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Feb 8, 2021 1:06 AM
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A diabetic mother died as her daughter searched the capital of Ethiopia s northern Tigray region for insulin. Women gave birth unattended in the dark because their hospital had no electricity or staff at night.
Accounts from residents, medical workers and humanitarian groups illustrate people s plight as Ethiopia struggles to revive a heavily damaged healthcare system in Tigray three months after fighting erupted between the military and the region s former ruling party, the Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF).
Some hospitals are barely functioning, with no water, electricity or food, they said. Most were looted of medicines; staff members fled.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A diabetic mother died as her daughter searched the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for insulin. Women gave birth unattended in the dark because their hospital had no electricity or staff at night.
Workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and volunteers from the Ethiopian Red Cross prepare to distribute relief supplies to civilians in Tigray region, Ethiopia January 1, 2021. Picture taken January 1, 2021. International Committee of the Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS
Accounts from residents, medical workers and humanitarian groups illustrate people’s plight as Ethiopia struggles to revive a heavily damaged healthcare system in Tigray three months after fighting erupted between the military and the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
Facts and figures: January to December 2020
Article 02 February 2021
In 2020, the ICRC continued to address the humanitarian needs of people affected by violence and COVID-19 in Ethiopia
In 2020, the ICRC s humanitarian activities mainly focused on responding to two major crises caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and fighting in Northern Ethiopia.
The ICRC is present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. Its current major activities in the country are visiting places of detention to ensure both the treatment and conditions of detainees, helping people with physical disabilities (PWDs) get access to quality and sustainable physical rehabilitation services, working closely with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) to restore family links among people separated by armed conflict and other situations of violence as well as providing assistance to people displaced by conflict.
Ethiopia: Facts and figures, January - December 2020
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In 2020, the ICRC s humanitarian activities mainly focused on responding to two major crises caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and fighting in Northern Ethiopia.
The ICRC is present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977 Ethio-Somalia armed conflict. Its current major activities in the country are visiting places of detention to ensure both the treatment and conditions of detainees, helping people with physical disabilities (PWDs) get access to quality and sustainable physical rehabilitation services, working closely with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) to restore family links among people separated by armed conflict and other situations of violence as well as providing assistance to people displaced by conflict.