We had no choice but to run for our lives,” she told the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Hiwot's journey was long and dangerous: “We had to travel from Shire in the Tigray Region to Dabat in Amhara Region. There are currently 630 households, around 1,870 individuals, staying in the Dabat displacement site. There are an estimated 36 pregnant women in the Dabat displacement site, all in need of reproductive health care as well as other support, including psychosocial services. UNFPA is also distributing reproductive health kits to birth attendants, which will ensure midwives on-call have the supplies needed for safe deliveries.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2021 14:48 UTC