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Rehabilitating housing in Iraq to strengthen the resilience of displaced persons in the Latifiyah camp
Published on 29 April 2024 | NewsIn Iraq, residents of informal displaced persons sites are experiencing the consequences of climate change and are facing challenges in accessing essential services. In this context, Première Urgence Internationale is intervening to rehabilitate individual homes, restore community infrastructure, and meet the water, hygiene, and sanitation needs of displaced persons—paying particular attention to households headed by women due to their increased vulnerabilities.Read more -
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 -
IRAQ: in Fallujah, people are returning home after fleeing the war…
Published on 28 October 2022 | NewsIn the western part of Iraq, Ramadi and Fallujah are two iconic cities of Anbar governorate that were captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) between 2014 and 2015. In 2016, the Iraqi armed forces and their allies launched a military campaign that aimed to recapture ISIL-held areas. The targeted areas included these two cities, which are in a state of widespread destruction. In a region already largely ruined by the Iraq War years earlier, everything has to be rebuilt and the population is challenged to meet its most basic needs.Read more -
PREMIERE URGENCE INTERNATIONALE DEPLOYS MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS TO INFORMAL CAMPS IN WESTERN IRAQ
Published on 26 July 2022 | NewsPremière Urgence Internationale is helping displaced people in Central and Southern Iraq by providing health care, including mental health services, to displaced communities. Khaerya, a 67-year-old Iraqi woman living in Kilo 18 informal settlement (Anbar), was able to receive a treatment after visiting one of our Mobile Medical Units.Read more -
Story from the field: Primary health care for vulnerable populations in northern Iraq
Published on 27 June 2022 | NewsSince August 2021, Première Urgence Internationale teams have been providing primary health care services to displaced people throughout Iraq. Abdullah, a nurse, tells us his story in one of the health centers in the north of the country.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 #1
Published on 5 July 2021 | Publications
Discover the first issue of Chroniques from the Field! You will find testimonies from people who have benefited from Première Urgence Internationale's humanitarian aid, as well as from our NGO's partners and employees. From Nigeria to Iraq, through France, Mali, Yemen and Colombia, you will learn more about the actions we carry out. -
Iraq: enabling displaced people in Bersiveh camp to access health care
Published on 31 March 2021 | NewsSince 1st October 2020, Première Urgence Internationale has been working in the Bersiveh camp, located...Read more -
In Bardarash camp, Premiere Urgence Internationale improved the quality of mental health services
Published on 21 August 2020 | NewsSince December 2019, Première Urgence Internationale managed for nine months the provision of primary free health care services in the reopened camp of Bardarash, Kurdistan region of Iraq. The teams ensured individual mental health follow-up and counselling, as well as training of Iraqi doctors to improve the services provided inside the camp.Read more -
Iraq: Alongside families living in camps, to keep them safe from COVID-19
Published on 7 May 2020 | NewsIn Iraq and Kurdistan, Première Urgence Internationale is an important camp health actor, managing primary healthcare centres in three camps hosting refugees and internally displaced people. To continue responding to the needs of these vulnerable populations in these times of pandemic, the mission reorganised its functioning, putting in place quarantine areas and conducting awareness raising sessions.Read more
