Officials have disclosed that most health facilities have been destroyed or looted during the war. Most ambulances in the region were either lost or destroyed. The interruptions or limited access to water, sanitation and hygiene services, both within facilities and at the population level, also pose health risks. There have been reports of women being raped in the capital city of Tigray, Mekelle. Such violence could be worse in rural and other towns of Tigray.
AuthorAzeb Gebresilassie Tesema
Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema (BSc, MPH), is a Scientia PhD scholar in Health System Sciences at the George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. She is also an Assistant Professor of Public Health at Mekelle University, Ethiopia.