healthcare
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Afghanistan : Women have a key role in the health system
Published on 2 April 2023 | NewsChantal Autotte-Bouchard is a public health and tropical medicine nurse. She has been involved in various humanitarian crisis contexts, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, Haiti and India, before joining Première Urgence Internationale as Health Advisor at the organisation's headquarters. Back from a visit to Afghanistan, she shares her experience with us.Read more -
Burkina Faso: assistance to the population affected by violence
Published on 30 October 2020 | NewsWith 20 million inhabitants and a surface about half the size of France, Burkina Faso is facing a major humanitarian and security crisis because of the regional instability that takes place in Sahel. This crisis has caused the displacement of more than one million people today (5% of the population) which is equivalent to three million people, compared to a country like France. Première Urgence Internationale brings assistance to the populations in Burkina Faso.Read more -
Lebanon: “It is important to stick to basic healthcare, apart from COVID-19”
Published on 21 October 2020 | NewsThe current pandemic must not overshadow other health emergencies and sanitarian crises faced by vulnerable people. In Lebanon, Première Urgence Internationale takes great care of providing constant support to vulnerable populations and facilitating them the access to basic services, despite the stress caused by COVID-19 pandemic.Read more -
Mali : « I contribute to the improvement of women’s health in the community »
Published on 28 July 2020 | NewsMrs. Habssa Wallet Ibrahim aged about 60 years old is a Traditional birth attendant (TBA) in the Talabit health area where one of the eight health centers supported by Première Urgence Internationale in the Kidal region of northern Mali is located.Read more -
Yemen: “Now, my family and I have access to free quality healthcare”
Published on 8 July 2020 | NewsIn recent months, Première Urgence Internationale has carried out a programme of renovation and modernisation of health facilities in the Hodeidah governorate in north-west Yemen. As a result of these activities, more than 16,000 civilians have had access to free health and nutrition services in modernised and secure facilities.Read more -
In Chad, Première Urgence Internationale is training mothers to detect malnutrition in children
Published on 2 July 2020 | NewsIn 2020, communities in Chad are still vulnerable to malnutrition. The challenging climate, limited access to water, poor crop production, and insufficient medical infrastructure have created a crisis situation to which the COVID-19 pandemic now also contributes. For two years, Première Urgence Internationale has been working in close cooperation with mothers and guardians to make diagnosis easier and to treat seriously ill children more quickly.Read more -
La Chronique N°135 – June 2020
Published on 24 June 2020 | Publications
COVID-19: Find out in La Chronique of June 2020, our report on how Première Urgence Internationale has adapted its activities and put in place adequate health measures to cope with the pandemic, while ensuring the continuity of activities and essential care against other common pathologies that are just as deadly (Ebola, Measles, Cholera) on... -
Mali: How Première Urgence International helps to improve access to primary healthcare in Bankass
Published on 16 May 2020 | NewsSince the start of the 2012 political-security crisis in the north of Mali, the uncertainty and deterioration of the situation have progressively touched the centre of the country. The crisis hit the Bankass Cercle, in the centre of Mali, with full force. Consequently the cross-community conflicts and the active presence of armed groups from the opposition have triggered a general instability in this area. This lead to a decline in healthcare coverage in the region of Mopti. Around the Bankass Cercle a shortage of financial, human and material means to supply healthcare has been observed, which raises the vulnerability of the host population and of the internal refugees.Read more -
MEASLES IN THE DRC: IDENTIFY THE FIRST SYMPTOMS TO RESPOND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
Published on 24 February 2020 | NewsThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a large-scale measles epidemic. In the DRC in 2019, 6,000 people died from this disease. It remains one of the leading causes of death among young children, despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine. Première Urgence Internationale is working in the Kasaï and Kasaï-Central provinces to help with the care, the response, and the training of medical staff and community supporters.Read more -
Improving access to safe delivery for vulnerable women in Jordan
Published on 20 September 2019 | NewsThanks to the support of the European Union and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Première Urgence Internationale has provided information and cash assistance to facilitate access to health services for vulnerable households in Jordan. Since June 2018 and up to late August, the program benefited to 1,600 households, i.e 7,321 people, contributing to reduce preventable mortality in the country.Read more
