Fighting against the silent death of women in childbirth in Guinea
In the coastal West African country of Guinea, pregnant women are often poorly monitored, and left to cope on their own. In 2014, a major Ebola outbreak weakened health systems; this impacted the care pregnant women received. Meet Oussaïna, she is currently 36 weeks pregnant and is from Sinta, a town in west Guinea.
In Niger, 45 NGOs call for support to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Niger
On July 26, 2023, Niger’s National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie, CNSP) announced that it had overthrown incumbent President Mohamed Bazoum and his government. In response, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) introduced sanctions, and their effects are already being felt. ALIMA and
“Insecurity fosters gender-based violence”
The Central African Republic is one of the poorest countries in the world. The security situation remains tense, and humanitarian needs continue to grow: “citizens have insufficient access to basic services, (…) gender-based violence (GBV) is widespread,” ¹ according to the World Bank. Meet Gypsie Christelle Nambozouina, 30, a clinical psychologist at the Castors maternity
In the face of COVID-19, collaboration makes a world of difference!
In the Central African Republic, two million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including over 215,000 vaccinated by ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action). This was made possible due to close partnership with communities, one of the pillars of the ALIMA model.
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.
Thousands of families displaced by east DRC conflict – ALIMA’s rapid response provides lifesaving care
Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been forced to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following a resurgence of armed conflict over the last few months. ALIMA’s rapid response team, on the ground since the first months of the conflict, has been providing emergency medical care and fighting a
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.
ALIMA participates in Ebola vaccine trial with promising results
The results of a large-scale clinical trial in West Africa, confirming the safety of three different Ebola vaccine regimens, have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. ALIMA’s in-field support in Guinea has been crucial to the implementation of the trial.
