From Africa to Ukraine: one year later, ALIMA continues its emergency medical aid in Ukrainian conflict zones
ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is a medical humanitarian organization based in Dakar, Senegal, that has been saving lives since 2009 in emergency situations in Africa.
ALIMA’s unique model focuses on building alliance and promoting collaboration between local health workers, national medical organizations, and researchers. ALIMA strives to transform humanitarian medicine by fostering research and innovation to improve care and help communities prepare for the future. ALIMA has treated more than 10 million patients in 14 countries, and launched more than 30 research projects – notably on malnutrition, maternal and child health, malaria, Ebola and COVID-19. This work has won several international awards such as the Game-Changing Innovator REACH Award and the EU Health Award .
ALIMA in Ukraine: the challenges of opening an emergency mission
A few weeks after the beginning of our activities in Ukraine, last April, we met Benoît Loop and Antoine Maillard who had returned from their mission there. They shared their stories of ALIMA’s action on site. After six weeks of intervention, the challenges were still numerous but some successes were already evident!
The food crisis in the Sahel dramatically worsened by the war in Ukraine
As Ukraine receives most of the world’s international aid, , many countries in the Sahel are facing a dramatic food crisis. The European conflict has had an extremely negative impact on the situation in Africa .
