Fighting cleft lip and palate: Bahané’s story
Bahané, aged 9, was born with a cleft lip and palate in Cameroon, suffering rejection and stigmatization. After several failed surgeries, the help of ALIMA and ALVF-EN changed her life. Discover her story of resilience and reconstruction.
Women in Cameroon Travel Miles to Secure Healthcare Access for Their Communities
Access to healthcare is a challenge in Cameroon’s North-West and South-West (NWSW) anglophone regions, which have been in conflict since 2017. Insecurity, inadequate health facilities, and the great distances between villages and medical centers are obstacles for communities to access quality care. In this difficult context, women, known as community relays, tirelessly travel kilometers every day with a single goal: to raise awareness in their communities about the vital healthcare services provided by ALIMA and its local partner DEMTOU Humanitaire since 2020.
Nutritional health and mental health: the 1,000 days project in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, as the security and humanitarian situation gets worse, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) supports mother-child pairs during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, as part of the government’s Social Safety Nets project, aimed at fighting poverty in several regions of the country.
How can we rethink the management of malnutrition in West and Central Africa?
ALIMA, AAH, IRC and UNICEF invited representatives from the health ministries of nine countries in West and Central Africa to a conference in Dakar to discuss innovative “simplified approaches” improving the treatment of acutely malnourished children.
Read the conference report.
13 humanitarian organizations unite to encourage innovation in fighting malnutrition
ALIMA, along with 12 other humanitarian organizations, signed a letter to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) commending its commitment to the fight against malnutrition, and proposing steps to make this investment the basis for long-term, life-saving solutions.
Malnutrition emergency in the Sahel: funding cuts are affecting our action
Faced with an alarming increase in cases of child malnutrition in several of its regions of intervention, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) and its partners are sounding the alarm to alert the public about the nutritional crisis that is sweeping through Africa’s Sahel Region and the urgent need for mobilization to treat children under the age of 5, who are greatly at risk.
Research, a key component of the AIRE project
Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a leading cause of illness and death among children in Africa. They particularly affect children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa, which is why there is a need to strengthen child health programs.
AIRE Project: Four West African countries integrate pulse oximeters into childhood disease management protocols
The Ministries of Health of Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea officially launched the AIRE project, which aims to improve the identification of respiratory distress in children under 5 years of age, between December 2020 and January 2021.
MEASLES IN DR CONGO: “Children are the primary victims of the outbreak”
The current measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest outbreak ever recorded in the world. According to the World Health Organization, since January 1, 2019, more than 311,000 suspected cases have been reported in DRC, with more than 6,000 deaths. ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is active in the province of Kasai, and is currently providing patient care and treatment.
Back from Kasai: “in the heart of the void”. A photographer’s testimony
Alexis Huguet, is a freelance photographer who has been living in Africa for the past three years. Today he tells us about his second mission for ALIMA, which took him to the Kasai region in DRC. While some insecurity remains due to pockets of active armed militias, as displaced populations try to resettle, the medical needs are enormous. ALIMA supports two hospitals in Kamuesha and West Kalonda, and has opened nine health centers in Kamuesha, to provide primary and secondary health care and to fight against malnutrition.
