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ALIMA Calls on the International Community to Increase Mobilization to Ensure More Effective Control of the Ebola Outbreak
Yesterday, Thursday, May 21, 2026, two tents deployed by ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) for the treatment of patients affected by Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) were set on fire at the Rwampara General Referral Hospital in Ituri Province. Following the death of a patient showing symptoms consistent with
Incident at Health Facilities in Rwampara Amid the Ebola Outbreak Response
On the morning of 21 May 2026, two tents used to treat patients with Ebola were set on fire at Rwampara Hospital. Six patients were receiving treatment in these medical facilities. All of them are currently being cared for at the hospital. The international medical NGO ALIMA (The Alliance for
EAST AFRICA: A REFUGEE HAVEN UNDER THREAT
East Africa has long hosted major refugee populations, owing both to the presence of some of the world’s most severe and protracted crises – whether in the region or at its borders – and to the open-door refugee policies adopted by several of its countries. Violence and hunger caused by
GOAL and ALIMA Deliver Lifesaving Health, Nutrition, and WASH Services Amid Intense Violence in North Darfur, Sudan
Nearly two-thirds of Sudan’s population is in urgent need of humanitarian aid, representing 30 million people, the highest number of people in need ever recorded for a single country. GOAL and ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) have provided emergency medical humanitarian assistance to 208,940 people in the El
“ALIMA LAUNCHES ‘ODE TO STRANGERS’ VIDEO SERIES ON MATERNAL HEALTH IN AFRICA”
MOMS ACROSS THE WORLD SHARE PERSONAL STORIES TO RAISE FUNDS AND IMPROVE HEALTHCARE FOR MOTHERS NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2024 – ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) has launched Ode to Strangers, an inspirational storytelling campaign that highlights the crisis of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and builds support
Carlotta PIANIGIANI, emergencies & openings coordinator for ALIMA, named in #TIME100 Health 2024
Paris, May 2, 2024 – TIME has named Carlotta Pianigiani, Emergency & Openings Coordinator, in the TIME100 Health list for 2024 honoring 100 people who have had the biggest impact in healthcare this year. The full list will be featured in the May 13 issue of TIME, and is available
Conflict and Hunger in Sudan: an NGO call to action
The conflict in Sudan has already created the world’s largest displacement crisis. Now fighting, displacement and lack of humanitarian access to the most vulnerable population places millions at risk of sliding into emergency levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition. As humanitarian organisations working in Sudan, we are making a
First-ever global alliance of researchers, health workers, and humanitarians join forces to fight the deadly Lassa fever virus
Nigeria enters Lassa fever peak season with new outbreaks underway Abuja, Nigeria, 27 February 2024 – A first-of-its-kind global alliance of researchers, humanitarians, and health workers called the INTEGRATE consortium has launched a five-year initiative to fight Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever that kills thousands of people in West
Care has become a privilege in Haiti. ALIMA addressing health crisis in an emergency mission
Dakar, February 14, 2024 – The humanitarian situation in Haiti is alarming. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently described it as the worst crisis in the Americas in 2024. ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is one of the few international medical humanitarian NGOs to operate in Haiti, and
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