Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years: WHO

04 august 2022 - 17:32:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, [...] Full text...

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Japan honours leading South African medical researchers

04 august 2022 - 09:16:20
Cape 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 - 05:29:36
New 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 - 06:13:38
Geneva, 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 - 05:14:54
New 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 - 17:06:22
Geneva, 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 - 09:59:18
Port-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 - 09:05:46
Port-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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Mauritius publishes list of 15 Public Holidays for 2023

16 july 2022 - 07:45:32
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius published on Saturday the list of 15 public holidays for 2023 as follows: New Year - [...] Full text...

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Japan partners with WFP to strengthen food security in Cameroon

09 july 2022 - 05:32:30
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$1.2 million contribution from the Government [...] Full text...

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UN fact-finding mission to Libya strongly suspects the al-Kaniyat militia of crimes against humanity

07 july 2022 - 15:55:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Fact-finding Mission in Libya said here Thursday there were "reasonable grounds" to believe that [...] Full text...

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UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends

28 june 2022 - 05:25:08
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Legalised cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO

26 june 2022 - 05:31:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern though “intense response efforts” [...] Full text...

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WHO says global situation of monkeypox ‘cannot be ignored’

24 june 2022 - 05:37:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Addressing the first meeting of the World Health Organisation’s Emergency Committee on Thursday over the global Monkeypox [...] Full text...

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World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030

11 june 2022 - 06:14:12
New 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 - 13:47:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The “Jammeh2Justice” campaign, made up of victims of the former regime and Gambian and international activists, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO forecasts dramatic drop in deaths, but warns no time to ‘sit back and relax’

03 june 2022 - 05:21:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to [...] Full text...

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Sign Language set to become recognised in South Africa

31 may 2022 - 13:00:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Cabinet has approved a Constitutional Amendment Bill, which when signed into [...] Full text...

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First year of COVID-19 pandemic led to 4.5 million excess deaths - WHO

20 may 2022 - 18:20:52
-Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated in its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to [...] Full text...

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ECA to launch Economic Report on Africa in Dakar on Saturday

13 may 2022 - 13:13:14
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - The 2021 Economic Report on Africa will be launched on Saturday in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, [...] Full text...

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World sees 'significant breakthroughs' in malaria prevention, control

25 april 2022 - 06:03:49
Brazzaville, 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 - 12:46:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Population Fund says it received 789 phone calls on its counselling hotline in Libya [...] Full text...

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Website of electronic archiving project of history of Libyan press launched

28 march 2022 - 19:29:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Monday witnessed the launch [...] Full text...

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New UN report reveals ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan

22 march 2022 - 05:54:06
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fuelled by systemic impunity, [...] Full text...

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Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil

18 march 2022 - 16:19:09
Geneva, 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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Deep divisions over Pretoria's Russia stance

16 march 2022 - 09:11:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has slammed opposition parties who criticised the [...] Full text...

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AU, US reaffirm 'strong commitment' to collaboration.

14 march 2022 - 05:12:03
Washington, 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 - 13:54:06
Bujumbura, 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 - 08:21:43
Port-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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Coronavirus: Moderna to set up vaccine production facility in Kenya

08 march 2022 - 08:17:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - American pharmaceutical company, Moderna, has entered into an agreement with Kenya to set up a plant [...] Full text...

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Some 200 Libyans in Ukraine evacuated to Slovakia

26 february 2022 - 16:05:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A first group of about 200 Libyans has been evacuated from Ukraine to Slovakia following the [...] Full text...

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Six countries to be first to receive technology to produce mRNA vaccines in Africa - WHO

20 february 2022 - 11:54:37
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that six African countries will be the first [...] Full text...

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'Historic expansion' of joint UN fund to boost sustainable development

15 february 2022 - 05:17:31
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Joint SDG Fund announced on Monday an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries, [...] Full text...

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Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline

08 february 2022 - 05:42:43
Amsterdam, 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 - 12:39:04
Bujumbura, 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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Botswana’s civil society organisations challenged to do more

12 january 2022 - 14:00:38
Gaborone, 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 - 14:13:22
Bujumbura, 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 - 05:49:18
New 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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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists

23 december 2021 - 07:22:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Omicron 'outpacing' Delta, says WHO chief

21 december 2021 - 07:22:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to [...] Full text...

