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ALIMA calls for the emergency deployment of staff, medicine and materials necessary for all humanitarian activities in Africa
“It’s just a matter of days before the virus spreads further across the African continent. In sub-Saharan Africa, however, health systems are already very fragile. If the epidemic spreads to these regions, we can expect a much higher mortality rate than in the rest of the world,” says Augustin Augier,
Humanitarian crisis in the Sahel: ALIMA strengthens its Rapid Response Mechanism
Large-scale population displacements, a proliferation of armed attacks and high levels of food insecurity have contributed to a humanitarian emergency in the ‘three-border zone’ of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. To meet the ever-increasing needs, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is strengthening its Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), which
NIGERIA: Urgent support needed to respond to outbreak of Lassa fever
The medical NGO ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is calling for urgent support, as the organization supports the care of patients affected by an outbreak of Lassa fever in southern Nigeria’s Ondo State. ALIMA has been working alongside Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as well as Federal
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
ALIMA’s innovative approach to fighting malnutrition gaining momentum
The number of mothers in the Sahel trained to screen their children for malnutrition should increase in 2018, following a recommendation by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) that all partner organisations teach mothers to regularly measure the mid-upper arm circumference of their children at home
Nigeria: ALIMA responds to cholera outbreak in Borno State
DAKAR, September 11, 2017 – ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is supporting the Borno State Ministry of Health (SMoH) in northeastern Nigeria, to respond to an outbreak of cholera that began in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of the state capital, Maiduguri.
South Sudan: « Each day we continue to save the lives of our patients »
At the Raja State Hospital in South Sudan’s Lol State, the power goes out each morning. It won’t come back on for another 12 hours. Health staff can switch on a newly-acquired generator to provide electricity to the most important machines – including two oxygen compressors – but the rest
Ebola outbreak confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: ALIMA launches an emergency response
Dakar/Kinshasa, May 12th, 2017 – Following the confirmation of a case of Ebola fever in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the medical organization ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is launching an emergency response. The NGO, which has been active in the country since 2011,
Lassa fever in Togo: ALIMA donates medical equipment and medication
LOME/DAKAR, April 25, 2017 – Following the confirmation of several cases of Lassa fever in Togo, the medical organization ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) donated medicines and medical equipment, including personal protection kits, to the Togolese Ministry of Health.
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