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Paediatrics

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

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Women's health

Video Report: Traditional Birth Attendants Saving Lives With a Mobile App

In the Central African Republic, a new project is transforming maternal care by involving matrons, traditional birth attendants, in the management of high-risk pregnancies. The project, called “Wakobo Ti Kodro,” uses an innovative mobile app to improve maternal and child health in a region with some of the highest mortality rates in the world.

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My adventure at ALIMA

I joined the ALIMA team in January 2024. A month and a half later, I was lucky enough to go on a mission to Mali and then to Burkina Faso. Despite my fatigue, and spurred by my passion for storytelling, I continued my journey across the Senegal River into Mauritania. In just a few weeks,

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Strengthening the health system

In Haiti, access to health care has become a privilege

Given the magnitude of the health needs in Haiti, ALIMA works on the ground to provide healthcare to the most vulnerable populations in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, the island’s capital. It is one of the few international medical NGOs working in the area.

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Strengthening the health system

Burkina Faso: Train health workers to better respond to humanitarian disasters

In Burkina Faso, the health system is under severe strain as a result of the volatile security situation. In the Center-North region, three-quarters of health facilities are closed due to insecurity. ALIMA and its local partners, KEOOGO and SOS Médecins Burkina Faso, have trained local health workers to better prepare for the influx of patients

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Women's health

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.

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