ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion, or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanity, impartiality, and respect for universal medical ethics . To access patients, we are committed to operating in a neutral and independent manner.
ALIMA promotes and defends the principles of fundamental human rights. ALIMA has a zero-tolerance approach to those guilty of acts of gender-based and sexual violence, as well as to inaction in the face of suspected or actual acts of violence. Protecting the people benefiting from and impacted by our intervention is our top priority in everything we do.
ALIMA has treated more than 13 million patients in 15 countries, and currently operates in 12 African countries and Haiti. In 2022, we developed 62 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflict, epidemics, and extreme poverty. All of these projects support national health authorities through nearly 511 health facilities.
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More than 2,000 people currently work for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to patients, receive support from the coordination teams, generally based in the capitals of the countries of intervention. These receive support from the four desk teams and the emergency and openings department team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams actively work on fundraising as well as representing ALIMA.
The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams who work on behalf of other organizations such as the medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERTE Santé, SOS Médecins / KEOOGO, AMCP, the research organizations PACCI, INSERM, the Universities of Bordeaux and Copenhagen, the NGO Solidarités International, and many others.
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The CAR has a population of nearly 6 million people spread across 35 health districts and more than 1,000 health facilities. ALIMA has been operating in the CAR since 2013, providing support to populations affected by armed conflict, natural disasters, and epidemics. ALIMA works in the areas of health and nutrition in areas affected by humanitarian and security crises, which have significant consequences for the nutritional status of populations and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations.
The 2013 crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) significantly weakened all pillars of the country’s health system. The CAR has one of the highest neonatal mortality rates in Africa. The country is also considered the second riskiest place in the world to give birth.
In December 2013, ALIMA provided medical support to three displaced persons sites on the outskirts of Bangui and then implemented a free primary health care package in five CDSs in the DS of Bimbo and Bangui. The provision of care was expanded to 13 CDSs in Bimbo in 2018. The project aims to strengthen the capacities of the Health District with a view to complete autonomy.
ALIMA’s second intervention began in June 2014 in the Boda district, a town facing communal clashes. ALIMA enabled the reopening of Boda Hospital and the Boboua District Health Unit (Mbaïki district). Today, the project covers the hospital and nine health facilities to ensure the empowerment and resilience of the local health system and the community.
During 2020, as part of the Covid-19 response, ALIMA developed infection prevention and control activities and training for health personnel in all supported health facilities to limit the spread of the virus. This support was extended to the capital, to the National University Hospital of Bangui, where ALIMA set up a unit to manage suspected and confirmed cases. ALIMA provided the Ministry with support for COVID-19 vaccination.
In December 2023, two new projects were opened in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture, in the southeast of the country, where ALIMA teams are supporting two hospitals in Zémio and Obo. Rehabilitation, the establishment of surgical activities, and medical support thus enable host populations, displaced persons, returnees, and refugees, to have access to quality care in this medical desert. With funding from the BHA, interventions in Haut Mbomou cover 10 health facilities and three mobile clinics.
