For every generation, vaccines work and they have saved over 150 million lives: WHO

25 april 2026 - 06:34:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives, as ordinary people chose [...] Full text...

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Africa: Nearly 20 million measles deaths averted since 2000

15 april 2026 - 17:11:12
Geneva, Switzerland/Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since the year 2000 and more than 500 million [...] Full text...

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Violence roiling Nigeria extends beyond religious lines, amid a deepening humanitarian crisis (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)

30 january 2026 - 08:41:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - When the United States ordered airstrikes on Christmas Day against Islamist militants in northern Nigeria, officials [...] Full text...

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Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems

01 january 2026 - 03:15:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global [...] Full text...

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Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns

12 august 2025 - 17:31:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA)  - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured

07 august 2025 - 19:06:42
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food [...] Full text...

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Gaza children starving despite Israeli ‘tactical pauses’, UN says

31 july 2025 - 05:01:09
New York, US (PANA) - Despite daily “tactical pauses” declared by Israeli forces, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, with [...] Full text...

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Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent

13 july 2025 - 05:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease outbreaks by nearly 60 per cent [...] Full text...

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AU urges universal access to climate data to urgently enhance response

23 june 2025 - 17:41:18
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has urged countries in Africa to urgently seek for universal access to climate [...] 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 - 20:25:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  In recognition of their lifetime achievements in global health, specifically in malaria elimination and beyond, WHO [...] Full text...

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Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts: WHO

24 april 2025 - 07:11:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is [...] Full text...

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Preventable ‘meningitis belt’ deaths targeted in health agency action plan

10 april 2025 - 12:53:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries are able to adopt new guidelines [...] Full text...

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WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive

12 march 2025 - 07:17:55
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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DRC deepens investigation on cluster of illnesses, community deaths in Equateur province

03 march 2025 - 08:23:07
Kinshasa. DRC (PANA) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness

27 february 2025 - 20:10:09
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu

07 february 2025 - 22:10:48
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering [...] Full text...

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Invest more in vaccines to reduce deaths from drug-resistant superbugs: WHO

11 october 2024 - 06:17:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More investment in vaccines could prevent deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and reduce antibiotic use [...] Full text...

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Sudan to open Adre border crossing to facilitate humanitarian aid access

16 august 2024 - 17:01:59
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN aid agencies on Friday welcomed the news that the Sudanese authorities will open Adre [...] Full text...

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Childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023: UN agencies

15 july 2024 - 05:04:12
New York, US (PANA) - Immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection [...] Full text...

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Conflict escalation in DR Congo linked to deadly Mpox threat

13 july 2024 - 05:58:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 25 million people have been caught up in the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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WHO launches urgent vaccination in Niger to contain meningitis epidemic

03 may 2024 - 05:23:30
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) started a mass vaccination campaign in Niger’s Niamey region on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria is the first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine - WHO

12 april 2024 - 22:01:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the [...] Full text...

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Global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests will boost fight against cholera

05 april 2024 - 14:15:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Friday that more than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza - UN

25 january 2024 - 06:21:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn

24 january 2024 - 14:11:11
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council will hold a second day of debate on Wednesday in search [...] Full text...

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Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza

05 january 2024 - 18:30:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely [...] Full text...

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2023 marked by achievements and 'avoidable suffering': WHO chief

27 december 2023 - 06:55:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO

12 december 2023 - 14:50:33
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends vaccine against dengue, meningitis

03 october 2023 - 05:52:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine against dengue for children aged [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends second malaria vaccine for children

02 october 2023 - 18:26:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a second vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria [...] Full text...

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UN issues global alert to combat severe sand and dust storms

13 july 2023 - 05:33:06
New York, US (PANA) - Severe sand and dust storms (SDS) are becoming increasingly common, with UN climate experts attributing [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Dozens of babies die in social welfare house

01 june 2023 - 19:46:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 50 babies kept at a catering house, have died because of adverse conditions created [...] Full text...

