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Ethiopia

In 2009 Médecins Sans Frontières refocused its activities in Ethiopia. In July, our team handed over to the local health authorities its kala azar treatment program in Humera on the border with Eritrea and Sudan. The move followed a series of important steps taken by the government and other organisations, including treatment of the disease in all health structures and the introduction of a national training curriculum for health staff. In the 11 years that Médecins Sans Frontières worked in the Humera district; approximately 8,000 people suffering from kala azar were treated. In the northwest Amhara region, our team continued to provide care for people infected with kala azar. Throughout the year, more than 800 people were screened for the disease and nearly 250 patients treated for it.

Médecins Sans Frontières also treated people with HIV, TB and malnutrition. In 2009, more than 4,000 people received counselling and testing for HIV and 250 patients started antiretroviral therapy. More than 500 people received therapeutic food including 250 malnourished children under five years old.

In Ethiopia’s conflict affected Somali region, where many people have no access to health care, teams continued to provide free medical assistance. Staff focused on strengthening and promoting the maternal health services here. These efforts were successful: more than 1,600 women received antenatal consultations and 200 women received assistance for births during the year. Mobile clinics are also in place in the area to help reach rural communities.

Médecins Sans Frontières has worked in Ethiopia since 1984.

Nurse from Alice Springs working in Ethiopia

25/08/2010

Colin Watson is a nurse from Alice Springs. He writes to us from Mathar in Ethiopia, where he has been working since March 2010. This is Colin's third field placement with Médecins Sans Frontières, having previously worked with...

Category: Letters from the field

“The Somali refugees on the border with Ethiopia are mostly women and children”

03/08/2010

Interview with Fréderic Maudoux, Médecins Sans Frontières Field Coordinator in Ethiopia

Category: Field news

Breathing Life into Maternal Healthcare in the Somali Region, Ethiopia

08/03/2010

An account by Médecins Sans Frontières midwife Mali Ebrahami

Category: Letters from the field

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
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