The appeal was made as the Ethiopian government and its humanitarian partners launched the 2019 joint Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan in Addis Ababa. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia Aeneas Chuma also stressed humanitarian partners’ support to Ethiopia’s emergency response efforts. The new joint response plan mainly lays out prioritized multi-sector humanitarian needs in 2019. The needs are identified through a thorough analysis of the overall humanitarian needs of the country, through the Humanitarian Needs Overview. “Without urgent additional funding, most lifesaving operations, including nutrition interventions, will cease beyond March 2019,” the joint response plan warned.

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2019 15:11 UTC