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Ethiopia: MSF addressing the mental health toll on conflict-affected health workers Format © Susanne Doettling/MSF In early November, tensions between the national government in Addis Ababa and the northern region of Tigray escalated into full-blown military conflict. At the onset of the fighting in Tigray Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was operating projects in Amhara and other parts of Ethiopia. The Amhara region is close to Humera, a strategic city in the western part of Tigray heavily affected by the fighting. After more than a month of fighting, the humanitaria...

“They saw soldiers and civilians coming in, wounded or dead” Format MSF has been working in the Amhara region since 1997. The focus of our work there is the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of kala azar, and snakebite. Ethiopia, November 2018. © SUSANNE DOETTLING/MSF “We heard the launching, the heavy artillery, and it went on all morning,” remembers Sara,* former MSF laboratory technician in Midre Genet, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, next to Tigray. “The same day, we received the first wounded. They kept arriving in waves. On the first two days, we received soldiers – all ve...

“We heard the launching, the heavy artillery, and it went on all morning,” remembers Sara,* former MSF laboratory technician in Midre Genet, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, next to Tigray. “The same day, we received the first wounded. They kept arriving in waves. On the first two days, we received soldiers – all very young. Then the first civilians came in by the truckload, packed into the back of vehicles.” At the onset of the military escalation in Tigray in early November, MSF had projects in Amhara and other parts of Ethiopia. Amhara region is not far from Humera, a strategic cit...