Violence, Cholera, and Displacement: A Region Trapped in Crisis

MSF CTU, Moan, Gambella, Ethiopia

MSF teams walking

In Ethiopia's Gambella region, MSF in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has treated over 560 cholera patients since the start of the response in early March, in its Cholera Treatment Centre and units  (CTU/Cs) in Mattar, Moan and Burebeiye across the river of the South Sudanese borderline with a capacity of 100 beds.

MSB226064

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Violence, Cholera, and Displacement: A Region Trapped in Crisis (South Sudan / Ethiopia)

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB226064

Date taken / Date Recorded 24/03/2025 9:03 PM

Country Ethiopia

Detailed location Gambella

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Metasebia Teshome

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Maximum Size 6000px × 4000px 7.73 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist The northeastern region of South Sudan, bordering Western Ethiopia and Sudan, is facing an escalating humanitarian and health crisis fuelled by violence and cholera outbreaks, within an already fragile healthcare system that has shortages of staff, medicines and medical supplies and very limited capacity to respond to emergencies.

Deadly clashes between government forces and armed groups have triggered mass displacement, depriving thousands of access to healthcare, clean water, and sanitation. Simultaneously, the ongoing and fast-spreading cholera outbreak in South Sudan is sweeping through Upper Nile and neighbouring Jonglei State and Pibor region. The crisis is also spilling over into Ethiopia, where the Gambella region is receiving South Sudanese patients suffering from both conflict-related injuries and cholera.