Posts in Ethiopia

"I haven't seen our home region for over nine months"

As more than 2,000 Somalis cross the borders of their country into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself unprecedented numbers of people are on the move in a de

Somalia Appeal

08.06.2011

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Somalia Appeal to date.  Even for the long-suffering Somali...

 

Somaliland: A Mother's Tale

31.03.2011

In a displaced people's camp in Somaliland, life flourishes amidst hardship.

 

Ethiopia

01.10.2010

In
2010, MSF helped to meet health needs in four regions: Somali, Oromia, Amhara
and Gambella.

Somali region

Ethiopia 2010 © Julie Rémy

Ideology without borders

30.11.2011

Irish Medical Times 30 November 2011 Forty years after the creation of MSF, Dr Rony Brauman, President of MSF from 1982 to 1994, looks back at its...

Ethiopia: Surge in number of Somali refugees demands increased aid

02.11.2011

Unless the capacity to deliver aid is rapidly increased, there will be significant problems in meeting the needs of Somalis fleeing to Ethiopia,...

Ethiopia 2011 © Lali Cambra/MSF

A letter from Liben, Ethiopia.

10.08.2011

Alice Gude is a British nurse working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without
Borders (MSF) in Liben, Ethiopia....

Alice Gude

Somalia: MSF demands end to delays and restrictions

25.07.2011

In light of the worsening nutritional crisis in Somalia, the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors...

Photo of a mother and baby at Marere hospital, Somalia

Somalia Appeal: RTE Drivetime interview with MSF Operational Manager

19.07.2011

18th July 2011: With the latest update on the humanitarian crisis in East Africa, MSF's Operational Manager Joe Belliveau reports that inside...

A one-year old Somali girl is given emergency treatment at an MSF hospital in Ke

Somalia: MSF seeks to expand relief efforts in Al-Shabaab territory

08.07.2011

The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that foreign relief organisations would be welcomed in territories...

Country Year © Author/MSF

Aid Workers Abroad

29.12.2010

In the week before Christmas, Pat Kenny interviewed three of MSF's Irish doctors on his RTE show.  He asked them to describe their project...

Aid Workers Abroad

29.12.2010

In the run-up to Christmas, Pat Kenny interviewed three of MSF's Irish doctors on their first mission who would be spending Christmas at work,...

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The cradle of humanity

30.09.2010

Continuing our series on the outstanding efforts of Irish doctors
abroad, Pat Kelly spoke to Dr Mary O’Brien of MSF about her work in
Abdurafi,...

Seeing the Children Spurs Me On

17.08.2010

Niamh Ryan talks to Womans' Way about the good and the bad days working in Ethiopia. This article appeared in Woman's Way on 16.08.10, written by...

International Women''s Day - Maternal Healthcare in the Somali Region, Ethiopia

08.03.2010

“The moment I saved the first child’s life in Wardher will always stay with me,” recounts Mali Ebrahami, an MSF midwife recently returned...

© MSF A healthy mother and child with MSF midwife Mali Ebrahami, who a number of