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DRC: from awareness-raising to treatment of STI
Published on 1 December 2023 | NewsIn the Ngaba health zone in Kinshasa, Première Urgence Internationale runs awareness campaigns on STIs,...Read more -
Myanmar: A Mobile Clinic Brings Hope to Families of Children with Congenital Disabilities.
Published on 16 August 2023 | NewsDue to the economic crisis and political instability, people living in hard-to-reach areas affected by the conflict in Hlaing Bwe township, Kayin State, have been unable to access essential and quality healthcare services. In this context, Première Urgence Internationale has set up a mobile clinic to provide primary healthcare.Read more -
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 -
Cameroon: diseases are declining
Published on 20 March 2023 | NewsIn November 2022, a number of villages in the Logone-et-Chari department in the Extreme North of Cameroon were continuously attacked by non-governmental armed groups. These incursions have led to the displacement of populations to neighbouring districts, with consequences for the health of all.Read more -
In southern Yemen, supporting the health system by rehabilitating health care facilities
Published on 20 February 2023 | NewsIn a country that has been at war for eight years, where the health system is very fragile, Première Urgence Internationale is working to improve access to care, particularly by rehabilitating health facilities.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 -
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 -
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 -
Central African Republic : Responding to the urgent needs of malnourished children
Published on 24 November 2022 | NewsThe Central African Republic has suffered multiple political and security crises since 2013. These crises adversely affected the population's access to basic services, particularly health services, which were already fragile and dysfunctional before the crisis. In 2021, more than half of the country's population, or 2,571,343 people, were in need of humanitarian health assistance, 17% more than in 2020.Read more -
Central African Republic: In Ndele, Global Handwashing Day was celebrated with demonstrations
Published on 17 November 2022 | NewsThe Global Handwashing Day (October 15) was celebrated in the village of Adoumindou, located 7km from Ndélé in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture. It is one of the villages that benefited from the family latrines of the Iboungbi project (multisectoral development in the North-East of CAR): 60 latrines were built there. This year's global theme was "the power is in our hands".Read more
