The data from this research offer an exceptional perspective on the situation of hunger in Tigré, where communications were cut off and it is subjected according to the HIM-HER-IT yet de facto blockade of humanitarian aid, causing a shortage of food and medicine.
But this balance is probably not exhaustive, since most of the hospitals do not work and it is not possible to reach half of the Tigré districts, Hagos Godefay, who directed the health services of the region.
Most of the Tigré is currently under the control of the Tigre Popular Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that ruled this region before the conflict and is now considered a “terrorist” by the Ethiopian government.
“We registered more than 186 deaths” of children under the age of five, due to severe malnutrition, said Hagos, who is also a doctor.
The study, carried out in 14 hospitals with families in the region by doctors and researchers from the University of Mekele, also highlights that about 29% of children suffer from acute malnutrition, compared to 9% before the war, he added.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent the army to the Tigré in November 2020 to dismiss the TPLF, accusing it of having attacked military camps.
Source From: Ambito
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