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MIDDLE EAST: HEALTH CARE IN CRISIS
Persistent crises, people forced to leave their homes, chronic epidemics and endemic diseases: millions of people’s health is at threat in much of the Middle East. Sandrine Chapeleau, Première Urgence Internationale’s Middle East and Europe health advisor, regularly makes field visits and can confirm that the situation is critical, in particular regarding the refugee crisis and displaced persons.
LEBANON HIT BY A DROP IN FUNDING FOR HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS
Première Urgence Internationale has had a presence in Lebanon since 1996. Teams have worked hard to improve the situation for host populations and refugees in a country crippled by economic and security difficulties. While funding for humanitarian projects is declining, Antoine Sagot-Priez, Lebanon mission leader for Première Urgence Internationale, emphasises that it is essential to continue working on a daily basis to support vulnerable people.
LEBANON’S STRUGGLING HEALTH SYSTEM
Healthcare in Lebanon is expensive and inaccessible to a large proportion of the population. Première Urgence Internationale works in health centres around the country to provide healthcare to both the host population and the Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION – A CAREER IN THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR
After 10 months in Iraq as deputy head of mission, 32-year-old Manon Gallego takes a look back at the mission and describes the responsibilities involved in her position.
Measures to protect the population in the West Bank from settlers’ attacks
Palestinians in the West Bank are regularly exposed to settlers’ attacks. Première Urgence Internationale implements projects in the north of the territory in order to protect the population when such episodes occur. Ein ar Rashash, a village particularly targeted by settlers, benefits from the support of the team. The inhabitants notice today a real improvement.
Interview of Suad, a protection project-manager in Jordan
Suad Shehaded has worked as protection project-manager in Jordan for Première Urgence Internationale since August 2016. She explais why she chose this occupation and the values that matter to her.
Gaza: Première Urgence Internationale calls on the international community to take action and ensure the essential services for the population
Première Urgence Internationale calls on Third States, including the European Union and its Member States, to engage with Israel and the Palestinian National Authority to comply with their obligations towards the welfare of affected Gazans. Without remedial action, Gaza would become ‘unliveable’ by 2020.
“Protection is to prevent any act against the persons”
Première Urgence Internationale’ teams conduct many activities in protection in the Middle-East. But what does it mean?
WHY IS YEMEN CURRENTLY IN THE GRIP OF THE WORLD’S WORST CHOLERA OUTBREAK?
In a country ravaged by war, cholera has spread to nearly every governorate and the world’s worst cholera outbreak continues to spread. Against a backdrop of unsanitary and perilous security conditions and a depleted health care system, Yemen is a fertile breeding ground for the spread of the disease.
TREATING DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SALAMIYAH – A RACE AGAINST TIME
The Salamiyah camp was scheduled to open on 28 June. In the end, it was brought forward to 7 June to respond to the mass arrival of people fleeing West Mosul. The health centre was under construction and had not yet been completed, but Première Urgence Internationale teams were on site from the outset to respond to the emergency.