US, Angola sign MoU on health cooperation
20 march 2026 - 08:12:25Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Republic of Angola on Thursday signed a five-year bilateral health [...] Full text...
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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Republic of Angola on Thursday signed a five-year bilateral health [...] Full text...
US, Senegal sign health MOU
15 march 2026 - 13:31:19Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has signed a bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with Senegal [...] Full text...
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WHO chief lauds HIV treatment as ‘one of the defining public health successes’
06 march 2026 - 07:56:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Once a death sentence, HIV can now be controlled with safe and effective medication.As a result, [...] Full text...
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US, Guinea sign five-year bilateral health cooperation MoU
01 march 2026 - 07:26:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Republic of Guinea have signed a five-year $142 million bilateral [...] Full text...
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US signs MoU with Niger on bilateral health cooperation
28 february 2026 - 06:54:26Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United States and Niger on Friday signed a five-year, $179.3 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum [...] Full text...
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US and DRC sign MoU on bilateral health cooperation
27 february 2026 - 08:08:29Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday signed [...] Full text...
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US and Burkina Faso sign MoU on bilateral health cooperation
26 february 2026 - 08:09:10Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Burkina Faso on Wednesday signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum [...] Full text...
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Senegalese authorities pursue investigation into twelve arrested individuals
09 february 2026 - 19:44:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The case involving 12 individuals arrested for alleged acts against nature continues to generate widespread reaction, [...] Full text...
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US and Burundi sign MoU on bilateral health cooperation
08 february 2026 - 08:13:06Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Government of Burundi on Friday signed a five-year bilateral health [...] Full text...
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UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS
06 february 2026 - 06:33:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from [...] Full text...
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US, Malawi sign MoU on health cooperation
15 january 2026 - 09:39:33Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Malawi on Wednesday signed a five-year, $936 million bilateral health cooperation [...] Full text...
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US, Mozambique sign MoU on health cooperation
16 december 2025 - 08:33:15Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Officials of the US ans Mozambique on Monday signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum [...] Full text...
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US signs MOUs with Uganda and Lesotho on health
11 december 2025 - 07:51:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday signed five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with [...] Full text...
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US and Liberia sign bilateral health cooperation MoU
10 december 2025 - 07:13:57Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Liberia on Tuesday signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of [...] Full text...
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HIV and AIDS: Despite funding setbacks, prevention sees progress
02 december 2025 - 07:14:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pooja Mishra’s health kept worsening until she began treatment for HIV at age 19, two years [...] Full text...
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South Africa:'s Deputy President commemorates World AIDS Day
01 december 2025 - 07:36:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the South African [...] Full text...
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Every step a struggle:’ Nigerian woman with disabilities leads push for dignity and inclusion
30 november 2025 - 15:31:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced people in Nigeria is demonstrating why [...] Full text...
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Children hit by HIV funding gaps
29 november 2025 - 06:35:28New York, US (PANA) - Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early [...] Full text...
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Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
25 november 2025 - 17:46:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on [...] Full text...
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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live
04 november 2025 - 07:44:14New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...
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'Millions at risk of HIV to benefit from new prevention option'
24 september 2025 - 11:49:58New York, US (PANA) - Millions more people at risk of HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will have [...] Full text...
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Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid
15 august 2025 - 19:38:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a [...] Full text...
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Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
02 august 2025 - 05:34:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced [...] Full text...
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Global health in decline: UN warns of glaring inequalities
19 july 2025 - 08:22:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant progress since the beginning of the century, a new UN assessment indicates that improvements [...] Full text...
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WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab
14 july 2025 - 13:08:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total [...] Full text...
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Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’
11 july 2025 - 05:41:31New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but [...] Full text...
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We need a new Growth Compact (IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF’s economic counsellor and director of the Research Department)
09 july 2025 - 12:29:54Washington, DC, United States (PANA) – Policymakers are grappling with how to boost growth and expand opportunities.Early in the last [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
30 june 2025 - 05:43:25Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at [...] Full text...
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DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children
17 june 2025 - 08:10:11Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix [...] Full text...
