Improving access to medical oxygen to save people with severe COVID-19
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), supported by Unitaid, has been working alongside local Ministries of Health to support the respiratory care of severe cases and prevent many deaths.
#WeAreTheSolution: ALIMA breathes new life into the medical humanitarian fabric with its new campaign
Paris/Dakar, 9 February 2022 – The NGO ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) has engaged the French artist of Senegalese origin Lossapardo to launch its second awareness and fundraising campaign with a moving and poetic short animated film highlighting the humanitarian and medical community in Africa that gives access to healthcare to the most vulnerable people.
The New Humanitarians: medical NGO ALIMA raises 1.1 million euros from major donors, corporations and foundations in one evening
Paris, December 15, 2021 – In closing its annual fundraising event, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) announced that it has raised a total of €10 million over 5 years, since the 2017 launch of the Transforming Humanitarian Medicine fundraising campaign.
A simultaneous event on 3 continents : over 1 million euros raised to transform humanitarian medicine
The evening’s fundraising event “The New Humanitarians, from the heart of the field” was held in Paris, New York and Dakar, with the support of the Africa, Europe and United States campaign committees
ALIMA launches its 2030 environmental roadmap
Dakar, December 16, 2021 – Humanitarian action must plan for the future to fight climate change.
Aware of the consequences of climate change, particularly as it impacts the health of the people who live in its areas of intervention, the medical humanitarian organization ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is committing to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030, as part of a plan created with the non-profit association Climate Action Accelerator (CAA).
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.
“COVID-19 in African countries is as severe as anywhere else in the world”
The results of a new study, led by ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), on the clinical findings and mortality factors associated with COVID-19 in West Africa, have been published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. This study, known as COVISTA, provides evidence that COVID-19 is as severe in sub-Saharan Africa as it is in other continents.
“Medical oxygen is a life-saving and effective treatment”
Access to oxygen remains essential to reducing mortality from respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, particularly in low-income countries.
Lassa fever in Nigeria: Promising results from a new study will improve the quality of care
Results of the largest prospective cohort study ever conducted on Lassa fever, known as LASCOPE (LASsa fever clinical COurse and Prognostic factors in an Epidemic context in Nigeria), which was conducted by a research team from ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) and its partners*, have been published in The Lancet, one of the most prestigious, peer-reviewed medical journals.
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.