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Blind South African judge publishes his memoirs

25 april 2023 - 10:30:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Constitutional Court Judge in South Africa, Zak Jacoob, has launched his book Crossing [...] Full text...

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African Vaccination Week, World Immunization Week kick off

24 april 2023 - 07:12:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...

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Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’

10 march 2023 - 15:31:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have [...] Full text...

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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO

03 november 2022 - 20:57:58
Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...

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WHO kicks off meningitis vaccination campaigns in Africa

09 september 2022 - 05:11:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for optimising brain health to benefit people and society

10 august 2022 - 11:22:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At some point in their life, one in three people will develop some type of neurological [...] Full text...

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Benin starts Monday vaccination campaign against meningitis A in five departments

19 march 2022 - 20:46:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government is starting a vaccination campaign against meningitis A in five departments in 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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WHO's new meningitis strategy aims to save more than 200,000 lives annually

28 september 2021 - 16:05:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners on Tuesday launched the first ever global strategy [...] 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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DR Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province

08 september 2021 - 15:28:14
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a northeastern  province of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines

25 august 2021 - 13:14:16
Brazzaville, 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: Pandemic widens routine immunization gaps in Africa

29 july 2021 - 14:51:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – Around 7.7 million children in Africa missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and [...] Full text...

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Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout

15 july 2021 - 05:37:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children worldwide [...] Full text...

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African Union backs local production of vaccines in Africa (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

22 june 2021 - 10:59:44
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African Union has voiced support for efforts to establish a continent-wide vaccine research and [...] Full text...

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WHO warns of risk of major measles outbreaks as countries delay vaccination drives

23 april 2021 - 05:14:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of risk of major [...] Full text...

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UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile

12 january 2021 - 07:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners [...] 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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80 million children under one at risk of other diseases as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts

22 may 2020 - 18:36:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in [...] Full text...

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Child vaccinations down in DR Congo and COVID-19 is not helping matters - UNICEF

16 may 2020 - 07:29:31
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 [...] 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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Coronavirus: Ghana extends ban on public gatherings by another two weeks

27 april 2020 - 06:42:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gatherings by another two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says African regulatory agencies, ethics committees to expedite clinical trial reviews

21 april 2020 - 11:31:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - National regulatory authorities and national ethics committees from across Africa have agreed to combine their expertise to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana Private Sector Fund begins construction of 100-bed Isolation, Treatment Centre

19 april 2020 - 13:41:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has begun the construction of a 100-bed Isolation and Treatment Facility in the country funded [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Meteorological agency warns Nigeria to prepare for high intensity rainfall in 2020 season

08 february 2020 - 09:35:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) -  The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) Saturday warned disaster management agencies in the country to be fully [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso adopts plan to respond to possible meningitis outbreak in 2020

09 january 2020 - 12:28:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's government has adopted a plan to prepare for and respond to a possible [...] Full text...

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WHO supports measles campaign targeting millions of children in northern Nigeria

18 november 2019 - 05:15:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 28 million children in northern Nigeria will be protected against measles and meningitis through [...] Full text...

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Niger: Humanitarian situation worsened by food insecurity, malnutrition and population displacements

21 october 2019 - 22:50:43
  Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   The humanitarian situation in Niger continues to be characterized by food insecurity, malnutrition, population displacements, floods [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Central African countries agree to increase national immunization coverage rates to average of 90 pct.

18 october 2019 - 22:49:26
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -   Ten Central African countries agreed here Friday to increase their current immunization coverage rate from an [...] Full text...

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Malian Red Cross volunteers trained on epidemic control

21 september 2019 - 15:30:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 100 Malian Red Cross volunteers participated in a capacity-building workshop in Koulikoro, 70 km north-east [...] Full text...

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Counterfeit drug trafficking: an illegal and deadly phenomenon in Niger

13 september 2019 - 20:14:34
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Trafficking in counterfeit or fake medicines, a phenomenon that is widespread in Africa, is also observed in [...] Full text...

