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In conflict-affected areas of Iraq, collaboration is key to effective humanitarian support
Published on 26 January 2023 | NewsIn Ramadi, one of the cities most affected by the conflict with the Islamic State group, Première Urgence Internationale has deployed a team composed of a psychologist and a psychosocial worker to assist internally displaced people.Read more -
Sudan: When the community seizes the fight against malnutrition
Published on 20 January 2023 | NewsAcute and chronic malnutrition remains one of the major public health concerns in Sudan. To address emergency food and nutritional needs of families with children diagnosed with malnutrition in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, Première Urgence Internationale involves health volunteers from the community. Rogia is one of them.Read more -
Ukraine: our distributions to meet local humanitarian needs nearly ten months after the start of the war.
Published on 18 January 2023 | NewsThe Première Urgence Internationale teams continue to respond to the most urgent needs of the civilian populations affected by the war in Ukraine.Read more -
Faced with a humanitarian emergency, Première Urgence Internationale charters a plane full of medicines to Afghanistan
Published on 13 January 2023 | NewsNearly 100 tons of medicines and medical equipment have been sent by plane to Kabul mid-December in a country where there is a shortage of medicines and where the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.Read more -
Palestinian heritage at risk: heavy seasonal rains threaten the remains of several sites
Published on 9 January 2023 | NewsDue to heavy seasonal rains and climatic changes, long-term protection measures are needed to protect the remains of the monastery of Saint Hilarion, Al Bureij and the Roman necropolis.Read more -
Dr. Khadija, a woman doctor serving women in Yemen
Published on 4 January 2023 | NewsIn a country torn apart by war and where the humanitarian situation is dramatic, women and girls face increased health risks. To enable them to access care, Première Urgence Internationale supports female health workers in the health centres where we intervene. Portrait of Dr Khadija, a woman doctor who consults with Yemeni women.Read more -
Première Urgence Internationale strongly condemns the decision to ban women from working for NGOs in Afghanistan
Published on 27 December 2022 | NewsKabul, 27/12/22 : Première Urgence Internationale is appalled by the recent decision of the authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to ban women from working for national and international aid organizations.Read more -
In Iraq, Première Urgence Internationale supports a hospital specialized in the treatment of chemical attack victims
Published on 21 December 2022 | NewsMore than 30 years after the chemical weapons attack in Halabja (Iraq), survivors continue to suffer from long-term health effects. Première Urgence Internationale supports Halabja's specialized public hospital, the only health facility in the region that offers free services.Read more -
Op-ed : A country on its knees
Published on 16 December 2022 | NewsBefore the Russian offensive of February 2022, Ukraine was experiencing a forgotten crisis in Europe....Read more -
Central African Republic: Celebration of World Toilet Day
Published on 11 December 2022 | NewsOn 18 November 2022, Première Urgence Internationale celebrated World Toilet Day with the inhabitants of the village of Yangoubrindji (Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture, Central African Republic). This year's global theme was "Groundwater and Sanitation", with the slogan "making the invisible visible".Read more
