In a hospital in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, in mid-May, Tewodros* was at work treating patients when two police officers barged into the emergency room. Earlier that same month, the doctor had participated in a public sector health workers’ strike, protesting poor working conditions and low pay.
The government had immediately declared the strike illegal, setting the stage for a tense standoff with the country’s health professionals. The emergency room where Tewodros was working was one of the places where that played out.
