Ceasefire Declared, but Ethiopian Health Systems Remain in Critical Condition After Civil War

Larkin discusses the health care systems in Ethiopia which remain in critical condition after the civil war. In October 2022, a month before a ceasefire was declared, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 3.8 million people in the Tigray Region needed health assistance. Although comprehensive data are not available for all medical conditions, reported increases in maternal and child mortality help to illustrate the magnitude of the war's impact on health. By mid-2022, Tigray's maternal mortality ratio quintupled from prewar levels to 840 per 100,000 live births, reversing more than 2 decades of improvement, according to a survey of 189,000 households by regional health agencies.