DRC: More than 60% of patients cured within ALIMA’s Ebola Treatment Center
After more than a year of caring for Ebola patients at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is transferring the management of the center to Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Thanks to the quality of care provided at the ETC, more than 60% of patients with Ebola virus disease have recovered.
DRC: The miracle of child Ebola survivors
While children continue to be among the worst-affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces, breakthroughs are being made in their chances of survival at ALIMA’s (The Alliance for International Medical Action) treatment center in the city of Beni.
DRC: Ebola – Six months later, what’s been accomplished and what remains
It has been nearly six months since an outbreak of Ebola was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu and Ituri provinces. The outbreak has since become the second-largest outbreak ever recorded. Fortunately, many lessons were learned during past outbreaks, and thanks to innovations, such as ALIMA’s CUBE, a new vaccine and available compassionate treatments, medical teams have been able to increase the survival rate this time around.
ALIMA’s Head of Operational Development, Anthony Bonhommeau, who has been overseeing the emergency response in Beni, DRC, reflects on the successes of the past six months and the challenges that remain.
Testimony from the field: “Morale is important to defeat Ebola”
When caring for patients during an Ebola outbreak, medical treatment is not the only aspect of the care. Oléa Balayulu, a clinical psychologist and the head of ALIMA’s psychosocial team in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an outbreak of Ebola continues to affect North Kivu and Ituri provinces, explains why the psycho-social aspect of the response is essential.
Back from Kasai: “in the heart of the void”. A photographer’s testimony
Alexis Huguet, is a freelance photographer who has been living in Africa for the past three years. Today he tells us about his second mission for ALIMA, which took him to the Kasai region in DRC. While some insecurity remains due to pockets of active armed militias, as displaced populations try to resettle, the medical needs are enormous. ALIMA supports two hospitals in Kamuesha and West Kalonda, and has opened nine health centers in Kamuesha, to provide primary and secondary health care and to fight against malnutrition.
Blog from the field: “In DRC, rolling up our sleeves to save Ebola patients”
Admiration. Joy. Fear. Sadness. Pride. Emotions were high during the week I spent with the team at ALIMA’s Ebola Treatment Center in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo.
My name is Anne-Gaëlle Borg and I have been working with ALIMA since 2016. In September 2018, I traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time to support the Ebola emergency response team. As communication officer, I was going to liaise with journalists, as well as interview our teams.
KASAI: “The nutritional needs in this region are enormous”
Imagine: your child is hungry, but your food stocks have been depleted. Your child has lost weight and is suffering from diarrhea – you know you need to take your child to a health center, but the nearest ones no longer function. Without care your child could die. This is the situation faced by thousands of parents each day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Kasai region, where limited access to proper health care, food and shelter has led to alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among children.
EBOLA RETURNS TO DRC: ALIMA LAUNCHES EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Dakar/Kinshasa – Following the declaration of the second outbreak of Ebola this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation (WHO) and other actors, has launched an emergency response to begin treating patients as soon as possible in North Kivu Province, in the east of the country. The NGO, which responded to the most recent Ebola outbreak in Equateur province, now has an experienced team on the ground in North Kivu, to better support local populations, who have already been rendered vulnerable by ongoing conflict in the region.
ALIMA opens an Ebola treatment center in the DRC equipped with Biosecure emergency Care Units (CUBE)
Dakar/Paris, June 18 2018. The medical humanitarian organization ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) will open an Ebola treatment center equipped, for the first time, with biosecure emergency care units, in Itipo in the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Ebola in the DRC: ALIMA has sent a team to evaluate the needs
Following the confirmation of multiple cases of Ebola, a team from ALIMA is currently conducting an evaluation to determine the needs of the medical facilities and among the populations of the cities of Mbandaka and Iboko in the Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
