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Ethiopia: Diarrhoea outbreak decreases, yet upcoming mass religious festival poses risk

Almost 9,000 patients with acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been treated in the Ethiopian capital,...

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Conflict escalated in the Somali region of Ethiopia in 2007. As the violence intensified, MSF exploratory missions in the five conflict-affected zones ofSomali region revealed an alarming   humanitarian crisis in which civilians were subject to violence and displacement, their livelihoods threatened and access to healthcare severely limited. However, MSF was repeatedly blocked from accessing these areas following a team evacuation resulting from a security incident in July.

Throughout 2007, MSF teams have responded to emergencies in Ethiopia. In June, an emergency programme was set up at resettlementsites in Awi zone and in Quara district, Amhara region, to deal with an outbreak ofmeasles and prepare for the malaria season. Almost 6,000 children were vaccinated against measles in Awi zone and 5,000 in Quara district. MSF also provided nutritional screening and support in affected areas through mobile clinics. After the summer, MSF responded to a major cholera outbreak in Tigray and Amhara region, treating over 1,700 people. In October, teams in Gambella region distributed non-food items, such as jerry cans or cooking sets, to around 41,000 people affected by floods. In mid-November, MSF reacted to a nutritional crisis in Afar region by establishing a therapeutic feeding centre and organising mobile teams to visit the worst affected areas. During the intervention, 116 severely malnourished children received care. MSF staff continue to treat people infected with kala azar in Humera hospital and support 10 outreach sites around the region where rapid testing is undertaken. Almost 500 people infected with kala azar were cured.

In other parts of the country, MSF was able to hand over its projects to the Ministry of Health. In January, a primary healthcare project in Fogera was handed over to the national health authorities. As the national TB programme was being implemented in Galaha, Afar region, MSF closed its TB project in this area in February. In May, MSF transferred the HIV/AIDS component of its programme in Humera, Tigray region, to the Ministry of Health.


MSF has worked in Ethiopia since 1984

Ethiopia: Diarrhoea outbreak decreases, yet upcoming mass religious festival poses risk

17/09/2009

Almost 9,000 patients with acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been treated in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and its surroundings since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams and health authorities joined forces at the...

Category: Field news

MSF mobile nutritional program

09/12/2008

In Ethiopia, MSF's mobile nutrition program screens and treats children for malnutrition in remote parts of the country. This slideshow follows an MSF team on an outreach mission and shows the typical tasks involved with running...

Category: Photo Gallery

MSF activities in Wardher, Somali Region

19/09/2008

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently witnessing a deteriorating humanitarian situation around the town of Wardher, in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are gathering in the thousands on...

Category: Field news

Crowds looking for food

10/09/2008

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Mothers and children are waiting at a supplementary feeding centre opened by MSF in Tunto, SNNP region, Ethiopia.

Almost 40,000 people have received either therapeutic or enriched food through Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nutrition activities in the South of Ethiopia over the last four months. Crowds still throng at the entrance of the...

Category: Field news

Essential Healthcare Amid Dust and Desolation in Southeast Ethiopia

12/08/2008

MSF doctor Anna Greenham describes work and life in the Somali region of Ethiopia.

Category: Field news
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