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Stigmatized for being deaf: Zénabou's story - A UN Feature
08 june 2025 - 15:40:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find [...] Full text...
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AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
06 june 2025 - 07:05:52New York, US (PANA) - AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with [...] Full text...
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Bill Gates to direct majority of $200 million pledge toward Africa's future
03 june 2025 - 10:40:38Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chair of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, on Monday announced that the majority of [...] Full text...
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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
31 may 2025 - 09:46:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid [...] Full text...
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‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment
28 may 2025 - 21:25:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of [...] Full text...
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Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
27 may 2025 - 07:36:59Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a historic global health milestone, Botswana has been validated as the first high HIV-burden country [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa to meet Trump at the White House on Wednesday
21 may 2025 - 08:50:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and a senior government delegation is preparing for a [...] Full text...
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Director-General’s Award for Global Health given to Professor Awa Marie Coll Seck and Professor Sir Brian Greenwood
20 may 2025 - 20:25:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In recognition of their lifetime achievements in global health, specifically in malaria elimination and beyond, WHO [...] Full text...
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UN agency warns of ‘surge’ in AIDS deaths without US funding
25 march 2025 - 05:33:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa calls for calm following US spat
24 march 2025 - 10:08:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called on South Africans to "reject the politics of [...] Full text...
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Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO
18 march 2025 - 05:46:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the [...] Full text...
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'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'
13 march 2025 - 08:28:49Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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Is Artificial Intelligence the future of farming? Exploring opportunities and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Regional Director for Sustainable Development, West and Central Africa, World Bank
13 march 2025 - 07:33:43Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet revolution is underway. Smallholder farmers are increasingly leveraging Artificial [...] Full text...
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Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official
07 march 2025 - 10:34:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns
06 march 2025 - 08:23:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday that severe funding cuts – particularly in [...] Full text...
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US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres
01 march 2025 - 05:29:36New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding [...] Full text...
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New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
27 february 2025 - 05:56:16New York, US (PANA) - Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF
15 february 2025 - 08:32:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for [...] Full text...
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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns
13 february 2025 - 05:37:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts [...] Full text...
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US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS
07 february 2025 - 22:17:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment
29 january 2025 - 19:53:50New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday’s emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will [...] Full text...
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Daughter of former President of South Africa to face terrorism charges
29 january 2025 - 09:03:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The daughter of former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will face charges of [...] Full text...
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African Union urges Trump to revisit US exit from WHO
28 january 2025 - 17:54:13Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The African Union on Jan.22 urged new U.S. President Donald Trump to revisit his decision to [...] Full text...
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US' order halting foreign aid work puts lives at risk: Human Rights Watch
28 january 2025 - 05:08:44Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk, [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire puts life into Gaza humanitarian situation
23 january 2025 - 14:25:45Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030
02 december 2024 - 05:26:02New York, US (PANA) - Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if [...] Full text...
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South African commemorates World Aids Day
01 december 2024 - 15:18:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the National [...] Full text...
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Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030
27 november 2024 - 06:05:33New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS DAy on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN [...] Full text...
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Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer
29 october 2024 - 22:20:42Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately [...] Full text...
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African road carnage a silent pandemic, warns UN envoy
25 october 2024 - 09:59:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopi (PANA) - While the world remains focused on headline-grabbing crises, a quieter but equally devastating catastrophe unfolds [...] Full text...
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Building roads to build peace: Our experience in the Central African Republic: World Bank Blog By Papa Modou Ndiaye, Francis Ovanda Mbele and Abdoulaye Sylla
03 october 2024 - 08:14:12Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery Project (EICRP) is transforming the northeastern regions of [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
20 september 2024 - 06:05:03New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending [...] Full text...
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Global Fund provides nearly $10 million for DRC mpox response
19 september 2024 - 06:00:45Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) is supporting the Government [...] Full text...
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UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
05 september 2024 - 20:28:45New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died [...] Full text...
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We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency
05 september 2024 - 12:44:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, [...] Full text...