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More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs

13 december 2021 - 05:50:25
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health [...] Full text...

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African Union sets in motion plan to manufacture 60 percent of vaccines in Africa

07 december 2021 - 20:18:07
Kigali, 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 - 19:21:06
Conakry, 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 - 08:00:57
Geneva, 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 - 14:53:55
Dakar, 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 - 14:45:21
Dakar, 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 - 13:43:48
Port-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 - 05:45:10
New 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 - 05:04:17
New 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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FIFA supports WHO 16-day campaign on domestic violence

25 november 2021 - 23:30:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to raise awareness about domestic violence [...] Full text...

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The Gambia: Truth Commission calls for prosecution of ex-officials

25 november 2021 - 15:59:17
Banjul, 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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US Secretary of State Blinken to discuss situation in Horn of Africa with Kenyan president

17 november 2021 - 12:03:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kenya on Wednesday on an official visit to [...] Full text...

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WHO and partners unite for Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination

17 november 2021 - 06:20:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than 300,000 women dying from cervical cancer each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Licensing agreement for new candidate drug ‘an important first step’

16 november 2021 - 17:15:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to a new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries following a [...] Full text...

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‘Under $1’ test kits available to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission: WHO

16 november 2021 - 06:55:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dual test kits, which cost less than $1, are now available for pregnant women to stem mother-to-child HIV and syphilis [...] Full text...

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UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of ‘edutainment’ in South Africa

20 october 2021 - 06:00:46
Johannesburg, 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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Football champion Didier Drogba appointed WHO ambassador for sports, health

18 october 2021 - 21:02:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday appointed football legend Didier Drogba its Goodwill Ambassador for Sport [...] Full text...

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WHO: COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade, gains ‘reversed’

15 october 2021 - 06:02:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world - have increased [...] Full text...

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US congratulates Uganda on 59th independence anniversary

09 october 2021 - 14:22:15
Washington, 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 - 12:32:23
Ouagadougou, 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 - 09:25:53
Gaborone, 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 - 04:26:37
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has send a message of congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of [...] Full text...

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WHO prioritises access to diabetes, cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists

01 october 2021 - 14:25:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to [...] Full text...

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US congratulates Botswana to its 55th independence anniversary

30 september 2021 - 04:39:10
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Thursday congratulated Botswana on its 55th independence anniversary saying the occasion [...] Full text...

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WHO launches global road map to defeat meningitis by 2030

27 september 2021 - 13:55:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Tuesday launch Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Road [...] Full text...

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Botswana challenges decriminalisation of same sex

24 september 2021 - 09:11:33
Gaborone, 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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Africa cannot outsource its health to the rest of the world – AfDB president

22 september 2021 - 15:15:06
New York, US (PANA) - Global leaders, in a sideline event on health during the United Nations General Assembly, voiced [...] Full text...

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Botswana warned against mandatory vaccination

15 september 2021 - 20:13:27
Gaborone, 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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Coronavirus: Burundi records 557 new cases

13 september 2021 - 11:57:55
Bujumbura, 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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Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns

11 september 2021 - 05:22:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Suicide prevention must be prioritised after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of [...] Full text...

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More human rights granted to disabled in Botswana

07 september 2021 - 07:40:56
Gaborone, 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 - 00:05:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has played down fears of emerging vaccine hesitance, pandemic fatigue and [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray – new report

11 august 2021 - 12:53:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Women and girls in Tigray region were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 133 new cases

02 august 2021 - 12:49:38
Bujumbura, 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 - 11:09:04
Bujumbura, 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 - 22:24:40
Geneva, 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 - 12:02:42
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has over the last 48 hours recorded 20 new cases of coronavirus, the Ministry of [...] Full text...

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UN reports ‘leap forward’ in regulating DNA-altering technology to benefit all

13 july 2021 - 06:11:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Releasing two companion reports   on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cases of pandemic decline in Burundi

05 july 2021 - 12:02:30
Bujumbura, 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 - 13:38:43
Lusaka, 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 - 11:05:03
Bujumbura, 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 - 09:22:59
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are on Wednesday meeting in the Mozambican capital, [...] Full text...

