Ukraine: ALIMA’s Actions on the Ground
📍 ALIMA presence since: 2022
🛡️ Mission status: Completed
🏥 Beneficiaries: 25,356 people
🔹 Key areas of expertise: Health system strengthening | Mental health
Humanitarian situation in Ukraine
Since February 2022, Ukraine has been in the grip of an armed conflict that has led to significant population displacement and massive destruction of health infrastructure.
The regions closest to the frontline are particularly affected, with limited access to medical care due to damage to hospitals and a shortage of healthcare workers.
📌 Key figures of the crisis in Ukraine
Medical aid and humanitarian response in Ukraine
🏥 Strengthening the health system
ALIMA worked to rehabilitate health facilities damaged by bombing and ensure access to specialized care. Our interventions included:
- Support for 44 hospitals and 121 health centers
- Provision of medical equipment and essential medications
- Restoration of the operating theater at Berezanka hospital
These interventions helped strengthen the resilience of Ukraine’s health system in the face of growing needs.
🧠 Mental health
The war has had a significant psychological impact on the local populations. ALIMA supported both patients and healthcare workers with:
- Individual and group psychological consultations
- Art therapy for displaced children
- Psychological First Aid Training for caregivers
📊 In 2024, ALIMA provided psychological support consultations to 6,409 individuals.
🚑 Conflict and displacement
In conflict-affected areas, ALIMA deployed mobile clinics to provide care to isolated populations:
- Cardiology, neurology, ophthalmology, and gynecology care.
- Deployment of medical specialists in over 30 villages.
These interventions made it possible to ensure vital medical follow-up to populations that no longer have access to care.
📊 In 2024, ALIMA conducted 25,356 medical consultations in villages near the frontline.
On the ground
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