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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 -
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 -
MALI: Displaced populations take refuge in the Kidal region
Published on 2 November 2022 | NewsThe Kidal region, once the epicenter of the political and security crisis in Mali, has experienced a relative lull since 2019. However, for the past few months, Kidal has been facing the arrival of more and more displaced populations from the north and center of the country, due to the deterioration of the context in these areas. Indeed, some communities are forced to leave their villages and abandon their resources for security reasons, and take refuge in calmer regions such as Kidal.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 -
FREE HEALTH CARE IN MALI TO SAVE LIVES
Published on 5 October 2022 | NewsFrom June 2021 to July 2022, Première Urgence Internationale intervened in the regions of Gao (circle of Ansongo) and Mopti (circle of Bandiagara)Read more -
MAKING REUSABLE HYGIENE PADS IN YEMEN
Published on 29 September 2022 | NewsIn the city of Aden, Première Urgence Internationale organizes training sessions to learn how to make reusable sanitary pads. These sessions take place in "mother-child corners", set up by our teams.Read more -
In Lebanon, providing help for women to give birth safely
Published on 27 September 2022 | NewsIn Lebanon, maternal mortality has tripled due to the socio-economic crisis and the lack of health personnel. Première Urgence Internationale comes to the aid of pregnant women to ensure safe and medical deliveries.Read more -
IN MYANMAR, REUSABLE PANTIES AGAINST MENSTRUAL INSECURITY
Published on 8 September 2022 | NewsIn a country plunged into a severe economic crisis and where the price of basic products has increased, buying sanitary protection has become very expensive. Première Urgence Internationale has distributed dozens of reusable menstrual panties to address this menstrual insecurity.Read more