The Forum has also introduced a comprehensive health sector humanitarian response strategy. Tafre Melaku (PhD), general secretary for the Forum, told the media that the ongoing conflict has significantly disrupted essential services. The strategic document emphasizes the need for immediate interventions to restore healthcare services and provide life-saving assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and refugees, who are in critical need of support. Forum strategy urges armed groups to cease actions that deliberately disrupt healthcare services and impede the transportation of medical supplies. It sees securing health facilities, supply routes, and personnel as paramount to guaranteeing safe access to healthcare services.

Source: Ethiopian News October 21, 2024 06:54 UTC