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
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KHARSOUNA: Too many crises for one health system
The Geneva Health Forum has selected the photography documentary Kharsouna, produced in Mauritania, to be exhibited starting May 18, alongside the World Health Assembly in Geneva. This photography project documents a silent crisis at the intersection of conflict, displacement, and health.
“For me, it’s our humanity”: CNN goes inside ALIMA’s Ebola response in DRC (video)
From Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, CNN highlights ALIMA’s response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola in DRC: BBC, Reuters, The Guardian and The New York Times highlight ALIMA’s role in the response
From Bunia to Rwampara, ALIMA’s teams are supporting patient care, infection prevention and Ebola treatment capacities as the Bundibugyo outbreak spreads in eastern DRC. BBC, Reuters, The Guardian and The New York Times have highlighted this work and the urgent needs facing the response.
About Us
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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.
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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