During the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, MSF set up nutrition programmes in the country in 1984, but was expelled in 1985 after denouncing the abuse of international aid and the forced resettlements.
Under hungersnøden i Ethiopien i 1984-85 startede MSF ernæringstiltag i landet i 1984, men blev forvist fra landet efter at have fordømt udnyttelsen af international nødhjælp og de tvungne genhusninger.