Video: Nigeria battles against a large-scale Lassa fever outbreak
As Nigeria faces its largest-ever recorded outbreak of Lassa fever, an emergency response team from ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) continues to support the response, which is led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the two most-affected States: Ondo and Edo.
Lassa fever: 6 things you should know
An outbreak of Lassa fever is currently affecting 18 States throughout Nigeria. Between January 1 and February 25, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,081 suspected cases of the viral hemorrhagic disease, and 90 deaths. This is well-above the usual number of cases for this time of year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Since January 22, ALIMA has been supporting the NCDC and other partner’s response to the outbreak in the two most affected states: Edo and Ondo.
What should you know about Lassa fever?
Guinea: the results from the study of favipiravir for treatment against ebola prove to be nuanced
Dakar/ Paris, March 3 2016. Yesterday, the journal PLOS Medicine published “encouraging but nuanced” conclusions on the trials for the Favipiravir treatment against the Ebola virus. According to ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), although the efficacy of the treatment was not proven for Ebola cases with a high viremia, the information collected over the course of the trial remain of great interest for research and for health care systems.
Optimizing the Treatment of Malnutrition
Since 2012, ALIMA and its partners have been training mothers and other caregivers across Africa to use a simple, tri-colored bracelet, known as the MUAC, to screen their children for the earliest signs of malnutrition.
«Somebody has to be there»
Nana Kofi Acquah, a photographer from Ghana, travelled to Northern Mali to document our program in Goundam, in the Timbuktu region, an area subject to the continuous threat of rebel groups and bandits. ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) and its local partner AMCP (Alliance Médicale Contre le Paludisme) support Goundam’s hospital and provide medical care to the health district.
Mali : «A woman should not die when giving life»
In the Dire and Goundam districts, in Northern Mali’s Timbuktu Region, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) and AMCP (Medical Alliance Against Malaria) have teams working in support of the Ministry of Health to care for the most vulnerable populations. This includes children but also pregnant women.
6 things to know about Malaria
The fight against Malaria is one of ALIMA’s key activities. The disease, which is endemic in several countries, infects nearly 200 million people each year. In its countries of intervention, ALIMA assists Health Ministries in implementing preventative measures, Malaria screenings and treatment — in particular for children under five, who are especially vulnerable to infection.
What should you know about Malaria?
Cholera: 7 things you should know
An outbreak of cholera is currently affecting northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State, which is now home to more than 1.8 million displaced people who have fled ongoing conflict between Boko Haram and military forces. Between August 16 and October 9, the Borno State Ministry of Health (SMoH) has reported more than 4,700 suspected cases and 60 deaths. Since September 6, ALIMA has been treating cholera patients free of charge in camps and host communities in two of the worst-affected areas: Muna and Monguno.
What should you know about cholera?
DRC: Kasai – “Much of the population, including doctors and nurses, has fled into the forest”
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) central Kasai provinces have suffered from repeated, violent uprisings by a local militia, known as Kamwina Nsapu, against the central government, as well as violent clashes with national security forces, since August 2016. This has led to an increase in intercommunal ethnic conflicts and attacks against civilian populations.
All five provinces are now affected by fighting in Grand Kasai, with Lomami being among the worst hit. Across all affected areas, nearly 1.4 million people have been displaced, and thousands are reported to have been killed or injured. Both displaced populations and host communities lack adequate access to food, water and sanitation.
Dr. Rodrigue Alitanou, the medical coordinator for ALIMA in DRC, was part of a multi-sectoral exploration mission in Lomami province’s Mwene-Ditu health district that began on July 18. Here, he shares his experiences from the field.
The Ebola outbreak defeated in DRC
Kinshasa/Dakar, July 1st, 2017. The Ministry of Health has declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after 42 days without any newly reported cases. ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) medical teams since left the Muma health area in Likati district, which was affected by the epidemic.
