{"id":67673,"date":"2024-12-18T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/en\/?p=67673"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:19:41","slug":"idps-in-ethiopia-conflict-and-climate-change-compound-the-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/idps-in-ethiopia-conflict-and-climate-change-compound-the-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"IDPs conflict and climate change compound the crisis in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the internal conflict in the northern region of <\/span>Tigary<\/b> ceased with the peace agreement signed in November 2022, the <\/span>IDPs crisis<\/b> in Ethiopia remains dire. To date, <\/span>4.5 million people have been forced to flee their home due to conflicts, climate-related disasters and economic pressures <\/b>in search of safety or simply opportunity.The majority of them is recorded in Tigray, Somali and Oromia regions where Doctors with Africa CUAMM is working with the <\/span>twofold objective<\/b> of responding to crises and finding sustainable and durable solutions to create a resilient health system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tigray region<\/b> is hosting the highest number of IDPs displaced by conflict nationwide. As of May 2024, an estimated <\/span>871,056 individuals <\/b>or 38.3% of the national conflict caseload were reported in the region.\u00a0<\/span>The war significantly disrupted Tigray\u2019s healthcare system severely limiting people\u2019s access to care. In the aftermath of the conflict, about <\/span>70% of hospitals and health centres in the region were either partially or fully damaged.<\/b> Suhul Hospital, in Shire town, was one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00abI started working in this hospital before the war and I have experienced firsthand the consequences of the conflict in terms of human resources, medical equipment, and the satisfaction of both patients and health workers\u00bb. said <\/span>Gebremedhin Atakilti – Medical Director at Suhul Hospital.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To respond to the urgent needs of the local population, CUAMM stepped into the region with a first intervention<\/a> aimed at rehabilitating<\/span> Suhul Hospital, in Shire town,<\/b> which serves as referral facility for over <\/span>2 million people, including IDPs<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being one of the biggest urban centres in Tigray, Shire hosts some 175,000 IDPs<\/strong> of which 110,000 within host communities<\/strong> and many in the 6 IDPs camps<\/strong> disseminated across the town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/span>Being located beside the camp, we often face cholera outbreaks and have to be ready to respond – said <\/span>Tsegay Gebre Yesus – Chief of Five Angels Health Centre in Shire. <\/b>At this little health centre we mainly serve IDPs offering them free care\u00bb.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The conflict has severely hindered people\u2019s access to healthcare services, affecting mainly women and children. CUAMM is working both at hospital level and within the community to restore <\/span>key services<\/b> such as maternal and neonatal care, malnutrition treatment and follow-up, HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART). In addition, support is being provided to women and adolescent girls who have gone through violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the conflict is the leading cause of displacement in the northern region of Tigray, the onset of <\/span>El Ni\u00f1o<\/b> has caused <\/span>climate-induced displacement<\/b> in the Southern and Southeastern parts of the country. As of May 2024, <\/span>drought <\/b>was the primary cause of displacement for an estimated <\/span>544,002 IDPs<\/b> (16.5% of the national IDP caseload), across <\/span>Somali, Oromia and Afar regions.<\/b> Other climate induced reasons include flash floods, seasonal floods, landslides and fire. Such events have a severe impact on local populations in terms of <\/span>food insecurity <\/b>and <\/span>risk of watern-born diseases.<\/b><\/p>\n

Tigray region hosts the highest number of IDPs primarily due to conflict, whereas the <\/span>Somali region<\/b> in the east hosts <\/span>the highest number of climate migrants<\/b>, an estimated 397,913 individuals or 73.1% of the national drought caseload. <\/span>Doctors with Africa CUAMM intervention<\/a> in the area is targeting Fafan and Liben Zone where the weather conditions have <\/span>limited people\u2019s access to services<\/b> and <\/span>deepened their vulnerabilities<\/b>. In order to facilitate access to care, CUAMM is deploying <\/span>2 Mobile Health and Nutrition teams<\/b> in 11 selected villages across Filtu and Bokolmayo districts where<\/span> 21,584<\/b> individuals <\/b>have been reached to date. Health services provided include: paediatric immunization, antenatal care to pregnant women, malnutrition and psychological screening, <\/span>anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and emergency referral.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conflicts, violence, prolonged drought combined with disease outbreaks, such as cholera, malaria, and measles, is further <\/span>exacerbating the vulnerability of affected communities in Ethiopia<\/b>, including IDPs and returning IDPs.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every year, conflicts, climate-related disasters, and economic pressures force millions of people to flee their homes. Being under the twin threat of conflict and extreme climate events, 4.5 million people in Ethiopia are currently internally displaced. The majority of them are reported to be in Tigray.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":67674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2493,1172],"tags":[1511],"argomenti":[],"protagonisti":[],"luoghi":[2614,2767,2526],"class_list":["post-67673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homenews","category-news","tag-idps","luoghi-tigray","luoghi-somali-region","luoghi-ethiopia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94275,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67673\/revisions\/94275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67673"},{"taxonomy":"argomenti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/argomenti?post=67673"},{"taxonomy":"protagonisti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/protagonisti?post=67673"},{"taxonomy":"luoghi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/luoghi?post=67673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}