The need for rigour and balance in reporting the health impacts of conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia

Affiliations

¹ Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia tsedeke.mathewos@moh.gov.et.
² Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ People to People, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁶ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Comment

Tsedeke Mathewos Masebo et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;7(3):e008263.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008263.

¹ Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia tsedeke.mathewos@moh.gov.et.
² Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ People to People, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁶ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Keywords: health systems.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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