Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical and humanitarian organization, announces the restart of activities in Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia.
“We are relieved to once again provide some assistance to people in these areas, many of whom have gone without essential and even life-saving care during the period of our suspension,” MSF said in a statement.
Services in 84 locations across four regions (Amhara, Gambella, Somali, Tigray) of the country were suspended by governmental order in July of 2021, and subsequently lifted in October 2021.
The restart of some medical and humanitarian activities in Gambella and Somali regions is in addition to on-going medical programmes in Afar and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s region.