CERF-funded Project

Ethiopia

Lifesaving Health Services to Drought Affected communities in selected woredas in Somali and Oromia Regions of Ethiopia. (21-RR-WHO-013)

Project overview

WHO reached 34,521 people through management of severe acute malnutrition with medical complications, treatment of an increasing number of endemic communicable diseases that threaten to reach epidemic levels especially among the most vulnerable drought-affected communities (such as displaced people and remote communities) through, for instance, WHO prepositioned emergency health kits (355 assorted IEHK Medicines Modules for RHB and health partners. Emergency supplies provided health safety nets for the vulnerable communities, further mitigating human suffering. A total of 34,521 people received direct essential health services while nearly 4 million people benefited from the project indirectly