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As Paralympics begin, WHO’s chief urges support for crucial assistive technology
29 august 2024 - 06:34:05Paris, France (PANA) - As the 2024 Paralympic Games get underway in Paris, the head of the UN World Health [...] Full text...
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US holds special session on mpox
24 august 2024 - 04:47:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health [...] Full text...
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One Health Approach: Unleashing Sudan's potential for better human, animal, and environmental health outcomes: World Bank Blog By Dora N. Cudjoe and Nada Khalil Hashim Amin
02 august 2024 - 07:27:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The adoption of a One Health approach in Sudan has the potential to create more resilient [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
23 july 2024 - 06:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic [...] Full text...
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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during 77th World Health Assembly
01 june 2024 - 11:25:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...
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Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency
04 may 2024 - 07:25:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work [...] Full text...
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Pioneering charter to drive up investment in Africa’s health workforce to be launched next month
29 april 2024 - 09:27:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A pioneering health investment charter, a first for the African region, is set to be launched at [...] Full text...
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French-speaking healthcare professionals on HIV/AIDS to meet in Cameroon on Tuesday
15 april 2024 - 11:19:07Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Alliance francophone des acteurs de santé contre le VIH et les infections virales chroniques ou [...] Full text...
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US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries
25 march 2024 - 07:52:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing [...] Full text...
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Strengthen central bank independence to protect the world economy: IMF Blog By Kristalina Georgieva
21 march 2024 - 11:38:41Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Central bankers today face many challenges to their independence. Calls are growing for interest-rate [...] Full text...
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New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
05 march 2024 - 18:41:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...
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WHO: Investments and myth-busting to improve hearing
03 march 2024 - 07:33:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day
02 march 2024 - 05:56:17New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, [...] Full text...
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Bridging the educational divide in Lesotho to improve learner outcomes: World Bank Blog By Victoria Kwakwa
27 february 2024 - 11:30:34Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - At Morapeli High School in Lesotho, the atmosphere was buoyant as young adults in smart uniforms [...] Full text...
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Gambia launches ‘think equal’ early years education programme and awards Gambia teacher prize
16 february 2024 - 19:03:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia celebrates the launch of Think Equal Gambia and awards The Gambia Teacher Prize in [...] Full text...
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New malaria vaccines will save lives. How can we ensure a sustainable rollout? : World Bank Blog By Chijioke Okoro, Noel Chisaka and Carolina Kern
09 february 2024 - 08:06:34Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Last month, Cameroon became the first country to start rolling out malaria vaccination as part of [...] Full text...
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Auction of Mandela's personal possessions suspended
30 january 2024 - 12:25:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global auction house Guernsey's on Tuesday announced that an auction of more than 100 [...] Full text...
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Education-Employment paradox in Lesotho: Boys at a disadvantage in education, women at a disadvantage in employment: World Bank Blog By Tihtina Zenebe Gebre and Elizabeth Ninan Dulvy
23 january 2024 - 09:05:48Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Liphula (a pseudonym to protect the privacy of the student) is a 21-year-old young man enrolled [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis driving a global public health emergency: World Bank Blog By Vanessa Kerry and Mamta Murthi
05 january 2024 - 08:45:13Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...
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Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’
14 december 2023 - 06:18:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 114 million forcibly displaced around the world represents a “crisis of humanity”, UN refugee [...] Full text...
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Five ways to leverage women and girls’ potential in Mozambique: World Bank Blog By Hiska Reyes and Stephanie Kuttner
08 december 2023 - 10:20:13Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique has made significant progress towards gender equality, but critical challenges remain. It has strong laws in [...] Full text...
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New UNICEF representative calls on Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs
05 december 2023 - 14:01:40Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ms Nafisa Binte Shafique, the new UNICEF Gambia Representative, has presented her credentials to the Minister [...] Full text...
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Libyan Centre for Disease Control assists AIDS patients
03 december 2023 - 15:23:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS prevalence rate below 1% in Burundi
01 december 2023 - 16:28:41Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0.9% [...] Full text...
