Ethiopia: MSF Expands Healthcare Response in Oromia's Wollega Zones Amid Critical Service Gaps
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has launched a comprehensive primary and secondary healthcare support program in Ethiopia's East and West Wollega zones, seeking to restore access to essential services in areas where conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks and damaged health infrastructure have left communities with…
Addis Ababa - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has initiated a comprehensive healthcare support program in Ethiopia's East and West Wollega zones, aiming to restore access to essential services for affected communities. The program targets displaced individuals, host communities, and health facilities in hard-to-reach rural areas of Oromia.
Conflict, disease outbreaks, and damaged infrastructure have led to significant gaps in healthcare access, particularly for malaria, malnutrition, and other preventable illnesses. MSF has deployed mobile clinics to provide outpatient care, nutrition assessments, health promotion, and essential medicines to over 4,243 patients in July alone.
Additionally, MSF is strengthening the capacity of Begi Hospital to deliver secondary-level care to a population of approximately one million people. The initiative is carried out in collaboration with Ethiopia's Ministry of Health, local authorities, and communities to enhance existing public health structures.
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