Paris, France (PANA) - AREVA, the French group specializing in nuclear energy, has announced the creation of a health centre in the region of Agadez, Niger, to monitor the health of former workers exposed to uranium in its mines and those of the population. Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's public health minister, André Mama Fouda, on Wednesday launched in Maroua, northern Cameroon, a six-day immunization campaign against meningitis, which has already killed 80 people and affected 1,500 others since last March. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – Former Senegalese health minister, Awa-Marie Coll-Seck, will on Monday leave the executive management of the "Roll Back Malaria" partnership, reliable sources told PANA on Wednesday in Paris. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's southern Cross River state has enacted a law that prescribes three months in jail, or a fine of 100,000 naira (US$650) for anyone who discriminates against People Living With AIDS (PLWAs) in the state. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Operation Smile South Africa's World Care Programme (WCP) is set to bring severely deformed 10-month old Josephine Kandjala, a Namibian national, to Kwa-Zulu Natal for a life-saving surgery next week. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government will, from 8 to 12 December, launch a new national vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis to cover the whole country and capture 100% of children aged 0 to 5 years, the Congolese ministry for Health and Population announced here Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A new initiative to combat tuberculosis (TB), an illness which claims the lives of over one million people each year, has enlisted the support of international celebrities in an effort to maintain awareness towards eradicating the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan doctors have started an indefinite strike to press for better terms of service, including enhanced training opportunities and a 300% pay hike to stem the brain drain which has nearly crippled the medical sector. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) was opened Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with mixed messages of hope and fear. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Director, Sub-Regional Office for West and Central Africa, of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) in Dakar, Dr. Faustin Yao, said Friday although there was real progress for family planning in the region, governments needed to be further involved in the reproductive health of young people. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Experts who attended a meeting in Cotonou, Benin, on Malaria vector control in the ECOWAS region have made wide-ranging recommendations, including a proposal for well-planned and coordinated vector control measures, to complement existing interventions in member states. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Each year, more than one million people who have been treated successfully for tuberculosis (TB) go on to develop a deadly fungal infection that is often left untreated because it is mistaken for a recurrence of TB. Full text...

Obuasi, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recommitted itself to the war against HIV/AIDS, with Vice President John Dramani Mahama announcing that 150 million Ghana cedis (about US$94 million) would be made available to ensure the reduction of infections from 2011 to 2015. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Less than 30 per cent of pregnant women in Burundi were screened for HIV/AIDS and guided on how to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) last year, PANA learnt here Thursday from medical sources. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday marked the World AIDS Day by stressing on the importance of providing food and nutrition support to people living with HIV and their families. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for more political will, investments and determination to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which enters its fourth decade. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Saying that women should be able to choose a method to protect themselves both against unwanted pregnancy and HIV/AIDS, a Health officer with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Ms. Judith Manning, charged that women should take advantage of the many promising preventive technologies being developed. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The United Kingdom (UK) has made available 5 million pounds to the UNDP to enable the organization purchase female condoms for distribution in developing countries. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A UN report on Thursday said the growing access to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services have resulted in a 15 per cent decline in new infections over the past decade and a 22 per cent drop in AIDS-related deaths in the past five years. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - About 5,124 people live with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Mauritius as at October this year, the Mauritian Minister of Health, Lormus Bundhoo, indicated Thursday in Port Louis, the capital. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Thursday launched the new national strategic plan to fight HIV at a World AIDS Day event in Port Elizabeth. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa recorded the biggest overall annual increase--30%--in the number of people accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2010, according to a new report released to coincide with the 2011 World AIDS Day being observed globally 1 Dec. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new report on the 'Global HIV/AIDS Response' has shown an unparalleled global progress in both preventing and treating HIV, and emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Tuesday in Dakar urged couples to voluntarily limit the number of their children, saying, however, he was not compelling them to do so. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite challenging economic times, the US affirmed Wednesday it remains committed to a leadership role in the global AIDS response. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday called on world leaders to invest in voluntary family planning, not only to save and improve the lives of women and children, but also to empower people, strengthen health systems and reduce poverty. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to introduce compulsory testing for expectant mothers in an effort to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission, according to the head of the country's National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Beninese Health Minister Dorothee Kinde-Gazard on Monday in Cotonou called for a regional integrated approach for the effective control and elimination of malaria in the ECOWAS region. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The number of nurses in Angola, estimated at about 35,000, is not enough to meet demands in the country's hospitals, the chairman of the Luanda Provincial Council of the Nurses, Vasco Matemba, indicated here Sunday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Health experts and other stakeholders will gather in Cotonou,capital of Benin Republic, for three days starting on Monday, to move forward regional initiatives for malaria vector control towards the elimination of the mosquito-borne scourge in the ECOWAS region. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A three-day campaign to vaccinate over six million children under -five years begins in Sudan on Monday, the United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF said in a press release issued in Khartoum on Saturday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa faces some of the world’s worst natural and man-made disasters which leave thousands dead, and millions injured, displaced and devastated. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Former US President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush will travel to Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia from 1-5 December, 2011, the American Embassy here said Wednesday. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – The Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria partnership, Awa-Marie Coll-Seck, on Tuesday expressed fears that the current international financial crisis could shift the commitments of donors from malaria control in Africa. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that recurring drought, insufficient hygiene and ongoing regional conflict were driving a deadly outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) across the Horn of Africa. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released Monday said that global efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS were showing optimistic results "but transformative efforts are needed to accelerate progress". Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The sixth congress of the Francophone African Society of Haematology (SAFEMA) and the first congress of the Malian Society of Haematology and Oncology (SOMAHO) have been scheduled to hold in Bamako, the Malian capital, from 23 to 25 November, PANA learnt from the organizations. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - WHO Director-General Margaret Chan is the only candidate proposed for the post at the expiration of the deadline for nominations on 15 Nov., according to a WHO advisory obtained by PANA here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's Minister of Health Tewodros Adhanom, said the Horn of African state is achieving remarkable results in fighting HIV/AIDS as it finalizes preparations to host the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). Full text...

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Global Alliance for Immunization and Vaccine is to end its financial support to Congo in 2016 in view of the country’s economic growth over the past few years making it a middle income country. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - An international conference on the spread of HIV/AIDS from mother to child in West and Central Africa opened on Monday in Paris. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa has joined the rest of the global community in Observing World Diabetes Day, marked every year 14 Nov. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), in a report, said that at least 43 villages in Nigeria continue to present cases of lead poisoning, 18 months after cases were first discovered in the North-Western region of the country. Full text...

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - About 12.7 per cent of the adult population of Cape Verde are diabetic, making the archipelago one of the countries where the disease has spread the most in the last 30 years, the official in charge of the National Programme of Non Transmittable Diseases (PNDNT), Irinita Soares, said Monday in Praia. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government and its partners will on Tuesday launch a national vaccination campaign against meningitis. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – An NGO, the Diabetes Parent Support Group (DPSP), on Thursday launched a diabetes screening campaign among children and adolescents in Mauritius. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A team of five surgeons from the Hospital Mères et Enfants in Nouakchott, during the week, successfully carried out 26 surgeries on babies, ridding them of malformed mouth, medically known as "cleft lip and palate", PANA learnt here Thursday from medical sources. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Vaccines against the primary cause of deaths from pneumonia in developing countries could save millions of lives and are highly cost-effective, according to a comprehensive new analysis published Thursday in the journal ‘International Health’. Full text...