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UN agencies launch measures to improve well-being of school-aged children, adolescents

23 june 2021 - 05:28:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With school closures triggered by COVID-19 disrupting both education and access to nutritious meals, two UN [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

21 june 2021 - 13:39:49
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...

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Mauritius : Government announces 15 public holidays for 2022

20 june 2021 - 11:25:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius Sunday published the list of 15 public holidays to be observed in [...] Full text...

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Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK

18 june 2021 - 14:46:48
Lusaka, 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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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO

18 june 2021 - 06:55:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of [...] Full text...

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Bitter dispute divides South Africa's ruling party

17 june 2021 - 16:58:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in [...] Full text...

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High-level meeting on AIDS opens

09 june 2021 - 05:42:48
New 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 - 20:55:32
Geneva, 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 - 07:24:07
Port-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 - 17:50:22
Dakar, 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 - 21:15:11
Banjul, 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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Africa’s drive to boost medicine and vaccine manufacturing

27 may 2021 - 13:13:01
Addis 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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Gambia: Truth commission uncovered ex-President’s alleged crimes

24 may 2021 - 18:21:22
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Testimony before the Gambian truth Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC), linking former President Yahya Jammeh to numerous grave [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU health ministers urge member countries to step up vaccination against the disease

18 may 2021 - 07:48:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Health Ministers have called upon all AU Member States to intensify their efforts for [...] Full text...

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UN human rights office finds Uganda’s sexual offences bill 'deeply troubling'

08 may 2021 - 12:06:15
Geneva, 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 - 07:29:31
Abuja, 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 - 05:13:02
Juba, 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 - 14:27:45
Juba, 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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South Africa's famous library damaged by fire

19 april 2021 - 16:02:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The famous African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town has been ravaged [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine equity is the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares

17 april 2021 - 04:51:49
Geneva, 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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France to send last batch of evidence requested by investigating judge in Thomas Sankara case

15 april 2021 - 18:58:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The French Embassy in Burkina Faso will hand over, next Saturday, the third and last [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Community transmission remains main concern in Burundi

15 april 2021 - 12:44:02
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In the last 48 hours, 162 new positive cases, including 154 of local transmission (95.06%) and [...] Full text...

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Africa CDC moves to advance vaccine manufacturing on continent

14 april 2021 - 14:14:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed an agreement with [...] Full text...

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Hundreds of millions of women living lives ‘governed by others’, UN report shows

14 april 2021 - 06:31:24
New York, US (PAA) - Almost half of women in some 57 countries do not have the power to make [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 complicates efforts to shut down drug traffickers, boost development, says UN official

13 april 2021 - 05:45:16
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The growing complexities of the world drug problem are hampering efforts to achieve sustainable development by [...] Full text...

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TB, a major public health problem in Guinea, says MSF

31 march 2021 - 11:45:11
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Guinea, where 2,400 people died in 2019 [...] Full text...

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$29 billion a year by 2025 needed to get back on track to tackle AIDS, say UNAIDS

30 march 2021 - 05:36:56
New York, US (PANA) - A new report from the UN agency dedicated to ending HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has [...] Full text...

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US signs MOU with natural gas giant, NLNG, to control malaria on Bonny Island, Nigeria

23 march 2021 - 19:53:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a global producer of liquefied natural gas, on Tuesday signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...

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Some 1.4 million TB patients lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19

23 march 2021 - 05:46:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared with [...] Full text...

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AUC, UNAIDS sign MoU on better response to HIV/AIDS

18 march 2021 - 15:27:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have [...] Full text...

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Zambian President mourns Tanzanian President Magufuli

18 march 2021 - 14:45:26
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu said that he has learnt of the untimely death of Tanzanian President [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Major advance for victims of abuses during Yahya Jammeh rule

17 march 2021 - 17:22:27
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The arrest in Germany on March 16, 2021, of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member suspected [...] Full text...

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Global Fund releases US$ 118 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Burundi

06 march 2021 - 14:02:13
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Global Fund has released US$118 million to help Burundi in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis [...] Full text...

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Ex-President Jammeh Linked to 2005 Murder of 59 West African Migrants in The Gambia

02 march 2021 - 19:14:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) -  A Nigerian man whose brother was among about 59 West African migrants killed in The Gambia in [...] Full text...

