Overview

• Funding reductions have closed nutrition services in four of seven camps, suspending feeding programmes for over half of Gambella’s refugees and putting 80,000 children under five at risk of severe malnutrition
• Médecins Sans Frontières recorded a 55% rise in child admissions to its Kule feeding centre and a 58% increase in outpatient visits, stretching its facilities to capacity
• Malaria cases jumped about 125% in July to nearly 24,000 patients, prompting MSF to open a dedicated malaria health post in Tierkidi camp and expand treatment services
• Withdrawal of numerous NGOs has left many buildings empty and essential services collapsed across the camps, exacerbating hunger and disease threats
• MSF is calling on the Ethiopian government and international donors to integrate refugees into national health systems and urgently restore funding to avert further humanitarian collapse