UNITED NATIONS, New York/UM RAQUBA, Sudan – More than 33,000 people have fled into eastern Sudan from the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, according to United Nations officials. I cannot forget that,” one young woman told UNFPA officials at Um Raquba during a needs assessment. The majority of refugees in Um Raquba are women and children. The nearest referral health facility able to provide post-rape treatment or emergency obstetric care is about 40 minutes from Um Raquba. More comprehensive emergency reproductive health kits are being provided to health workers and to clinics that are being set up on-site.

Source: Ethiopian News November 21, 2020 16:30 UTC