Afghanistan
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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 -
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 -
CHRONICLES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #4
Published on 6 October 2022 | Publications
Discover our emergency interventions in Afghanistan, a country where the needs were already great and where the health system collapsed following the arrival in power a year ago of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. You will also find our actions in Myanmar/Burma where a distribution of menstrual panties took place on the occasion of the World... -
In Afghanistan, “the humanitarian community cannot be the only actor providing aid to the population”
Published on 8 August 2022 | NewsMore than half of Afghans need humanitarian aid in a country where the health system collapsed a year ago after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) came to power. A change in governance that has also changed the working conditions of NGOs on the ground. Interview with Justyna Bajer, head of mission of Première Urgence Internationale in Kabul.Read more -
Earthquake in Afghanistan: Première Urgence Internationale dispatches rapid assistance to Afghans
Published on 12 July 2022 | NewsMore than a thousand people died and nearly 3,000 were injured in Afghanistan after the earthquake that struck the south-east of the country on Wednesday 22 June. Here is a look back at Première Urgence Internationale's intervention on the ground.Read more -
‟I wanted to go to Afghanistan”
Published on 25 January 2022 | HR newsManasi is a 31 years old women working for Première Urgence Internationale as Deputy Field Coordinator dedicated to Programs for the Afghanistan mission. During a conversation she had with Jeanne HUTIN, HR Officer based at the headquarters of the organization, she explained how this experience in Afghanistan has been meaningful both personally and professionally.Read more -
RETROSPECTIVE : OUR YEAR 2021 IN 7 KEY EVENTS
Published on 7 January 2022 | NewsPrevention of COVID-19 in Chad, mental health in Ukraine, access to primary health care in Iraq, emergency response to Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, actions carried out after the explosion in the port of Beirut, maintenance of activities in Afghanistan and the Charity Stream... So many events that have marked this year 2021, and in which Première Urgence Internationale's teams are more than ever committed to bringing its aid to the mostRead more -
CHRONIQUES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #2
Published on 6 October 2021 | Publications
Focus on health in this second issue of Chronicles from the Field, with our emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mali, the management of malnutrition in Libya and the continuity of our activities in Afghanistan.
Discover our health actions in Colombia, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. -
AFGHANISTAN: Première Urgence Internationale maintains the deployment of humanitarian aid to the Afghan population.
Published on 20 August 2021 | NewsThe last 5 days will be remembered as a major turning point in the history of Afghanistan and its 38 million citizens. The change of power on August 15 – with the entry of Taliban forces from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan into Kabul – should not distract any policymakers from addressing the most urgent needs of the population.Read more -
RETROSPECTIVE: OUR YEAR 2020 IN 7 STRIKING EVENTS
Published on 27 January 2021 | NewsCOVID-19 prevention, the Beirut blast, Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, vaccinations in the DRC, healthcare in Ukraine and Yemen but also 40 years’ presence in Afghanistan… So many striking events that shaped this peculiar year which, however, did not succeed in weakening the engagement of Première Urgence Internationale’s teams.Read more
