Although some humanitarian funding has resumed after initial stop-work orders, one local partner working with internally displaced persons in Tigray noted that HIV medications for children were not considered lifesaving and thus remain paused.
Date: 8/25
Region: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Topic: Refugees & Displacement, Health
Policy Lens: Global Health Security
Entry Type: Human Impact
Additional Context: Even as aid has slowly come back online, new reporting suggests that large pockets of displaced people in Tigray have fallen through the cracks altogether. Local aid workers emphasized that the category of "lifesaving," used for original humanitarian waivers and further aid decisions, has failed to take into account the interconnectedness of different aid dimensions, particularly those related to health.
This information was compiled by Refugees International in their issue brief, "'Women’s Bodies Were the Battleground': Survivors Left Behind amid Tigray’s Uncertain Peace."
Source: Refugees International