Adi Daero Primary Hospital in Tigray, Ethiopia delivered its first healthy baby by C-section since conflict devastated the area over a year ago, thanks to rehabilitation efforts by UNFPA, Medical Teams International, and support from the Government of Canada.
MTI is responding to the recent cholera outbreak threatening lives across Ethiopia. The disease has affected people in 204 districts in the country.
Dr. Paul Farmer from Partners in Health received the $1 million Berggruen ‘philosophy’ Prize, Medical Teams International provides rural dental care for free, and a Swedish nurse helps bring smiles to patients with cleft palate.
“I remember the tense atmosphere in our time at the border. The patients arrive under great distress. They are still in shock from what they had just witnessed or endured at the hands of the rebels. They are grateful to have survived, but their fear is palpable. I became very familiar with the brutality of war from witnessing their pain.”
“An eight-year-old Congolese refugee arrived with extensive burns…. Part of his ring finger was badly damaged from a bore hole pump. We were able to shorten his finger and close the wound. He was so incredibly brave and did not complain for a moment. He expressed his thanks in French as he left.”