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Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic: UNICEF
01 december 2023 - 10:41:56New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
01 december 2023 - 06:58:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...
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Support communities that ‘light the way to the end of AIDS’ - UNAIDS
28 november 2023 - 20:07:38New York, US (PANA) - AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030 but only if governments [...] Full text...
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World Bank, Global Fund collaborate to tackle impact of climate change on health
22 november 2023 - 16:05:37Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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Climate action key to Kenya’s upper-middle-income country aspirations
17 november 2023 - 17:53:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. Without adaptation measures, the impact [...] Full text...
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New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets
22 august 2023 - 15:41:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health products [...] Full text...
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Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV (Feature by UN News)
06 august 2023 - 07:22:20New York, US (PANA) - To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICC launches investigation into surging violence in Darfur
14 july 2023 - 05:12:05New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Thursday that he is investigating [...] Full text...
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Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’
13 july 2023 - 16:35:05New York, US (PANA) - There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political [...] Full text...
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WHO and the Global Fund announce commitment for enhanced collaboration
08 june 2023 - 15:57:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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US expands anti-malaria support to the Gambia
25 april 2023 - 18:28:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - To mark World Malaria Day, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) will [...] Full text...
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‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS
13 april 2023 - 09:03:09New York, US (PANA) - Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains [...] Full text...
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Burundian Health ministr calls for vigilance against Marburg virus disease
26 march 2023 - 18:21:51Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS has called for vigilance against [...] Full text...
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'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'
01 march 2023 - 05:42:53New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end [...] Full text...
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New data show alarming setbacks for maternal health around the world
23 february 2023 - 16:29:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every two minutes a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released [...] Full text...
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Burundi records 115 cholera cases, one death
02 february 2023 - 13:48:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 115 cases of cholera, including one death, since 1 January 2023, the spokesperson [...] Full text...
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African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
02 february 2023 - 05:17:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in [...] Full text...
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US provides $100 billion to save more than 25 million lives in AIDS relief programme
29 january 2023 - 08:02:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the US marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. President’s Emergency [...] Full text...
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One case of cholera-related death reported in Burundi
12 january 2023 - 14:49:11Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The cholera epidemic has claimed one death since the first cases were reported at the end [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Travellers exempted from testing in Burundi
06 january 2023 - 13:31:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The test for the coronavirus (COVID-19) is no longer required for travellers entering Burundi through all [...] Full text...
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Burundi records outbreak of cholera in Bujumbura
02 january 2023 - 13:47:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health authorities on Monday reported an outbreak of cholera in Bujumbura, the economic capital and main [...] Full text...
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2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
27 december 2022 - 06:03:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In 2022 the UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, [...] Full text...
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Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS
16 december 2022 - 04:28:35New York, US (PANA) - Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens first Community Sexual Health Centre
03 december 2022 - 06:29:41Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Friday opened its first community sexual health clinic in a bid to provide a panoply of services [...] Full text...
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Burundi says it has shown the way in fight against HIV/AIDS
01 december 2022 - 13:55:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central [...] Full text...
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Libya marks World AIDS Day
01 december 2022 - 12:43:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities marking World AIDS Day, commemorated on 1 December each year, were organised on Thursday at [...] Full text...
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Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres
01 december 2022 - 05:04:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end [...] Full text...
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Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
30 november 2022 - 05:28:53New York, US (PANA) - Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist [...] Full text...
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Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
29 november 2022 - 05:21:10New York, US (PANA) - Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to broaden scope of HIV testing nationwide
26 november 2022 - 07:55:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will introduce shortly the HIV and AIDS (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly to broaden [...] Full text...
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Libya holds workshop on 2023-28 National AIDS Strategy
12 november 2022 - 16:22:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A workshop on the National AIDS Strategy (2023-2028) has been held in Tripoli, aimed at defining [...] Full text...
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Libya becomes 73rd member of the World Energy Forum
10 november 2022 - 11:46:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has become the 73rd member of the World Energy Forum, which is for members of [...] Full text...
