Hospitals have been receiving and treating an increasing number of wounded people, following armed clashes in different parts of the country. While dealing with the influx of wounded, a number of them have reached out to the ICRC for support. “Many communities have been significantly affected by the ongoing violence, especially in places where it […]
Continue ReadingThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 24 announced an additional US$9.5 million support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). The funding will be used to vaccinate approximately 16 million children during door-to-door immunization campaigns in 84 highest-risk districts as well as an additional US$376,000 to provide personal protective equipment against COVID-19 for the […]
Continue Reading“There’s famine now in Tigray.” That 10 June 2021 declaration by the UN’s most senior humanitarian official was the clearest indication yet that embattled Tigray faced a severe food emergency. Close to five million Tigrayans were subsequently placed under watch for what constitutes emergency level conditions. The affected population now falls under emergency (phase four) and famine (phase five) […]
Continue ReadingGENEVA – World Bank-U.N. refugee agency survey in eight developing countries finds the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened conditions for forcibly displaced people, pushing them to take extreme measures to survive. The data was collected from 90,000 phone interviews in Bangladesh, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kenya, Uganda and Yemen. An analysis of the […]
Continue ReadingThe US government has extended 45 million USD additional funds to help Ethiopia’s health sector particularly and humanitarian assistance, USAID Administrator Samantha Power disclosed. She further stated that the United States of America is proud to announce new investments to support the health and humanitarian needs of the Ethiopian people. In her press briefing last […]
Continue ReadingThe United States Government has extended 1.2 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to Ethiopia. US ambassador to Ethiopia Geeta Pasi handed over the vaccines today to State Minister of Health, Sahrela Abdullahi. During the occasion ambassador Pasi said the US Government has so far provided 200 million USD in support of […]
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