Iraq
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Rehabilitating housing in Iraq to strengthen the resilience of displaced persons in the Latifiyah camp
Published on 29 April 2024 | NewsIn Iraq, residents of informal displaced persons sites are experiencing the consequences of climate change and are facing challenges in accessing essential services. In this context, Première Urgence Internationale is intervening to rehabilitate individual homes, restore community infrastructure, and meet the water, hygiene, and sanitation needs of displaced persons—paying particular attention to households headed by women due to their increased vulnerabilities.Read more -
In conflict-affected areas of Iraq, collaboration is key to effective humanitarian support
Published on 26 January 2023 | NewsIn Ramadi, one of the cities most affected by the conflict with the Islamic State group, Première Urgence Internationale has deployed a team composed of a psychologist and a psychosocial worker to assist internally displaced people.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 -
PREMIERE URGENCE INTERNATIONALE DEPLOYS MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS TO INFORMAL CAMPS IN WESTERN IRAQ
Published on 26 July 2022 | NewsPremière Urgence Internationale is helping displaced people in Central and Southern Iraq by providing health care, including mental health services, to displaced communities. Khaerya, a 67-year-old Iraqi woman living in Kilo 18 informal settlement (Anbar), was able to receive a treatment after visiting one of our Mobile Medical Units.Read more -
CHRONIQUES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #1
Published on 5 July 2021 | PublicationsDiscover the first issue of Chroniques from the Field! You will find testimonies from people who have benefited from Première Urgence Internationale's humanitarian aid, as well as from our NGO's partners and employees. From Nigeria to Iraq, through France, Mali, Yemen and Colombia, you will learn more about the actions we carry out. -
Testimonies from the field: the benefits of Mental Health support in an Iraqi settlement
Published on 19 May 2021 | NewsPremière Urgence Internationale’s ECHO-funded Health and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) teams have been providing care services since the beginning of April 2020. In one of these settlements, Kilo 7, three people who benefited from these services tell us about their stories.Read more -
Iraq: enabling displaced people in Bersiveh camp to access health care
Published on 31 March 2021 | NewsSince 1st October 2020, Première Urgence Internationale has been working in the Bersiveh camp, located...Read more -
In Bardarash camp, Premiere Urgence Internationale improved the quality of mental health services
Published on 21 August 2020 | NewsSince December 2019, Première Urgence Internationale managed for nine months the provision of primary free health care services in the reopened camp of Bardarash, Kurdistan region of Iraq. The teams ensured individual mental health follow-up and counselling, as well as training of Iraqi doctors to improve the services provided inside the camp.Read more -
Iraq: More than 15,500 Syrian refugees have access to primary healthcare services in the newly re-opened camp of Bardarash
Published on 27 December 2019 | NewsIn the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Première Urgence Internationale is supporting the Syrian refugees who escaped the ongoing military operations in North East Syria. The NGO leads the revitalization of health facilities and the provision of primary and free health care services, to more than 150 patients a day.Read more -
“I just wanted somebody to hold my hand and help my children”
Published on 5 May 2018 | NewsViolence and death are not the only injuries that people living in conflict suffer. Often, trauma is more deeply rooted in each of them. The Première Urgence Internationale’s teams are working in Iraq to provide psychological and mental health support for these wounded populations.Read more