WHO: We will continue to distribute humanitarian aid in the Amhara region of Ethiopia despite many challenges

 The organization has said this in its statement to the media and added that WHO is continuing its efforts to deliver aid to 95,000 people living in difficult conditions now to ensure that they can get emergency needs to deal with various things including infectious diseases such as cholera , malaria and caring for war casualties. It has said that the Amhara region, which is the second most populous in Ethiopia, is in dire need of emergency health and humanitarian aid from the middle of this year 2023. It has said that the situation has made providing supplies to the needy a difficult task for the WHO team. located in that area. The situation of refugees in Amhara Ethiopia is very bad In addition to drought, cholera, malaria and measles outbreaks, the Amhara region is currently facing a war crisis that is causing an increase in the number of people killed and injured as the injured rush to health centers to seek health services, but those health centers are unable to provide a great wave of people. Last week, WHO said that nearly 1.9 million people have been vaccinated against cholera despite the challenging environment in Amhara. Armed conflicts in different areas of Ahmara also lead to an increase in the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs). The region has more than 800,000 internally displaced people, 12 percent of whom live in 40 overcrowded areas. In August this year, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a law to extend the state of emergency for six months in Amhara as the long-term conflict between the military and militias in the region continues.