Ethiopia
Across our projects, MSF teams offered essential care, such as vaccinations, paediatric care, outpatient consultations, sexual and reproductive care, emergency room services, and nutritional support. We also improved people’s access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services by constructing and rehabilitating infrastructure.
Through the year, people crossed into Gambella region from South Sudan, fleeing several spikes of violence. They arrived either at established camps, settling alongside families who have been displaced for years, or at sites which emerged to accommodate new arrivals. As the number of displaced people grew, cuts to international humanitarian funding by key donors, such as USAID, strained basic services like food distribution, healthcare, and water and sanitation support.
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Ethiopia Operations
In 2025, MSF worked across seven regions of Ethiopia, providing vital assistance to communities impacted by violence, displacement, and disease outbreaks. Teams delivered essential care such as vaccinations, paediatric care, outpatient consultations, nutritional support, and constructed water and sanitation infrastructure.
Gambella Region
As people fled violence in South Sudan, MSF operated a health centre in Kule refugee camp, delivering malaria and sexual and gender-based violence care. Teams also treated newly arrived refugees for cholera and violence-related injuries across the region.
Somali Region
Repeated failed rainy seasons have turned the drought into a daily struggle for survival. Working in Barey district, Afder zone, MSF collaborated with local authorities to mitigate the impacts of deepening funding cuts on overstretched facilities.
Tigray Region
Three years after hostilities ceased, MSF teams in Shire and Sheraro provided care for sexual and gender-based violence, mental health conditions, and neglected tropical diseases. MSF also renewed demands for accountability for the June 2021 intentional killing of colleagues María, Tedros, and Yohannes.
Amhara, Afar & Southwest
MSF responded to diverse emergencies across multiple regions, addressing instability and damaged health infrastructure. Teams tackled malaria in Mizan Teferi, childhood malnutrition in Semera (Afar), and kala azar and snakebites in Gondar and Abdurafi (Amhara).
MSF’s Ongoing Response in Kule Refugee Camp
MSF teams continued to run a health centre in Kule refugee camp. In addition to our regular activities at the health centre, which include malaria and sexual and gender-based violence care, we treated newly arrived refugees for violence-related injuries and cholera across Gambella region, and distributed relief items, such as soap and jerrycans. In November, for the first time in Ethiopia, and in a refugee camp globally, we completed the rollout of the malaria R21 vaccine for children under five in Kule.
Somali Region
Drought ResponseIn Ethiopia’s Somali region, repeated failed rainy seasons have turned drought into a daily struggle for survival. MSF teams are screening children for malnutrition, and supporting nutrition and water and sanitation activities with local authorities in Barey district, Afder zone, while also conducting vaccination campaigns to help overstretched health facilities cope with deepening funding cuts.
Tigray Region
Post-Conflict CareMeanwhile in Tigray, people still live in overcrowded camps, with little access to essentials, three years after the cessation of hostilities in the region. In Shire and Sheraro, our activities included sexual and reproductive healthcare, care for sexual and genderbased violence and mental health conditions, and treatment for neglected tropical diseases.
To tackle an outbreak of cholera in hard-to-reach areas, we set up treatment units and improved infection prevention and control measures.
Delivering Supplies, Services, and Training Where Access Is Limited
In Korem town, whose region has faced health emergencies such as measles, cholera, and malnutrition while being affected by instability, limited access to health services, and damage to health infrastructure, we provided emergency and referral services, medical supplies, and staff training for maternal and child health services at Korem general hospital. We also donated supplies to four other facilities in the area
From malaria outbreaks in southeast Ethiopia to childhood malnutrition in Afar, and kala azar, snakebites, and epidemic threats in Amhara, our teams strengthened lifesaving care across Mizan Teferi, Semera, Gondar, and Abdurafi, by responding to urgent medical needs and maintaining support for communities facing recurring health crises.
MSF continues to call for accountability for the deaths of our colleagues
msf.or.keOn 24 June 2021, our colleagues María Hernández Matas, Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, and Yohannes Halefom Reda were killed on duty in Tigray. Since the Ethiopian authorities have not responded to our repeated requests for a formal and transparent investigation, we released our internal findings in 2025, which confirmed the attack as an intentional killing of clearly identified aid workers. We demand that those responsible for attacking humanitarians are held accountable.
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