The international medical humanitarian organization is calling on other humanitarian agencies to urgently scale up their support for the large number of internally displaced people living in the area. The nutritional assessment revealed alarming findings—including among children under five and pregnant women—poor living conditions, and limited availability of safe drinking water. “Those IDPs that did not move back were absorbed into host communities,” said Mohamed Morchid, MSF’s head of mission in Ethiopia. “However, resources in these communities are depleted and staying there means the IDPs cannot access humanitarian aid. “It is also important that people can move freely and safely to access humanitarian aid, not only in Gedeo but also in other regions of Ethiopia with internally displaced people.”

Source: Ethiopian News April 17, 2019 22:18 UTC