GENEVA – The World Health Organization says more than 700 health care workers and patients were killed, more than 2,000 injured, and hundreds of health facilities destroyed in countries of conflict between 2018 and 2020. A three-year analysis was carried out in 17 conflict-ridden countries and territories, including Ethiopia, Yemen, Syria, Mozambique, the occupied Palestinian […]
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30 years of polio campaigns in Ethiopia, India and Nigeria: the impacts of campaign design on vaccine hesitancy and health worker motivation
Abigail H Neel, Svea Closser, Catherine Villanueva, Piyusha Majumdar, S D Gupta, Daniel Krugman, Oluwaseun Oladapo Akinyemi, Wakgari Deressa, Olakunle Alonge Abstract Introduction The debate over the impact of vertical programmes, including mass vaccination, on health systems is long-standing and often polarised. Studies have assessed the effects of a given vertical health programme on a health […]
Return of Ethiopian Migrants from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (5 May 2017 – 31 July 2021)
In April 2017, the Government of Saudi Arabia launched a campaign titled ‘A Nation without Violations’, granting all irregular migrants an amnesty period of 90 days to leave the country without facing penalties. After multiple extensions, the amnesty period ended in November 2017. Since then, many Ethiopians have been arrested, detained and sent back to […]
Press statement on visit to Ethiopia
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, concluded his six-day visit to Ethiopia yesterday evening, his first official mission since he assumed office in mid-July. While in Ethiopia, the humanitarian chief held constructive meetings with the Federal Government, the Amhara regional president, the African Union, and the humanitarian and diplomatic community. […]
World Vision Ethiopia: Tigray crisis response: Situation Report, July 2021
Situation Overview According to UN OCHA, over eight months on since the start of the conflict in Tigray, the humanitarian situation remains alarmingly dire and could further deteriorate if immediate action is not taken. Inside the region, humanitarians can now access previously hard-to-reach area, with 75 per cent of the population now in zones where […]
Ethiopia: ‘Heartbreaking’ devastation in Tigray, says UN humanitarian chief
“We need to change the circumstances that have led to the slow movement of aid – we need the conflict to stop”, Martin Griffiths, who also heads the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said on Tuesday evening. More than 5.2 million people across Tigray, amounting to more than 90 per cent of the region’s population, now require […]