RDC

• DRC: from awareness-raising to treatment of STI

  Published on 1 December 2023  |  News
  In the Ngaba health zone in Kinshasa, Première Urgence Internationale runs awareness campaigns on STIs,...

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• DR Congo: Communities as both beneficiaries and agents of change

  Published on 6 December 2022  |  News
  Première Urgence Internationale's teams have been working in the Democratic Republic of Congo for 20 years, providing assistance to 350,000 people throughout the country. In the province of North Kivu, the various interventions allow us to fight against the increasing difficulties of access to quality health services.

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• DR Congo: valuable food aid in remote areas

  Published on 23 May 2022  |  News
  The province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo counts today 2.5 million people in need of humanitarian aid, according to the Humanitarian Needs Assessment 2022 (UNOCHA). Première Urgence Internationale is working on the ground to help the population cope with food insecurity.

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• Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) : Saving the lives of pregnant women and young children

  Published on 29 September 2021  |  News
  Our health support project in Kasai has made it possible to monitor pregnant women and young children free of charge. Anastasie BIAKALUA, a doctor in the Kamalenga health center, testifies to the many benefits of this project.

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• DRC: Première Urgence Internationale vaccinate 32,500 children against measles

  Published on 16 June 2020  |  News
  The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is still plagued by several deadly viral epidemics, including COVID-19 and the Ebola virus disease. Première Urgence Internationale is participating in the emergency health response to curb these two epidemics, and continues, at the same time, its vaccination campaign against measles in the provinces of Kasai and central Kasai. Between April and May 2020, more than 32,500 children were vaccinated against this deadly and highly contagious disease.

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• In the DRC, the Ebola outbreak isn’t over: we continue our response

  Published on 23 April 2020  |  News
  While the whole world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is still fighting against another deadly epidemic. Just before it should have been declared officially ended on the 12th of April, a new fatality was attributed to the Ebola virus disease on the 9th of April, proving that this 20-month outbreak has not been overcome yet. Première Urgence Internationale keeps working on prevention and awareness activities, to mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and fight against this deadly disease.  

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• COVID-19 How to fight fake news?

  Published on 22 April 2020  |  News
  For 20 days Première Urgence Internationale attended Equalithon, organized by Essteem, a platform that brings together female engineers in the US and Europe, and that gives them the chance to put their skills together for the benefit of solidarity organizations.

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• Ebola: Absolute alertness after diagnosis in Goma (DRC)

  Published on 17 July 2019  |  News
  Identified in a health center supported by Première Urgence Internationale, the first patient with Ebola virus in Goma, the capital of North Kivu, unfortunately died during his transfer to an Ebola treatment center in Butembo. An additional step is taken in this epidemic. All local authorities and the international community are mobilized to prevent the spread of the virus in this city of more than one million inhabitants.

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• Ebola: Première Urgence Internationale re-opens its base in Goma (DRC)

  Published on 28 March 2019  |  News
  In February 2019, in response to the propagation of an Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the province of North Kivu, Première Urgence Internationale decided to re-open its base in Goma in order to prepare the arrival of a response team. Our enlightenment with Céline Morin, emergency operations manager at Première Urgence Internationale, back after one month in the field.

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• South Oubangui: “the zone faces a chronic under-development”

  Published on 7 May 2018  |  News
  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has faced an influx of Central African refugees since 2013. In South Oubangui, refugees crossed the Oubangui River long ago to settle among the Congolese populations. Première Urgence Internationale has been working in the country since 2001. Benoït Ralu is "multisector approach" project manager. He explains what this approach brings to the project.

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