Research: A comprehensive analysis of food insecurity in the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray The number of globally food-insecure people is increasing since 2017. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of severely food-insecure people in the world. Tigray region of Ethiopia is one of the food-insecure regions, which, over the past many decades has been affected by recurrent food insecurities. In the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray, many people are living under the condition …
Research: Starvation remains the leading cause of death in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, after the Pretoria deal: a call for expedited action People in war-affected areas are more likely to experience excess mortality with hunger. However, information on the causes of death associated with hunger is often nonexistent. The purpose of this study was to verify and investigate hunger and hunger-related deaths after the Pretoria deal in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Read the full study article here: Starvation remains the leading cause of …
Article: Effect of War on Health Institutions of Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia The war in Tigray has caused significant damage to the region’s healthcare facilities. This study aimed to assess the extent of the war’s impact on healthcare facilities in the Eastern Tigray Zone. Read the full article here: Effect of War on Health Institutions of Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia by Fikre Belay Tekulu and Haftom Teshale Gebre.
Read: War-related sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: a community-based study Systemic war-related SGBV was prevalent in Tigray, with gang-rape as the most common form of sexual violence. Immediate medical and psychological care, and long-term rehabilitation and community support for survivors are urgently needed and recommended. Read the rest of this artcile here.
Tigray: The deliberate destruction of a healthcare system The health systems in Tigray are in a state of collapse. They have been pummeled with attacks, looting, and a de facto blockade of medicine and fuel. Health workers have said they have not received payment for seven months. Militants have used health facilities as bases. Patients with chronic illnesses have died from lack of medicines and children are experiencing severe malnutrition. Read the article here.
Vicarious trauma on the hemodialysis healthcare workers in the besieged Ethiopia’s Tigray region: a call to action Abstract Background: The war on Ethiopia’s Tigray broke out on November 4, 2020. Amid the armed conflict, governmental institutions were destroyed, people were displaced, and thousands of civilians were killed. The region was experiencing an on-and-off type of blockade since the war broke out until June 28, 2021, at which time the federal government of Ethiopia imposed a siege cutting off …
The Siege of Ayder Hospital: A Cri de Coeur From Tigray, Ethiopia Abstract In November 2020, the federal government of Ethiopia invaded its northern region of Tigray, in collusion with the Government of Eritrea and ethnic Amhara militias. The invading forces pillaged the schools, destroyed the transportation infrastructure, burned crops and killed livestock, and looted the health care system. Thousands of civilians were killed, often in extrajudicial executions. Thousands of Tigrayan women …
Ethiopia: Summary Killings, Rape and Looting by Tigrayan Forces in Amhara Tigrayan fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed civilians, raped and sexually assaulted women and girls, and looted homes, shops, schools and medical clinics in two localities they controlled for a period of several weeks last year in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region. Amnesty International is calling on Tigrayan forces to put an immediate end to such …
Saving children from man-made acute malnutrition in Tigray, Ethiopia: a call to action Armed conflict has been raging in Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia, since Nov 4, 2020. Some of the defining characteristics of this armed conflict are a total blockade of humanitarian aid, wanton destruction of health facilities, and the displacement of millions of people. These weaponised actions have exposed children in Tigray to preventable severe and moderate acute malnutrition. Thousands …
Obstetrics and gynaecology in an Ethiopian war zone The unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022 has caused worldwide anger and international condemnation. The European and North American response to these events has been swift and dramatic. An equally devastating war broke out in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia in 2020, but this conflict has been largely neglected by the international community. We are …
