MSF was providing medical and surgical care in Eritrea in 1979, during its fight for independence.
In 2000 and 2001 we worked to support communities as hostilities with Ethiopia ended. MSF provided basic healthcare, vaccinations, water and sanitation support and care for malnutrition to people who were displaced in the fighting. We stopped working in camps for displaced people in June 2001 but stayed in the country for a few extra months to assist in rebuilding destroyed health facilities and water sources.
1979
1979
![Healthcare in Tigray, Ethiopia Healthcare in Tigray, Ethiopia](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/22501tsb2ijd3re7d32mwp06cq3vyup7.jpg)
Fighting stigma and providing mental health to Eritrean refugees
![Phoenix rescue 02 Sept 2015 Phoenix rescue 02 Sept 2015](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/tp3065278vwoyygsy72u1xub81i80l3c.jpg)
Dying to reach Europe: Insight into the desperate journeys Eritreans make to reach safety
![Bourbon Argos Search and Rescue Operations May 2016 Bourbon Argos Search and Rescue Operations May 2016](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/43si451016m4s60lprfpqx3o1klylq36.jpg)
I cannot accept that children or adults can die like this. I cannot accept it. Never.
![#safepassage action in Lesbos #safepassage action in Lesbos](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/74s2842a5vo0t7gc0u2e0nh5654yshu1.jpg)
In 2016 who still counts as human?
![MSF first rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 MSF first rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/h5imn8at0q5g0xyxm7b2yboh47r275uw.jpg)
MSF resumes Search and Rescue activities in the central Mediterranean
![Agnes: “I was beaten with bare hands, with sticks, with guns” Agnes: “I was beaten with bare hands, with sticks, with guns”](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/tloc4vgo3l81u1dmig6x263e710b38tw.jpg)