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More than 500,000 people without health care in Burkina Faso, says ICRC

09 september 2019 - 11:47:48
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - More than 500,000 people have been deprived of health care or have had great difficulty [...] Full text...

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'Climate change will affect health and well-being of Africans'

30 august 2019 - 17:14:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eighth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA VIII) says the climate [...] Full text...

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WHO pushes to achieve universal access to immunization by 2030

20 july 2019 - 07:41:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GAVP 2011-2020) nears its conclusion, a regional consultation has been held [...] Full text...

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WHO steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance

19 june 2019 - 04:17:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As resistance to antibiotics grows, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the latest stage of [...] Full text...

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Niger health authorities warn of fake meningitis vaccines

18 march 2019 - 09:23:07
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger public health ministry sounded the alarm on Sunday on the presence of fake meningitis [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso records more than 100 cases of meningitis in southwest of country

13 march 2019 - 23:05:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 104 cases of meningitis have been reported in health centres of the [...] Full text...

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Some 6 million children to be vaccinated against meningitis in Niger

06 march 2019 - 11:32:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Some six million children, aged between 1 and 7 years, will be vaccinated against meningitis A [...] Full text...

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INTERVIEW: Technology investments should plug health sector gap in Africa

21 february 2019 - 15:49:00
By Kennedy Abwao Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The private sector should join charitable organisations such as the Rockefeller Foundation to [...] Full text...

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Meningitis epidemic under control in eastern Burkina Faso

19 february 2019 - 11:57:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The outbreak of meningitis reported in early February in the communes of Botou and Kantiari, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso launches vaccination campaign against meningitis outbreak in two districts

07 february 2019 - 21:25:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Health Ministry will Friday launch a vaccination campaign in the Diapaga and [...] Full text...

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At least 25 people 'probably' dead from meningitis or Lassa fever in Burkina Faso

30 january 2019 - 22:40:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 25 people have died in the villages of Kpégnanfoanou and Boguel, in the [...] Full text...

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Gambia launches nationwide meningitis campaign

24 january 2019 - 20:04:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), in partnership with the United Nation Children Fund [...] Full text...

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Senegal to eradicate polio 'in three or four years'

18 december 2018 - 13:28:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal is on the road to completely eradicate polio in three or four years, the director [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says record number of children vaccinated in 2017

16 july 2018 - 19:52:19
New York, US (PANA) - A record 123 million children were immunized globally in 2017, according to data released on [...] Full text...

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Medical charity moves to vaccinate some 10,000 children in Mali

10 april 2018 - 09:46:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Being vaccinated against diseases like diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, meningitis, pneumonia, yellow fever, and other potentially [...] Full text...

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Universal health coverage key to safer, fairer world, says WHO chief

07 april 2018 - 04:28:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday marked World Health Day, and the [...] Full text...

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WHO raises red flag of meningitis outbreak in West Africa (A WHO feature)

26 december 2017 - 10:12:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As bacterial meningitis season begins in West Africa this year, a convergence of factors is threatening [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: 'Significant progress' in improving peoples' health in Africa lauded

29 august 2017 - 10:47:05
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The significant progress in improving people’s health in Africa has been commended by delegates attending [...] Full text...

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France: Sub-Saharan Africa has 'unacceptably high' AIDS-related deaths - MSF

27 july 2017 - 09:47:32
Paris, France (PANA) – An unacceptably high number of people continue to develop and die of AIDS-related diseases across sub-Saharan [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO, partners worried by high adolescent deaths from preventable causes

16 may 2017 - 11:43:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 3,000 adolescents die every day, totalling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: WHO, partners provide vaccines to control meningitis C in Nigeria

15 april 2017 - 07:45:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A vaccination campaign is underway in Nigeria to contain an outbreak of meningitis C, a strain [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO stresses need for immunization for healthy societies

21 april 2016 - 21:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced that during World Immunization Week 2016, which begins [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius introduces Pneumococcal Vaccine

24 march 2016 - 12:28:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday introduced the Pneumococcal Vaccine to its Expanded Programme on Immunisation as recommended [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Gory road accident, President’s Iran visit reported in Ghana

20 february 2016 - 06:36:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A gory accident on Wednesday night that claimed the lives of 61 passengers, President John Dramani [...] Full text...

