Fresh conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray could bring collapse of its battered healthcare system
- Fears of fresh conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are growing as the health system struggles to recover from a devastating civil war that ravaged the region, and as attacks on hospitals and clinics continue.
- Healthcare facilities were among the casualties of the 2020-2022 conflict, with health workers killed and abducted, as well as premises looted, occupied and destroyed.
- The war is estimated to have killed 600,000 people, with systematic looting and widespread destruction resulted in the near-total collapse of one of Ethiopia’s best-performing regional health systems.
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- Fears of fresh conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are growing as the health system struggles to recover from a devastating civil war that ravaged the region, and as attacks on hospitals and clinics continue.
- Healthcare facilities were among the casualties of the 2020-2022 conflict, with health workers killed and abducted, as well as premises looted, occupied and destroyed.
- The war is estimated to have killed 600,000 people, with systematic looting and widespread destruction resulted in the near-total collapse of one of Ethiopia’s best-performing regional health systems.
Sources: The Independent