Briefing papersApril 2020Nicola Jones, Yitagesu Gebeyehu, Kiya Gezahegne, Abreham Iyasu, Kassahun Tilahun, Fitsum Workneh and Workneh YadeteYoung adolescent girl herding cattle in Amhara, Ethiopia. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGEThe official number of Covid-19 cases in Ethiopia is still low, but there are considerable concerns that transmission of the virus could rapidly expand in the coming weeks and months and quickly overpower the country’s under-resourced health system. The government of Ethiopia has taken a number of measures, including declaring a state of emergency for five months, implementing mass communication around social distancing and hygiene preventative measures, banning public gatherings, closing schools and universities, and announcing the delay of highly anticipated national elections previously scheduled for August 2020. Transporting links from urban to rural areas have also been heavily reduced to interrupt transmission pathways and several large regional cities implemented a temporary lockdown when Covid-19 cases were found there. While national borders have officially been closed, significant numbers of international Ethiopian migrants continue to return, and in some cases are being deported, for example, from Saudi Arabia.This policy brief is the first in a cross-country series designed to share emerging findings in real time from qualitative interviews with adolescents in the context of Covid-19.Read the research Exploring adolescents' experiences and priorities in Ethiopia under Covid-19Related Exploring the impact of Covid-19 on adolescents in the Gaza StripThis policy brief draws on interviews with vulnerable young people in Gaza to understand the effects of the pandemic and the economic and political crisis.Briefing papers4 June 2020 Double crisis: effects of a pandemic and economic crisis on Lebanon’s most vulnerable adolescentsThis policy brief draws on interviews with adolescents in Lebanon to understand the effects of the pandemic and the economic and political crisis.Briefing papers19 May 2020 Exploring the impacts of Covid-19 on adolescents in Jordan’s refugee camps and host communitiesThis policy brief shares emerging findings from interviews with adolescents in Jordan in the context of Covid-19.Briefing papers5 May 2020See more:coronavirusadolescent girlschildhood and youthEthiopia