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Togo: Health authorities move to fight meningitis in Togo

10 february 2016 - 09:15:53
Lome, Togo (PANA) – Health authorities in Togo have announced a mass vaccination campaign, due to take off in the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Meningitis deaths, reduction in power tariff reported in Ghana

30 january 2016 - 07:23:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week reported the rising deaths from the outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis and [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Death toll in meningitis outbreak rises to 50

29 january 2016 - 07:52:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 50 people have so far died from the outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis in Ghana, [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Meningitis causes health concern in Ghana, kills 32

25 january 2016 - 11:31:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The outbreak of a variant of meningitis in parts of Ghana is causing public health concern [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says affordable vaccine brings Africa near elimination of meningitis A

11 november 2015 - 14:05:20
New York, US (PANA) - Scientists have found that 90 per cent of individuals vaccinated with a meningitis [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 'Affordable vaccine has led to control and near elimination of meningitis A'

10 november 2015 - 12:33:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Five years after an affordable meningitis A vaccine was introduced, its use has led to the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Death toll from Sunstroke fatalities hits 15

14 august 2015 - 11:36:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The death toll from the sunstroke that hit Half town, Sudan's Northern State, has risen from [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies, partners warn on 'acute shortage' of meningitis vaccines in West Africa

28 july 2015 - 21:08:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and leading public health organizations have warned that West Africa is at risk [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says global vaccination targets 'far off track'

23 april 2015 - 06:51:28
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 [...] Full text...

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Niger: 'Meningitis killed 45 in March', says Niger Health minister

02 april 2015 - 14:14:41
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - About 45 people died from meningitis in March in Niger from a total of 345 reported [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: WHO holds consultation on experimental Ebola vaccines

01 october 2014 - 19:12:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - More than 70 experts who took part in a World Health Organisation consultation on [...] Full text...

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US: US invests in Africa's healthcare programmes

05 august 2014 - 19:29:27
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is investing in the health of Africa’s people, while helping train its [...] Full text...

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Biography of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

05 december 2013 - 23:19:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Never in the history of South Africa – or any other country for that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria now has 7 hospitals for kidney transplant – Health Minister

14 june 2013 - 08:18:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Seven tertiary hospitals in Nigeria have been equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and personnel to undertake kidney [...] Full text...

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WHO to carry out meningitis vaccination campaign in South Sudan

10 may 2013 - 17:55:39
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and South Sudan will carry out a vaccination campaign to [...] Full text...

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Third African Vaccination Week to be celebrated 22-28 April

20 april 2013 - 14:08:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The third African Vaccination Week (AVW), organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Region, will [...] Full text...

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3 of 10 African children not yet vaccinated to date, says WHO

18 april 2013 - 11:35:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Three out of 10 African children have not received vaccination for the first time in their [...] Full text...

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Enhancing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in WHO African Region (WHO/AFRO Features)

29 march 2013 - 08:18:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Over the past couple of years, a number of international organisations, including the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Over 360m people have hearing loss - WHO

27 february 2013 - 16:44:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 360 million people in the world have disabling hearing loss, according to new global [...] Full text...

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WHO, WMO launch Atlas of Health, Climate

29 october 2012 - 13:26:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Monday jointly launched the [...] Full text...

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Atlas of health and climate for launch Monday

26 october 2012 - 12:54:10
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first ever Atlas of Health and Climate, to illustrate the most pressing current and emerging [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls for protection of rights of African children with disabilities

16 june 2012 - 18:00:27
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is marking this year's Day of the African Child with [...] Full text...

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First-ever World Immunization Week rolls out in 180 countries

24 april 2012 - 08:38:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first-ever World Health Organization’s World Immunization Week (WIW) has kicked off with activities in [...] Full text...

