As a result of U.S. funding cuts, limited health programs that were available to millions of internally displaced people (IDP) in Ethiopia were halted. A health care worker from Tigray shared, “Last week, I visited an IDP center in Askum where about 6,600 IDPs currently reside. There were two nonprofit organizations providing essential health care through a mobile health clinic, but since the suspension of USAID support, they no longer exist."

Date: 6/25

Region: Africa

Country: Ethiopia

Topic: Health

Policy Lens: Global Health Security, Moral Leadership

Additional Context: This information was first published in a June 2025 research brief by Physicians for Human Rights, entitled "Shuttered Clinics, Preventable Deaths: The Impact of U.S. Global Health Funding Cuts in Ethiopia."

This Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) research brief presents key insights from interviews with ten medical and public health experts who support projects across Ethiopia, including in Addis Ababa and Tigray, and data on the impact of the funding cuts across Ethiopia. This brief has a specific focus on Tigray where impacts of regional tensions have exacerbated by cuts to global health aid between February and May 2025.

Source: Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)