Ethiopia: A Day in the MSF Hospital in Lietchuor Camp

In April 2014, an estimated 90,000 people fleeing violence in South Sudan had settled in Ethiopia’s Gambella region.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing assistance in four different locations. In Lietchuor camp, home to 44,000 refugees, MSF has set up an inpatient department with an intensive therapeutic feeding center (85 beds), an out-patient department and a maternity ward.

Patients wait in line at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor , Ethiopia, April 6, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan.

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Nyawal Mabil, four months, is treated for pneumonia and bronchitis at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor , Ethiopia, April 6, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan.

Adriane Ohanesian

An Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) truck transports materials from Addis Ababa to Gambella, Ethiopia, April 2, 2014

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Twin boys Douth and Both are treated for dehydration at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor Ethiopia, April 6, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan.

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Nyamach, five months, is treated for malnutrition at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor Ethiopia, April 7, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan. According to MSF mortality rates among children under five remain above emergency levels.

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Nyagoa, eight months, is monitored by a doctor during her treatment for malnutrition at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor , Ethiopia, April 7, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan. According to MSF mortality rates among children under five remain above emergency levels.

Adriane Ohanesian

Maten, five months, rests on his mother’s lap while being treated for pneumonia and malnutrition at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor , Ethiopia, April 6, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan. According to MSF mortality rates among children under five remain above emergency levels.

Adriane Ohanesian

A women and her child wait to be seen by a doctor at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor , Ethiopia, April 6, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan

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Women leave the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Lietchuor , Ethiopia, April 6, 2014. The refuge camp currently holds over 40,000 people who have fled the violence in South Sudan.

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Ethiopia: A Day in the MSF Hospital in Lietchuor Camp

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