ALIMA, a medical humanitarian organization
Ebola outbreak in the DRC
ALIMA launches an emergency response
A new Ebola outbreak is affecting northeastern DRC and has already spread beyond Ituri Province. With no approved vaccine or specific treatment for this variant, every day counts to care for patients and help contain the spread of the virus.
EBOLA EMERGENCY
Help us contain the outbreak
ALIMA teams are mobilizing to deliver medical supplies, protect health workers, and care for patients safely.
Your support is essential to help us act without delay.
On the ground
Our latest news
A humanitarian physician with NGO ALIMA tests positive
A humanitarian physician with the NGO ALIMA, returning from a mission,tested positive today. The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) confirms today a first positive case of Ebola virusdisease among its staff. The individual is a humanitarian physician who recently returned to France fromone of the areas where the virus
Surviving Lassa Fever; Stories of Recovery in Southwest Nigeria
In Nigeria, Lassa fever continues to affect communities, with 793 confirmed cases and 204 deaths reported by the NCDC in the first five months of 2026. In Owo, ALIMA and its partners provide lifesaving care at FMCO and support research to help more patients recover.
Mauritania: Too Many Crises for One Health System
In eastern Mauritania, population displacement, malnutrition, and lack of access to healthcare are putting communities at risk. In the Hodh El Chargui region, ALIMA is deploying mobile clinics and strengthening care for children suffering from malnutrition.
On the ground
In video
Providing Care Where It’s Needed Most (video)
Since 2009, ALIMA has worked alongside communities and local health workers to provide medical care where it is urgently needed.
Mbera: understanding a refugee crisis that has lasted for 14 years
In Mauritania, the Mbera camp was designed to host 70,000 people. Today, it shelters around 120,000. Since 2012, families fleeing violence in Mali have sought refuge there, in a region where resources, healthcare services, water, and food are under pressure.
Mohamed, a Malian refugee who now supports other families (video)
Mohamed left Mali with his family in 2012. After several displacements, he found refuge in Mauritania, where his daughter was treated for malnutrition. Today, she is doing better. Mohamed now supports other refugee families himself as a mental health worker.
About Us
Our Operations Map
ALIMA is currently operating in 14 countries, providing quality medical care to the most vulnerable populations while developing sustainable solutions to improve local healthcare systems.
Ongoing projects
Beneficiaries
About Us
Our Model
ALIMA is an international medical NGO founded in 2009 that provides quality healthcare to the most vulnerable populations. It is recognized for its expertise in maternal and child health, malnutrition, epidemics and emerging diseases, as well as research and innovation.
ALIMA’s work is based on three principles.
A unique alliance
between local and international organizations.
A local anchor
with 95% of teams from the countries of intervention and an operational headquarters in Dakar
The constant ambition to innovate
to transform humanitarian medicine
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