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Libyan Minister of Health attends 69th WHO Regional Committee meeting
11 october 2022 - 13:04:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Health Minister, Ramadan Abu Janah, is leading the official Libyan [...] Full text...
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77th UNGA: Africa is doing its part but must do more, says Rwandan President Kagame
22 september 2022 - 06:30:24New York, US (PANA) - Referring to a world in a state of turbulence, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on [...] Full text...
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Mauritius sees decline in birth rate, says Health Minister
06 september 2022 - 09:47:52Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness of Mauritius, Kailesh Jagutpal, has observed that the birth rate [...] Full text...
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Burundi Journalists attend awareness-raising workshop on fight against obstetric fistula
02 september 2022 - 14:34:45Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS, in collaboration with the United [...] Full text...
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Japan pledges to mobilise some $30 billion for Africa
27 august 2022 - 18:15:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Saturday that the public and private sectors in his [...] Full text...
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Japan honours leading South African medical researchers
04 august 2022 - 09:16:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Japanese government has confirmed that it will award the prestigious fourth Hideyo Noguchi [...] Full text...
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New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
02 august 2022 - 05:29:36New York, US (PANA) - While more than three-quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of [...] Full text...
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WHO supports new long-acting prevention HIV drug cabotegravir
29 july 2022 - 06:13:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
28 july 2022 - 05:14:54New York, US (PANA) - New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: WHO declares monkeypox global health emergency (Eds: Adds details of presser)
23 july 2022 - 17:06:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, on Saturday declared monkeypox a public [...] Full text...
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Heart disease and diabetes mellitus, leading causes of deaths in Mauritius
22 july 2022 - 09:59:18Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Thursday that diabetes mellitus and heart disease were respectively responsible for 20.7% [...] Full text...
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Women outnumber men by 14,054 in Mauritius
20 july 2022 - 09:05:46Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The population of Mauritius comprised of 640,057 women compared to 626,003 men in 2021, Statistics Mauritius [...] Full text...
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World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
11 june 2022 - 06:14:12New York, US (PANA) - To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Former President Jammeh's victims call on government to take concrete steps toward justice
08 june 2022 - 13:47:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The “Jammeh2Justice” campaign, made up of victims of the former regime and Gambian and international activists, [...] Full text...
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WHO Director-General Tedros re-elected for second term
24 may 2022 - 16:42:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Member States on Tuesday re-elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a [...] Full text...
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Almost 1bln children, adults with disabilities denied acess to assistive technology - Report
16 may 2022 - 14:19:06Geneva/New York (PANA) - A new report published Monday by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people [...] Full text...
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ECA to launch Economic Report on Africa in Dakar on Saturday
13 may 2022 - 13:13:14Cotonou, Benin PANA) - The 2021 Economic Report on Africa will be launched on Saturday in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, [...] Full text...
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US congratulates Sierra Leone, Togo on their independence anniversary
27 april 2022 - 06:08:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States of America has congratulated Sierra Leone and Togo, who celebrate their independence [...] Full text...
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World sees 'significant breakthroughs' in malaria prevention, control
25 april 2022 - 06:03:49Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year has seen “significant breakthroughs in malaria prevention and control”, [...] Full text...
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Hundreds call UNFPA hotline in Libya for psychosocial support
11 april 2022 - 12:46:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Population Fund says it received 789 phone calls on its counselling hotline in Libya [...] Full text...
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Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
18 march 2022 - 16:19:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa [...] Full text...
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AU, US reaffirm 'strong commitment' to collaboration.
14 march 2022 - 05:12:03Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States (US) and African Union Commission (AUC) have reaffirmed their strong commitment to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records eight new cases
12 march 2022 - 13:54:06Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has in the last 24 hours recorded eight new community cases of coronavirus, a positivity [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop national action plan to prevent, control sexually transmitted infections
10 march 2022 - 08:21:43Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailash Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that there is the need to [...] Full text...
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Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline
08 february 2022 - 05:42:43Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Number of new cases in Burundi down 74%
04 february 2022 - 12:39:04Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The number of infections of COVID-19 in Burundi fell by 74% in the past four weeks [...] Full text...
