Health Crises

Health facilities acrossEthiopia’s Tigrayregion havebeen looted, vandalised and destroyed in a deliberateand widespreadattack on healthcare, according toteams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins SansFrontières (MSF). Of 106 health facilities visited by MSFteams between mid-December 2020 and early March2021, nearly 70% had been looted, and more than 30%had been damaged; just 13% were functioningnormally.In Adwa hospital in central Tigray, medical equipment,including ultrasound machines and monitors, had beendeliberately smashed. In the same region, the healthfacility in Semema was reportedly looted twice bysoldiers before being set on fire, while the health centrein Sebeya was hit by rockets, destroying the deliveryroom