Surviving Cholera in Borno, North East Nigeria
As communities in Maiduguri recover from the recent flood that devastated the region rendering thousands homeless, ALIMA has stepped up door-to-door community sensitization on cholera to prevent the disease.
“Our research on Lassa fever could help fight other emerging viruses” – Dr Marie Jaspard on RFI
On RFI’s “Priorité Santé”, Dr Marie Jaspard and Dr Ousmane Abdoulaye discussed Lassa fever, an emerging disease prevalent in West Africa, with host Caroline Paré. Dr Marie Jaspard is an infectious disease specialist at the Saint-Antoine APHP hospital in Paris and a researcher for INSERM in collaboration with ALIMA. Dr Ousmane Abdoulaye is a General Practitioner and Assistant Medical Coordinator for ALIMA in Nigeria.
First-ever global alliance of researchers, health workers, and humanitarians join forces to fight the deadly Lassa fever virus
Nigeria enters Lassa fever peak season with new outbreaks underway Abuja, Nigeria, 27 February 2024 – A first-of-its-kind global alliance of researchers, humanitarians, and health workers called the INTEGRATE consortium has launched a five-year initiative to fight Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever that kills thousands of people in West Africa every year. In Nigeria […]
Doctors battle Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria
Medical humanitarian NGO ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is fighting a silent epidemic of Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic illness similar to Ebola. More funding for research is urgently required to better understand and treat this neglected tropical disease.
NIGERIA “Health centers save our lives”
In Nigeria, ALIMA provides care for people displaced by conflict.
In Nigeria, the continuing armed conflict, particularly in the northeastern part of the country, has contributed significantly to the deterioration of the country’s humanitarian situation. In the Northeastern Borno State, there are over 1.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs)* and in Maiduguri, the state capital, 382,876 IDPs have been registered. The majority, some 273,159 of the displaced, are in formal camps, while another 109,717 are in informal camps.** Access to food, water, health care, or sanitation is limited.
Lassa fever in Nigeria: Promising results from a new study will improve the quality of care
Results of the largest prospective cohort study ever conducted on Lassa fever, known as LASCOPE (LASsa fever clinical COurse and Prognostic factors in an Epidemic context in Nigeria), which was conducted by a research team from ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) and its partners*, have been published in The Lancet, one of the most prestigious, peer-reviewed medical journals.
ALIMA rejoices the release of abducted staff in Nigeria
ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) rejoices the release of two of our employees, on January 15, 2020, who were working within our medical aid project in Monguno in Borno state, in northeastern Nigeria. They were abducted on December 22, 2019. Knowing that they are freed and safe with their families is an immense joy for all ALIMA staff, in Nigeria and our other countries of intervention.
Video: Nigeria battles against a large-scale Lassa fever outbreak
As Nigeria faces its largest-ever recorded outbreak of Lassa fever, an emergency response team from ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) continues to support the response, which is led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the two most-affected States: Ondo and Edo.
Northern Nigeria: Thousands of displaced in urgent need of assistance
Following a United Nations alert in May about the dire situation of people displaced by conflict in northeastern Nigeria, ALIMA conducted an exploratory mission in Monguno, a city in Borno State where more than 100,000 displaced people are seeking refuge. Working alongside the Ministry of Health, ALIMA vaccinated children against measles. ALIMA found that more than one in three children were suffering from acute malnutrition, 10 percent of whom were suffering from severe acute malnutrition and at a high risk of death. Faced with this major emergency, ALIMA deployed additional resources and has now opened a clinic to provide urgent medical care to displaced people in Monguno.
Nigeria: 24 hours in Monguno
On July 1st, 2016, Mai Mahaman Saley and Dr Ali Ouattara, respectively Referent Logistics and Deputy Director of Programmes for ALIMA, conducted an exploratory mission in the city of Monguno in northeastern Nigeria. They were the first international aid workers to set foot there since the takeover of the city by the Nigerian military. Mai Mahaman Saley describes the first day in the city.