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WHO says childhood TB neglected, despite available remedies

21 march 2012 - 12:38:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and Stop TB Partnership said Wednesday that Tuberculosis (TB) often goes [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad to use new meningitis vaccine

09 december 2011 - 20:40:03
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, who are [...] Full text...

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WHO gives guidelines on cryptococcus disease

08 december 2011 - 19:55:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has presented a new guidance document on the diagnosis, prevention [...] Full text...

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Cameroon launches immunization campaign against meningitis

07 december 2011 - 22:32:16
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's public health minister, André Mama Fouda, on Wednesday launched in Maroua, northern Cameroon, a six-day [...] Full text...

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African Public Health Emergency Fund to the rescue (WHO Feature)

24 november 2011 - 10:25:06
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa faces some of the world’s worst natural and man-made disasters which leave thousands dead, and [...] Full text...

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Mali to launch vaccination campaign against meningitis

14 november 2011 - 13:51:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government and its partners will on Tuesday launch a national vaccination campaign against meningitis. The [...] Full text...

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New studies show progress against pneumonia in developing countries

10 november 2011 - 10:38:01
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Vaccines against the primary cause of deaths from pneumonia in developing countries could save [...] Full text...

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61st session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa opens in Yamoussoukro

30 august 2011 - 19:30:50
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 61st session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa got underway [...] Full text...

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Domestic issues dominate headlines in Nigeria

13 august 2011 - 08:03:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Domestic issues, including the return of World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Finance Minister, dramatic [...] Full text...

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Pfizer commences payment of compensation to Kano drug trial victims

11 august 2011 - 20:45:50
New York, US (PANA) - The US-based pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, on Thursday said it had started paying compensation to the [...] Full text...

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Cameroon to launch pilot project for epilepsy management Friday

14 july 2011 - 19:37:45
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon will Friday launch a pilot project for the management of epillepsy in Ntui (100 km [...] Full text...

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75m inoculated against polio in Africa’s first region-wide vaccination week

04 may 2011 - 09:58:59
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - More than 75 million children, women and men from 22 countries in the WHO African Region [...] Full text...

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'Africa suffers meningitis outbreak'

14 april 2011 - 10:46:48
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa is currently experiencing an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis, called "meningitis A", according to the World [...] Full text...

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Meningitis reported in Guinea

10 april 2011 - 18:35:47
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - About 80 cases of meningitis, including five deaths, were reported during the first quarter of the [...] Full text...

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36 die of cholera in Eastern DRC

31 march 2011 - 13:00:39
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A cholera epidemic claimed 36 lives, out of the 645 affected, between 27 February and [...] Full text...

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DR Congo set to introduce new EPI vaccine

30 march 2011 - 15:25:46
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The DR Congo will introduce the vaccine against pneumococcus in its routine Expanded Programme on [...] Full text...

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CSM kills 16 in Ghana’s Northern Region

23 march 2011 - 12:40:07
Tamale, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s health authorities say cerebro spinal meningitis (CSM) has killed 16 people this year in the [...] Full text...

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Meningitis kills 6 in Cameroon

23 march 2011 - 10:43:09
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - An outbreak of meningitis that has been raging for several days in the Far North of [...] Full text...

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“Mysterious” deaths hit Malawian family

05 february 2011 - 17:18:28
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Four people of the same family in the southern Lower Shire Valley district of Chikhwawa have [...] Full text...

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MSF reports massive kala azar outbreak in Southern Sudan

17 december 2010 - 08:53:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As Southern Sudan heads towards a referendum on self determination 9 January 2011, it [...] Full text...

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Niger undertakes massive immunization meningitis

15 december 2010 - 22:05:18
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – A national immunization campaign against meningitis A is under way in Niger, where a new vaccine [...] Full text...

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WHO introduces new vaccine to eradicate Meningitis in Africa

06 december 2010 - 18:42:21
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has introduced a new vaccine to eradicate Meningitis [...] Full text...

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Mali to introduce vaccine against pneumococcus

12 november 2010 - 22:28:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian ministry of Health is to introduce from January next year a vaccine against pneumococcus [...] Full text...

