Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 6,659 cancer patients have been registered in Libya out of a total of 20,000 targeted in the country, [...] Full text...
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – Hepatitis E is spreading through refugee camps in eastern Chad where more than 550,000 Sudanese fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone, the UN announced on Wednesday, with latest estimates revealing the [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new manual to support the implementation of psychological interventions, stating that this [...] Full text...
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) — Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria have committed to accelerated action to end deaths from the [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan doctor who stated that he favoured a boy-child over the girl-child during an operation to deliver the mother of [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance is growing and offers recommendations [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, is in peril, the UN [...] Full text...
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A new programme will improve healthcare and nutrition services for about 4.6 million people, especially women, children and adolescents in 63 [...] Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Cervical cancer poses a significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with 120,000 cases annually out of the global total of 690,000, further exacerbated [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday, citing [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone has become in Gaza, according [...] Full text...
Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - People caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), UN [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry on Tuesday said that 494 active cases of dengue have been detected on the island [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said just seven of its 23 health centres in Gaza are operational, with [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate, the head of the UN World [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday amid reports [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, has said parents alongside family doctors and paediatricians play a vital role in early detection.
Globally, more [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every dollar invested in fighting polio in the Eastern Mediterranean region yields a return of nearly $39, the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Union convened a High-level dialogue on strengthening the health partnership between African [...] Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have now received the RTS,S malaria vaccine since being introduced this year.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Last month, Cameroon became the first country to start rolling out malaria vaccination as part of its routine immunisation programme, with [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of Libya's Therapeutic Services Support and Development Authority, Ahmed Militan, has announced the arrival of a specialist Slovakian medical [...] Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Cholera cases are surging globally, and there’s been an unprecedented spike in Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Panama City, Panama (PANA) - Delegates from around the world gathered in Panama City Tuesday for the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO [...] Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is calling for the mass mobilization of the international community to save lives in Sudan's [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Wednesday chaired a meeting to monitor the situation [...] Full text...
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says 19 of the 20 neglected tropical diseases are endemic n South Sudan, posing a [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday approved conclusions on the 'EU Global Health Strategy: Better health for all in a changing world', [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although leprosy is age-old and can be cured, the disease is still endemic in more than 120 countries, leaving an estimated [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, on Wednesday inaugurated the Al-Inmaa medical centre, that specialises in palliative treatment and long-term [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The spread of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea is continuing in Somalia, with over 470 new cases registered in recent days, [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Researchers at The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency raised concerns on Monday that the draft of a global agreement to head off [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) aims to ensure appropriate use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT across [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is continuing to do all it can to deliver critical medicines, supplies and fuel to [...] Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has received 215,590 doses of malaria vaccine, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.
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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardise progress towards stamping out cigarettes and other [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care to more than 87 million [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
The virus is still circulating [...] Full text...
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free country, marking a significant achievement in global health.
With this announcement, [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has announced his government's commitment to treating oncology [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With no let-up in fighting across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief [...] Full text...
Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity has launched a health number system and an Integrated National Healthcare Programme [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has reaffirmed the support of the Government of [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency confirmed on Friday that coronavirus numbers are spiking globally and that we “should expect more cases” in the [...] Full text...