Mental Health: “To Care for Patients, We Must First Care for the Teams”
In Bamako, Komi Edem Abassah, ALIMA’s Mental Health Manager in Mali, works every day to support the psychological well-being of both healthcare workers and patients.
On the Frontlines with ALIMA in a Refugee Camp on the Border with Sudan
It is overflowing. Initially built to shelter 25,000 people, the Zabout camp now houses over 50,000 people. Since 2023, ALIMA and Alerte Santé, a Chadian NGO partner, have been treating around a hundred people a day. Meet our patients and follow our teams, mobilized day and night to provide support
Bamako: How Air Becomes a Lifesaving Resource
At Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako, ALIMA supports the production, storage, and distribution of medical oxygen — a vital resource that saves the most vulnerable patients, especially newborns. This video shows how ambient air is transformed into an essential treatment, delivered directly at the patient’s bedside.
NutriVax: Integrating Nutrition and Vaccination to Save Children’s Lives in Nigeria
Every year, millions of children in Africa are trapped in a vicious cycle of malnutrition and infectious diseases. But what if we could fight both problems at once? This is the vision behind the NutriVax project in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria.
In Boulsa, healthcare is improving – in-hospital pediatric mortality and malnutrition-related deaths are declining
In Boulsa, located in the Kuilsé region of Burkina Faso, local health teams have continued their tireless efforts to save lives, despite a particularly difficult context.
Ebola in Kasai: A Race Against Time!
Since late August, a new Ebola outbreak has struck Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With 40 deaths already and more than 1,400 contacts identified, ALIMA and its partners are mobilizing to vaccinate, treat, and protect communities in this hard-to-reach region. Every hour counts.
In Sudan, Everyday Heroes at the Heart of the Crisis (video)
In the areas hardest hit by the conflict, women and men continue to heal, protect, and bring hope back to their communities.
Burkina Faso: Dignified Hospital Care for Patients in Boulsa
In Boulsa, in Burkina Faso’s Center-North region, the ALIMA–Keoogo–SOS Médecins alliance is improving hospital conditions in the pediatric ward. Waste management, a modernized laundry, a psychostimulation room, and family-friendly spaces are just some of the initiatives restoring dignity and safety to patients and their loved ones.
Chad: The Cholera Epidemic Escalates Along the Border With Conflict-Torn Sudan
While Sudan remains gripped by the conflict, another silent but deadly crisis is now spreading to neighboring countries: cholera. ALIMA and Alerte Santé, an NGO partner in Chad, are supporting the country’s Ministry of Health in responding to this deadly epidemic.