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South African-born billionaire launches major vaccine plant
19 january 2022 - 12:06:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce one [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s civil society organisations challenged to do more
12 january 2022 - 14:00:38Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Civil society organisations in Botswana are to intensify capacity building and strengthen partnerships and collaborations for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Daily average of 470 new cases reported in Burundi
02 january 2022 - 14:13:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since mid-December 2021, Burundi has reported a daily average of 470 new confirmed cases of coronavirus [...] Full text...
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UN leaders mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ‘a towering global figure for peace’
27 december 2021 - 05:49:18New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres was among UN leaders paying tribute on Sunday to the late Archbishop [...] Full text...
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African Union sets in motion plan to manufacture 60 percent of vaccines in Africa
07 december 2021 - 20:18:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a roadmap towards manufacturing at least 60 percent of all [...] Full text...
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Low access to anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Guinea
04 december 2021 - 19:21:06Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Out of the 110,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Guinea, only 48,000 have access to anti-retroviral [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
02 december 2021 - 08:00:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO), on World AIDS Day marked here Wednesday, highlighted the [...] Full text...
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New HIV-AIDS infections on the decline throughout Senegal
01 december 2021 - 14:53:55Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The executive secretary of the National AIDS Control Council (CNLS), Dr. Safiatou Thiam, has noted a [...] Full text...
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16 per cent of PLHIV in Senegal do not know their HIV status, CNLS
01 december 2021 - 14:45:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sixteen per cent of people living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal do not know their HIV status, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius commemorates World Aids Day
01 december 2021 - 13:43:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius commemorated on Wednesday World Aids Day with testing and counselling through a mobile caravan that [...] Full text...
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Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity
01 december 2021 - 05:45:10New York, UA (PANA) - The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” [...] Full text...
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World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
30 november 2021 - 05:04:17New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the [...] Full text...
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The Gambia: Truth Commission calls for prosecution of ex-officials
25 november 2021 - 15:59:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Truth Commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius celebrates International Creole Day
28 october 2021 - 06:38:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A project of the “Introduction of Creole in the Mauritian Parliament’” was launched on Thursday in [...] Full text...
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UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of ‘edutainment’ in South Africa
20 october 2021 - 06:00:46Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South – [...] Full text...
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US congratulates Uganda on 59th independence anniversary
09 october 2021 - 14:22:15Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has congratulated Uganda on its 59th independence anniversary which falls on Saturday saying [...] Full text...
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HIV testing and treatment now free in Burkina Faso
07 october 2021 - 12:32:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The screening, treatment and biological monitoring of people living with HIV (PLHIV) are now free [...] Full text...
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Botswana gets budget supplement from World Bank
05 october 2021 - 09:25:53Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has secured its first budget support loan from the World Bank to support the country’s [...] Full text...
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US congratulates Lesotho on its 55th independence day
04 october 2021 - 04:26:37Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has send a message of congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of [...] Full text...
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US congratulates Botswana to its 55th independence anniversary
30 september 2021 - 04:39:10Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Thursday congratulated Botswana on its 55th independence anniversary saying the occasion [...] Full text...
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Botswana challenges decriminalisation of same sex
24 september 2021 - 09:11:33Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s attorney general has announced its intention to appeal a High Court judgment that decriminalises same [...] Full text...
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Botswana warned against mandatory vaccination
15 september 2021 - 20:13:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botyswana Network on Ethic, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), a human rights organization in Botswana, Wednesday kicked [...] Full text...
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Republic of Korea supports smallholder farmers in Mozambique
15 september 2021 - 15:29:33Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated US$ 5.7 million to World Food Programme (WFP) for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 557 new cases
13 september 2021 - 11:57:55Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 557 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, [...] Full text...
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More human rights granted to disabled in Botswana
07 september 2021 - 07:40:56Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Human rights activists in Botswana have applauded the country’s legislators for passing the policy on the [...] Full text...
