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In Iraq, Première Urgence Internationale supports a hospital specialized in the treatment of chemical attack victims
Published on 21 December 2022 | NewsMore than 30 years after the chemical weapons attack in Halabja (Iraq), survivors continue to suffer from long-term health effects. Première Urgence Internationale supports Halabja's specialized public hospital, the only health facility in the region that offers free services.Read more -
Op-ed : A country on its knees
Published on 16 December 2022 | NewsBefore the Russian offensive of February 2022, Ukraine was experiencing a forgotten crisis in Europe....Read more -
Central African Republic: Celebration of World Toilet Day
Published on 11 December 2022 | NewsOn 18 November 2022, Première Urgence Internationale celebrated World Toilet Day with the inhabitants of the village of Yangoubrindji (Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture, Central African Republic). This year's global theme was "Groundwater and Sanitation", with the slogan "making the invisible visible".Read more -
Interview of Lily Hyde, journalist in Ukraine
Published on 8 December 2022 | News"25% of the population under the poverty line in Ukraine". Lily Hyde is a writer and journalist based in Ukraine. She has written for the Guardian, the Times, POLITICO, the New Humanitarian, Coda Story, and others, and is the author of several books including Dream Land, about the deportation and return of the Crimean Tatars. She has also worked as a communications consultant in public health and development.Read more -
Interview with Moussa Kaba, health coordinator in Burkina Faso
Published on 7 December 2022 | HR newsMoussa is health coordinator for Première Urgence Internationale in Burkina since October 2020Read more -
DR Congo: Communities as both beneficiaries and agents of change
Published on 6 December 2022 | NewsPremière 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.Read more -
La Chronique N°141 – December 2022
Published on 30 November 2022 | PublicationsThis edition of La Chronique looks at the anxieties of Ukrainians facing this winter as an estimated 30% of the country's energy infrastructure has been damaged.
You will find our photo essay on the millions of internally displaced people in Ukraine, most of whom are temporarily housed in collective centers in different regions. -
Attacks on civilian infrastructures leaving millions people in need must stop now!
Published on 25 November 2022 | NewsHumanitarian organizations condemn continued attacks on civilian infrastructure leaving people in Ukraine without water, electricity...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