SAFE: Supporting Access to Health and Emergency Services for Sudanese Refugees and Host Community in Al-Kufra

About this project

The project implementation started in November 2024 with the deployment of the team to Al-Kufra, following a month of preparatory phase. In close coordination with the Emergency Committee – a body designated by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to lead the Sudanese emergency health response – PUI Mobile Health Team (MHT) was appointed to operate in health facilities, based on a coordinated schedule among all health partners. The MHT activities has guaranteed the optimum coverage in the provision of primary health care services, filling the gap in the provision of IMCI (integrated management of childhood illness) and Sexual and Reproductive Health services, highly demanded among both Sudanese refugee and Libyan communities. Each physician has seen on average 40 patients per day, reaching 2,676 patients in 2 months. A prevalence of women and children among PUI beneficiaries confirms the evolving population profile of the Sudanese refugees arriving to Al-Kufra. In fact, in 2024, there has been an increase of women and children compared to men alone, which in turns represented most of the arrivals in 2023. During the reporting period, 59% of PUI patients were women and girls, and 44% children. In this regard, PUI response, tailored to the needs of Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) and Children Under 5 (CU5) proved to be extremely relevant. Needs among the refugee community remain huge, while the ongoing efforts of the humanitarian community are unable to meet them. Sudanese refugees…

Published by

Première Urgence Internationale · International NGO

Countries

Libya

Sectors

Basic health care

Implemented by

PUI

Published by Première Urgence Internationale to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 4 Jun 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: FR-RCS-53119997400027-SAFE.

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