Record-breaking drought in Ethiopia has caused child malnutrition rates to soar in the northern Afar region, where the only referral hospital says babies are dying within hours of arrival. Ethiopia's war with Tigrayan forces has left less than 10 percent of the region's clinics functioning and hospitals struggling to cope. Doctors at the hospital in Afar say they have admitted 369 severely malnourished children in the past three months. Ethiopian authorities say the war with Tigrayan forces left Afar's clinics looted and destroyed, with less than 10 percent functioning. Meanwhile, Yusuf said some staff have given up and abandoned the hospital, making it even harder for remaining health workers to cope.

Source: Ethiopian News June 28, 2022 17:36 UTC