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Conflict puts 1.3 million in urgent humanitarian need in northern Mozambique

23 february 2021 - 18:15:33
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - An estimated 1.3 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection in the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s differentiated services model buffers effect of COVID-19 among PLHIV

03 february 2021 - 13:54:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic gained momentum across the world with many countries, including Nigeria going on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 766 cases in January 2021

30 january 2021 - 14:11:47
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - During January 2021, Burundi has recorded 766 cases of coronavirus out of 34,318 tests, representing a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana’s courts to run shift system due to surgei

29 january 2021 - 22:55:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has ordered all heads of department of the judicial service to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Top South African lawyer dies from COVID-19 complications

27 january 2021 - 13:05:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Advocate Kemp J Kemp, who defended former President Jacob Zuma during his 2006 rape [...] Full text...

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Tropical Cyclone Eloise transitions into low pressure storm over southern Africa

26 january 2021 - 08:40:48
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Eloise weather system is passing over Botswana, after bringing heavy rains to central Mozambique, south-eastern [...] Full text...

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Tropical Cyclone Eloise moves inland, bringing heavy rains to southern Zimbabwe

24 january 2021 - 09:10:37
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in central Mozambique on Saturday near the coastal city of Beira, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa'S Opposition threatens court action over Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

18 january 2021 - 16:37:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday gave President Cyril Ramaphosa seven days [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, South Africa to cooperate in fields of arts, culture and heritage

16 january 2021 - 09:54:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and South Africa will sign an Implementation Framework on cooperation in the fields of arts, [...] Full text...

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Libyan media discuss expectations on effects of reconciliation between Arab Gulf countries and White House on Libyan crisis

10 january 2021 - 14:53:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The expectations of Libyans regarding the impact of the recent reconciliation among Arab Gulf countries and [...] Full text...

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WHO chief calls for ‘less politicking’ over health

06 january 2021 - 07:29:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 16 new cases in the last 72 hours

18 december 2020 - 11:07:33
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has in the last 72 hours recorded 16 new positive cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), comprising [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: To end the pandemic, WHO says $28 billion ACT project is ‘the best deal in town’

16 december 2020 - 05:24:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for [...] Full text...

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AfDB chief, three others win Academy of Public Health 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award

14 december 2020 - 13:35:21
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Academy of Public Health, the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN refugee agency calls for ‘unfettered access’ to Tigray

12 december 2020 - 07:10:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for [...] Full text...

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WTO: SA leads African effort to lift copyright curbs on pandemic response supplies

12 december 2020 - 00:30:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Eswatini, Pakistan and Bolivia, Friday opened a new warfront in the [...] Full text...

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Women more exposed to HIV/AIDS than men in Congo

01 december 2020 - 21:17:02
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Women show a prevalence rate higher than 3.7 per cent in Congo, the Congolese government declared [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe PM urges end to stigmatisation of AIDS patients

01 december 2020 - 16:35:31
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso  Prime Minister Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré on Tuesday called on the public to [...] Full text...

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UN urges ‘global solidarity, shared responsibility’ against pandemics, marking World AIDS Day

01 december 2020 - 11:54:13
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is commemorating World AIDS Day on Tuesday with a call for “global [...] Full text...

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Guinea advocates new strategies to fight AIDS

01 december 2020 - 11:34:12
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Prime Minister, Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, on Monday hailed the courage and faith of people [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New infections fall globally for first time since September; WHO chief

01 december 2020 - 05:17:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Last week saw the first global decline in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since September, the [...] Full text...

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Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS

27 november 2020 - 05:27:24
Ne York, US (PANA) - Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV/AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...

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A child is infected with HIV every 100 seconds, new UN report reveals

26 november 2020 - 05:23:59
New York, US (PANA) - Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Preparatory activities for world HIV/AIDS day for 1 December launched

24 november 2020 - 21:09:37
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi’s First Lady Angéline Ndayishimiye met here Tuesday at a workshop with the people’s elected and [...] Full text...

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COVID cases surge as threat from antimicrobial resistance grows – WHO chief

21 november 2020 - 07:59:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's vulnerable population flees Tigray conflict zone into Sudan

20 november 2020 - 10:50:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Pregnant women, separated families and sick elderly people are among thousands of refugees continuing to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari calls for urgent international response on tuberculosis cases

19 november 2020 - 15:58:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to act in unison with rededicated [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi's confirmed caseload concentrated in Bujumbura

18 november 2020 - 14:45:00
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in Burundi in March 2020, the country has recorded [...] Full text...