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'How to deal with recurring epidemics in Africa'

01 september 2010 - 13:31:00
Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- Africa's top health expert has proposed measu res for tackling epidemics which are recurrent in [...] Full text...

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FIFA president condoles with family of late World Cup singer

27 may 2010 - 08:15:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- President of world soccer's governing body FIFA, Mr. Sepp Blatter, has condoled with [...] Full text...

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New study reinforces urgent need for life-saving vaccines in Africa

28 april 2010 - 08:46:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A new study released this week in the monthly medical journal 'The Lancet Infectious [...] Full text...

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'Meningitis kills 100 in 7 Nigerian states'

01 april 2010 - 10:47:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- An outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis has killed 100 people in seven states in Northern Nigeria, according [...] Full text...

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Meningitis kills 49 in Niger

19 march 2010 - 12:20:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Meningitis has already claimed 49 lives since the beginning of this year in Niger, where 525 [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlight CSM outbreak, oil revenue, state of the nation address

27 february 2010 - 10:14:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The outbreak of an unknown strain of the cerebro-spinal- meningitis (CSM) which has killed about 27 [...] Full text...

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Meningitis kills 17 in Ghana

23 february 2010 - 10:46:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- An outbreak of cerebro spinal meningitis (CSM) has killed 17 people and hospitalised 78 others in [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian NGOs want West Africans adequately funded

04 december 2009 - 19:33:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Representatives of several humanitarian NGOs on Friday c alled on the international community to raise FCFA [...] Full text...

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Experts meet to strengthen disease surveillance in West Africa

29 september 2009 - 12:25:00
Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Experts from 13 West African countries and re presentatives of partners began a three-day meeting [...] Full text...

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Rwanda hosts 59th session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa

26 august 2009 - 11:39:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Afric a will hold 31 August to [...] Full text...

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Gambia introduces new immunization vaccine

18 august 2009 - 19:51:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian Ministry of Health Tuesday introduced a new vaccine, called the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-7), [...] Full text...

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ECHO to help Niger, Nigeria control meningitis

07 april 2009 - 15:32:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The European Commission Humanitarian Aid service (ECHO) has granted 4. 7 millions euros to Niger and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, Niger hit by serious outbreak of meningitis - WHO

29 march 2009 - 18:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) says a "serious'' outb reak of meningitis has hit the [...] Full text...

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169 persons die of meningitis in Niger

24 march 2009 - 08:27:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Some 169 deaths have been recorded from a total of 4,548 cases of meningitis in Niger [...] Full text...

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Nigeria moves to curb possible measles spread from Cameroon

16 march 2009 - 12:07:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian health authorities said they have purchased 11 million doses of measles vaccines in anticipation of [...] Full text...

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Meningitis, lassa fever kill 338 in Nigeria

05 march 2009 - 16:30:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The total death toll from the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis and lassa fever in Nigeria has [...] Full text...

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Meningitis, lassa fever kill 338 in Nigeria

05 march 2009 - 08:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The total death toll from the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis and lassa fever in Nigeria has [...] Full text...

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Meningitis claims 4 lives in Togo

27 february 2009 - 18:14:00
Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- Eight cases of meningitis, of which four deaths, have been recorded in February in the locality [...] Full text...

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'Lassa fever, meningitis claim 300 lives in Nigeria'

25 february 2009 - 22:41:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- An outbreak of Lassa Fever and Meningitis in 10 states in Nigeria has killed over 300 [...] Full text...

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Darfur rebels attack UN helicopter on relief mission

09 february 2009 - 16:24:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The United Nations Joint Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur said its helicopter came under fire on Monday [...] Full text...

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Italian NGO starts immunisation drive in Congo

02 february 2009 - 12:38:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Italian Non-Governmental Organisation Ali Per Volare will on Tuesday launch a 20-day immunisation campaign against various [...] Full text...

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Nigeria issues meningitis alert

28 january 2009 - 08:21:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian health authorities have warned of a possible outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in three northern [...] Full text...

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