ALIMA, a medical humanitarian organization
2025 ANNUAL REPORT
In the face of crisis, we continued to provide care
In 2025, despite declining institutional funding, 8.9 million people benefited from ALIMA’s work across 14 countries. Discover a year defined by resilience, innovation, and commitment alongside communities.
EBOLA EMERGENCY
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ALIMA teams are mobilizing to deliver medical supplies, protect health workers, and care for patients safely.
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On the ground
Our latest news
Prenatal Care in Dori: A Pregnancy Followed Step by Step
In Dori, Burkina Faso, community health workers raise awareness among pregnant women about the importance of prenatal care and refer them to health facilities. Now pregnant for the fifth time, Aïssata Adayo benefits from this advice and goes for checkups at the advanced health post near her home, which the
Malnutrition Care in Dori, Burkina Faso: A Unit Gets Stronger
In Dori, Burkina Faso, the Integrated Malnutrition Care Unit at the Urban Medical Center treats children with severe acute malnutrition with complications. Its upgraded facilities include additional beds, oxygen, solar power, and more staff. The ALIMA–KEOOGO–SOS Médecins BF Alliance provided this support, working alongside the Ministry of Health to improve
Cholera in Chad: A Response Rooted in Communities
Since 11 August 2026, a cholera epidemic has been affecting the Amma area in Lac Province, Chad. Alongside the Liwa health district, ALIMA and its partner Alerte Santé are treating patients and relying on community relays to slow the disease from spreading, all the way down to the village level.
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Cameroon: In Mokolo, kangaroo mother care follows newborns into their families’ homes
At Mokolo Hospital, in Cameroon’s Far North region, premature and low-birth-weight newborns receive kangaroo mother care, a method based on prolonged skin-to-skin contact with their mother. Care doesn’t end when the babies leave the hospital: it continues at home, with the support of families and community healthcare workers.
NutriVax in Nigeria: Nutritional Supplement Doubles Children’s Odds of Vaccination
In Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, the NutriVax clinical trial has just shown that co-delivering a nutritional supplement during immunization activities at health centers substantially increases children’s vaccination coverage. These results, highly promising for reducing child mortality in the most fragile settings, have been published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Cured of Ebola: Pastor Yanga recounts his fight
In the DRC, Pastor Yanga contracted Ebola while caring for his sick brother, unknowingly infecting five of his relatives. Treated by ALIMA at the Rwampara treatment center, he was discharged after twenty days. His message: Ebola is real, but it can be cured if you seek care in time.
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
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