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OCHA Field activities, Ethiopia

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ethiopia office was opened in 1984 to strengthen humanitarian preparedness and response throughout the country. At present, OCHA Ethiopia has a nationwide reach with a country office based in Addis Ababa, and ten sub-offices. The level of humanitarian needs in Ethiopia will remain high as a result of mass inter-communal violence-induced displacement and related humanitarian and protection needs; widespread food insecurity and malnutrition due to recurrent drought impact; and disease outbreaks such as acute watery diarrhea (AWD), mainly due to poor WASH facilities in IDP sites and in drought and flood-impacted communities. In this highly complex humanitarian context and an ever-increasing inter-communal violence and displacement, there is need for effective coordination between the international community and the Government, and between different clusters to ensure a coherent understanding of need, response approach and monitoring systems; and to mount a well-coordinated and principled response. OCHA Ethiopia will continue to step up its coordination role, including through strengthening its field presence and the efficacy of the Inter-Cluster Coordination forum in support of the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the entire Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team (EHCT).