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MINUSMA deploys 140 Burkinabè peacekeepers in Mali's Gao region

28 october 2020 - 15:02:00
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Tuesday deployed 140 peacekeepers, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Battling the pandemic in communities: The Ugandan example (A WHO Africa Regional Office feature)

25 october 2020 - 07:43:29
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – In a low-income suburb of Makindye, in the Ugandan capital, Hakim Kiggundu has gathered a group of [...] Full text...

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Progress against tuberculosis ‘at risk’: WHO

15 october 2020 - 06:51:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent action and funding are needed to sustain progress in the global fight against tuberculosis (TB), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank approves $12 billion for vaccines

14 october 2020 - 12:55:33
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: China joins global effort to ensure vaccine access for all

10 october 2020 - 06:45:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - China is among three additional countries to have signed on to a global initiative that aims [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 29 new confirmed cases recorded in one week in Burundi

07 october 2020 - 16:47:40
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has registered 29 new confirmed cases of coronavirus from a total of 3,066 tests performed [...] Full text...

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Zambian Church calls for suspension of comprehensive sexuality education in schools

28 september 2020 - 08:23:24
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – One of Zambia’s main church bodies, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), has voiced its concerns [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi recorded one case of infection in one week

21 september 2020 - 12:28:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) -Burundi has recorded only one case of coronavirus infection out of 2,254 samples tested in the past [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief warns kickstarting economies without COVID-19 plan, ‘a recipe for disaster’

01 september 2020 - 04:34:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, countries want to “get their economies going again”, the head of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO survey says 90% of countries reported disruptions to essential health services since pandemic​

01 september 2020 - 04:12:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the coronavirus (COVID-19) caused disruptions to the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 12 new cases, including 5 imported

30 august 2020 - 16:53:58
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 12 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), including five imported, after 2,183 tests, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi total infections stand at 395

02 august 2020 - 10:35:15
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi says its cumulative total of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections stands at 395 after last month's [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF provides US$49.1 million to ease Lesotho’s payments pressure

30 july 2020 - 09:27:56
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA – Lesotho is now set to  reduce balance of payments pressures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic after [...] Full text...

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Spread of hepatitis B in children under five, lowest in decades: WHO

28 july 2020 - 05:06:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five, dropped to under one [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 170 new cases

27 july 2020 - 13:20:01
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) -  Burundi has recorded 170 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) out of a sample of 10,490 people [...] Full text...

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WHO aims at hepatitis-free world by 2030

26 july 2020 - 10:24:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on all countries to work together to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: American philanthropist lobbies for gender-friendly coronavirus policies

23 july 2020 - 22:46:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - American philanthropist, Melinda Gates, has praised the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response policies put in place in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa's access to coronavirus vaccine lies on local manufacturing: Africa CDC

23 july 2020 - 22:37:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has warned that access to the coronavirus vaccine in Africa may [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB gives South Africa 5 billion Rands towards COVID-19 response

22 july 2020 - 19:59:20
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of [...] Full text...

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New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response ‎

22 july 2020 - 18:50:58
Geneva‎, Switzerland (PANA) - Launched on Wednesday, 22 July, 2020, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathered and shared legal documents [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Law Lab to provide vital legal information, support for the global response

22 july 2020 - 14:55:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Launched on Wednesday, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Women most affected by pandemic should participate in recovery efforts

22 july 2020 - 12:39:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Quarantines, school closures and other movement restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 have contributed to [...] Full text...

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'Mauritian women live longer than men,' says Statistics Mauritius

22 july 2020 - 09:56:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian women live longer than men by some 6.5 years, as life expectancy for women is [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 653 new cases, total hits 36,107

19 july 2020 - 09:46:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Burundi starts systematic screening of returnees at reception sites

17 july 2020 - 13:00:44
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) -  The systematic screening campaign for coronavirus in Burundi began on Thursday at a site hosting former [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries

17 july 2020 - 05:46:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession are set to trigger the first increase in global poverty [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African vaccine trial results expected before schedule

16 july 2020 - 21:26:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials underway in South Africa is expected to generate results much [...] Full text...