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AU shrugs off hesitancy debate, warns vaccine ‘famine’ more acute in Africa
03 september 2021 - 00:05:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has played down fears of emerging vaccine hesitance, pandemic fatigue and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines
25 august 2021 - 13:14:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the "shocking disparity" in access to coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 133 new cases
02 august 2021 - 12:49:38Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 133 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) during the last 24 hours. These include 123 community [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi hit by record number of infections
24 july 2021 - 11:09:04Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has reported, over the last 24 hours, 127 new infections of coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest [...] Full text...
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Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns
21 july 2021 - 22:24:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 20 new cases
13 july 2021 - 12:02:42Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has over the last 48 hours recorded 20 new cases of coronavirus, the Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Former Nigerian military chief decries foreign military presence in Africa
12 july 2021 - 18:30:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Retired Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, Nigeria’s former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), on Monday raised alarm [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cases of pandemic decline in Burundi
05 july 2021 - 12:02:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded, over the last seven days, a drop of more than 45 percent in [...] Full text...
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African leaders eulogize Zambia’s first President Kaunda
02 july 2021 - 13:38:43Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday led foreign heads of state and other dignitaries in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 60 new infections
24 june 2021 - 11:05:03Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi recorded 60 new cases of coronavirus, 53 of which are locally transmitted and seven imported, [...] Full text...
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SADC holds Extraordinary Summit in Maputo
23 june 2021 - 09:22:59Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are on Wednesday meeting in the Mozambican capital, [...] Full text...
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Buhari to present Nigeria's 2022 budget to National Assembly in September
22 june 2021 - 18:47:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari says he will present the 2022 budget to National Assembly in September. In a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
21 june 2021 - 13:39:49Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...
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Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK
18 june 2021 - 14:46:48Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, [...] Full text...
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Bitter dispute divides South Africa's ruling party
17 june 2021 - 16:58:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Campaigners slam 'self-interest' of G7 countries in vaccine challenges
10 june 2021 - 11:00:40London, UK (PANA) - The self-interest of G7 countries is the biggest obstacle to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, a group [...] Full text...
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High-level meeting on AIDS opens
09 june 2021 - 05:42:48New York, US (PANA) - Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO boss says new cases reported decline for six weeks, deaths for five weeks
07 june 2021 - 20:55:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) now [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches new HIV/AIDS screening caravan
03 june 2021 - 07:24:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Wednesday launched a new health caravan specialised in HIV/AIDS screening in Grand River North [...] Full text...
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Africa can salvage social, economic fortunes after devastating pandemic - Mo Ibrahim
02 june 2021 - 17:50:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for Africa to reinvent its economic growth plan, a governance think-tank, [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s truth commission public hearing ends Friday
28 may 2021 - 21:15:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians, through the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, Friday ended public hearing of 392 witnesses. Within the [...] Full text...
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Monaco Princess Charlene recovering from illness in South Africa
28 may 2021 - 13:01:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Princess Charlene of Monaco is recovering in South Africa after contracting an ear, nose [...] Full text...
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Africa’s drive to boost medicine and vaccine manufacturing
27 may 2021 - 13:13:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - With COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa slowing down, the continent is working to boost its [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African-born billionaire pledges to provide vaccine
13 may 2021 - 11:41:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire has committed US$255 million to help the country produce [...] Full text...
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UN human rights office finds Uganda’s sexual offences bill 'deeply troubling'
08 may 2021 - 12:06:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The decision this week by the Ugandan Parliament to pass a wide-ranging sexual offences bill that [...] Full text...
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Some 22,000 children get infected with HIV annually in Nigeria, says UN
05 may 2021 - 07:29:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations has disclosed that no fewer than 22,000 children get infected with HIV annually [...] Full text...
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Schools reopen in South Sudan after 14-month COVID lockdown
05 may 2021 - 05:13:02Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The countrywide reopening of schools in South Sudan is a welcome step on the road [...] Full text...
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800,000 South Sudanese may face reduced access to fife-saving primary health care soon, IOM warns
04 may 2021 - 14:27:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine equity is the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares
17 april 2021 - 04:51:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the [...] Full text...
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