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Ethiopia: Who's counting?: Tigray's hidden mortality data crisis
By ELRHA ReliefWeb
· July 2, 2026
· 5 min read
. Between 2020 and 2022, intense conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia created a perfect storm of political and operational challenges that disrupted the production of mortality evidence – information governments and their humanitarian partners need to inform crisis responses. Occupation by Erit
Key takeaway When the usual systems broke The Tigray war disrupted the usual ways the government’s emergency department and humanitarian agencies track deaths.
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Category: disaster Published: July 2, 2026 Source: ReliefWeb Reading time: 5 min
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What is this story about? . Between 2020 and 2022, intense conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia created a perfect storm of political and operational challenges that disrupted the production of mortality evidence – information governments and their humanitarian partners need to inform crisis responses. Occupation by Erit
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