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IMF Managing Director names Kenyan Ceda Ogada as Secretary of the Fund

16 july 2020 - 11:08:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has announced her intention to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 58 new contaminations

12 july 2020 - 13:57:39
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 58 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after testing 2,676 samples in a "systematic, [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Burundi puts subsidized soap on market to check pandemic

11 july 2020 - 12:57:00
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA )- Ten million pieces of soap will be put on the Burundian market monthly, at a price [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

10 july 2020 - 09:08:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa has joined immunization experts in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO to issue new brief on airborne transmission, after ‘active engagement’ with scientists

08 july 2020 - 04:06:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to issue a brief on the modes of transmission [...] Full text...

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Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 - WHO

07 july 2020 - 17:46:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Three "systematic" screening centres set up in Bujumbiura

04 july 2020 - 14:07:11
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) -  Three systematic free testing centres for the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be set up here with effect [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Govt. announces list of 15 public holidays for 2021

03 july 2020 - 16:48:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government on Friday approved and announced the list of 15 public holidays that will [...] Full text...

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Burundi's new president names 15-member cabinet

29 june 2020 - 11:51:48
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's new head of state, Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Sunday evening appointed 15 members to the new [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Burundi records 26 new cases

27 june 2020 - 15:09:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 26 new coronavirus infections  bringing to 170 the number of sufferers, with 115 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African Union calls for unbiased sharing of coronavirus vaccine

25 june 2020 - 21:33:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Top scientists, researchers and ministers of health rose from a two-day virtual conference on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO decries ‘negligent’ safety planning for African frontline health workers

25 june 2020 - 20:03:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has decried the lack of proper [...] Full text...

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Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months

22 june 2020 - 13:35:39
New York, US (PANA) - Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 40 new confirmed cases bringing total to 144

21 june 2020 - 12:27:51
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 40 new positive cases of coronavirus taking the total number of infected persons [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Kenya reports 117 pandemic infections, tally reaches 4,374

19 june 2020 - 14:55:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan health authorities on Friday confirmed 117 new coronavirus infections bringing the total positive cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails early results on use of dexamethasone in most sick patients but warns it’s ‘no cure-all’

18 june 2020 - 05:31:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a [...] Full text...

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French researcher gets access to President François Mitterrand's archives on the Rwandan genocide

16 june 2020 - 18:49:20
Paris, France (PANA) - Researcher François Graner, who, following a decision of the Council of State and after five years [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: At 29 percent, Kenya's recovery falls below global rate

09 june 2020 - 16:43:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Coronavirus recovery rate stands at 49 against the global rate of 29 percent, Health Chief [...] Full text...

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WHO sends team to DRC on Ebola outbreak

04 june 2020 - 06:51:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 50 staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners arrived in Mbandaka in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Countries support ‘one-stop shop’ to share science and research

30 may 2020 - 07:05:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa must play central role in vaccine development - Africa CDC

29 may 2020 - 21:50:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Vaccine developers around the world must make African countries and scientists at the centre of [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s human rights abuse irks civil society in Botswana

25 may 2020 - 15:03:15
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Civil society in Botswana has condemned the increasing human rights violations in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Olebile Machete, spokesperson for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Presidents, prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all

15 may 2020 - 05:27:28
New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic threatens to undo global health progress, WHO warns

14 may 2020 - 05:41:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While more people are living longer and healthier lives, the rate of progress is too slow [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 27 confirmed cases

13 may 2020 - 22:06:13
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi Wednesday recorded eight new cases of coronavirus infection, taking to 27 the number of people [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for 'appropriate public health measures’ to protect detainees from virus

13 may 2020 - 19:41:19
New York, US (PANA) - UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief appeals to ‘common humanity’ across all faiths, in tackling the virus

13 may 2020 - 05:45:10
New York, US (PANA) - Our shared vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic reveals “our common humanity”, the UN chief said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: India's lifeline medical aid improves recoveries in Kenya

12 may 2020 - 23:34:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  Kenya's health ministry personnel have recorded 259 medical recoveries from coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at its major [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)

12 may 2020 - 10:47:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...

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