In Ethiopia, we respond to the healthcare needs of both local people and the growing number of refugees, returnees and displaced communities.
We work in coordination with, and in support to, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH), and conduct independent evaluations to determine people’s needs.
In Gambella we provide basic healthcare for refugees from South Sudan and the host community, while in Wardher and across the Somali region, our emergency teams carry out disease surveillance, prevention and response activities for drought-affected communities.
In Afar region, in the northeast, our teams support Dupti hospital by running a treatment facility for patients who need to be admitted for severe and complicated malnutrition. In nearby camps, we also run an outpatient malnutrition programme and provide water for displaced people.
In Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's region, MSF teams provide care through mobile clinics, epidemic response and occasional support to mass casualty situations.
In Amhara region, we are assisting in responding to the increased needs in conflict affected areas by donating medical supplies to health facilities and providing mobile clinics for basic healthcare in North and South Wollo. We also treat kala azar and snakebites and offer basic laboratory services in the region. Our team provides health education to patients, their caretakers, staff at Abdurafi health centre, and wider communities.
Brutal killing of our colleagues in Tigray, in June 2021
On 24 June 2021, our colleagues María Hernández Matas, Yohannes Halefom Reda and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael were killed while providing life-saving assistance to people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. No one has claimed responsibility and the circumstances around their deaths remain unclear.
After more than one year of engagement with the Ethiopian authorities, we still do not have any credible answers on what happened to our colleagues that day. This brutal attack on three MSF staff is an acute reminder of the urgent need for all parties to provide assurances that humanitarian work can be carried out safely in Tigray and the rest of Ethiopia. We will continue to honour the memory of María, Yohannes and Tedros, and pursue accountability for their killings using all possible means and avenues.
Our activities in 2023 in Ethiopia
Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.
1,320
1,32
€41.4 M
41.4M
1984
1984
MSF in Ethiopia in 2023
In Ethiopia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) worked in coordination with the Ministry of Health to meet the medical needs of local communities, as well as refugees and displaced people.
413,100
413,1
64,300
64,3
11,300
11,3
2,990
2,99
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
People left with few healthcare options in Tigray as facilities looted, destroyed
Press Release
15 Mar 2021
Ethiopia
People in Tigray “are suffering from a lack of medical care”
Project Update
5 Mar 2021
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
Ethiopia: “If seriously ill people can’t get to hospital, you can imagine the consequences”
Voices from the Field
1 Feb 2021
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
Providing assistance to people in Ethiopia and Sudan in wake of Tigray violence
Project Update
12 Jan 2021
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
“They saw soldiers and civilians coming in, wounded or dead”
Project Update
18 Dec 2020
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
MSF providing medical care and assistance in Sudan to people fleeing violence in Ethiopia
Project Update
27 Nov 2020
Ethiopia
Displacement and humanitarian response in Ethiopia: challenges and dilemmas in complex crises
Report
3 Oct 2019
Ethiopia
The constant cycle of displacement
Project Update
12 Jul 2019
Ethiopia
Bringing healthcare to places where no health posts exist
Project Update
27 May 2019