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Yemen: “Nutrition activities met an urgent need to my twin daughters and made my life easier”
Published on 28 February 2022 | NewsIn Yemen, 66 percent of the population are estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2021, according to the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) analysis. Over 2.25 million cases of children aged 0 to 59 months, and more than a million pregnant and lactating women, were projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021 (HNO, 2021).Read more -
Press Statement : Emergency Ukraine We call on the parties to the conflict to respect the protection of civilians and humanitarian space
Published on 25 February 2022 | PressSince the outbreak of the Russian military operation on the night of February 24, 44...Read more -
Sudan: “anemia, malaria and diarrhea, these sickness use to kill our children before but this is not the case now since we have access to free medication”
Published on 23 February 2022 | NewsThe community of Banat in Sudan, like many other communities in South Kordofan Eastern Corridor living in the proximities of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled areas has been greatly affected by decades of conflict and isolation. Nawal and her child Ibrahim Abdul Amid Adam adged of 2 years and 9 months old have been approached by Health Community Volunteers of Première Urgence Internationale to reffer her child to Banat Health Facility because he was ill.Read more -
“Here in Bamingui-Bangoran, Central African Republic, the medical systems are insufficient to ensure our health.”
Published on 14 February 2022 | NewsThis region in the northeast of the country is particularly isolated, and access to quality health care is often difficult. The chronic crises affecting the country has severely weakened the health system, and the geographic isolation of the prefecture, combined with a poor road network, exacerbates the difficulties of accessing the Ndélé District Hospital.Read more -
Niger : Première Urgence Internationale deploys an emergency response in the city of Gaya
Published on 28 January 2022 | NewsAt the heart of the Sahelian crisis, Niger is currently facing a gradual deterioration in the security situation, which is affecting the population. The Dosso region, which until now has been unaffected by the actions of armed opposition groups, is gradually becoming involved in the conflict. In December 2021, several hundred Nigerien fishermen living in Burkina Faso and Benin abandoned their homes because of the pressure from the Beninese army and the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, and found refuge in the department of Gaya, in the south of the Dosso region. Première Urgence Internationale conducted a rapid response action with the displaced populations to deal with the urgent health needs.Read more -
‟I wanted to go to Afghanistan”
Published on 25 January 2022 | HR newsManasi is a 31 years old women working for Première Urgence Internationale as Deputy Field Coordinator dedicated to Programs for the Afghanistan mission. During a conversation she had with Jeanne HUTIN, HR Officer based at the headquarters of the organization, she explained how this experience in Afghanistan has been meaningful both personally and professionally.Read more -
Première Urgence Internationale and WAFAA International Group joined their efforts to support the Limb Reconstruction Center in the Gaza Strip
Published on 13 January 2022 | NewsThe Limb Reconstruction Centre is a vital part of WHOs’ trauma and emergency care programme, which is working with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and partners, on an extensive series of interventions to improve the management of trauma injuries at the prehospital level all the way to hospital care, including emergency departments and surgery, to rehabilitation and recovery.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 -
SABAH IS A YENEMI COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEER: THANKS TO HER COMMITMENT SHE HAS ENABLED YASMIN AND HER FAMILY TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS AND REGAIN SERENITY
Published on 28 December 2021 | NewsIt is estimated that about 75% of the population of Yemen lives in rural areas and more than 70% of them have difficulties in accessing basic health services. Children and women, in particular, suffer from health and nutrition problems and therefore need extensive health care to improve their current critical condition. In such a situation, the development of the Community Health Volunteer system is one of the possible measures to address the health problems of children and women[1].Read more -
Bárbara, Head of Mission in Colombia: “I had a lot of opportunity to growth”
Published on 27 December 2021 | HR newsBárbara was a pharmacist in Brazil when she decided to put her skills at the service of Première Urgence Internationale and to participate in a first mission as Mission Pharmacist. Six months ago, Barabara became Head of Mission in Colombia.Read more