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The unfolding crisis will only worsen the situation in Tigray. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images

October 13, 2022

Tigray’s healthcare workers haven’t been paid in over a year – and bear the brunt of the war

Hailay Gesesew, Flinders University; Fasika Amdesellassie, Mekelle University, and Fisaha Tesfay, Deakin University

Since the war broke out, some healthcare workers have lost their jobs, others have been displaced, wounded, threatened or killed.

People receiving medical treatment at the entrance hall of Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images

March 25, 2022

Left to die: the fate of thousands of people living with HIV in Tigray

Hailay Gesesew, Flinders University and Fisaha Tesfay, Deakin University

Unless special attention is given to conflict and HIV the war will undermine the achievement of the 2030 goals to end AIDS, discrimination, and new infections.

Long, often arduous walks are common for women in Ethiopia seeking health care. Supplied

January 25, 2016

Having a baby is hard in Ethiopia: women walk a lot, and wait a lot

Ruth Jackson, Deakin University

It’s impossible to think about maternal health in Ethiopia without thinking about the time and distance between where rural women live and where the government constructs health facilities.

A woman extension worker employed by the Afar Pastoralist Development Association. Some health extension workers are separated from their families and some are unable to move. Kate Holt/Anglican Overseas Aid

November 25, 2015

Ethiopia has cracked the problem of rural health, but its workers feel stuck

Ruth Jackson, Deakin University

In Ethiopia health extension workers in rural areas fulfill an essential service - but they feel they have no career path.

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