Tech gaps and budget cuts threaten global efforts to track and help the vulnerable

13 april 2026 - 18:40:10
New York, US (PANA) - Digital tools are changing the way countries manage everything from tracking refugees to caring for [...] Full text...

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Global leaders convene for 'One Health' Summit

08 april 2026 - 07:39:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A high-level global summit kicked off this week, bringing together heads of State, scientists, and environmental [...] Full text...

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Global health systems ‘at risk’ as funding cuts bite, warns WHO

02 february 2026 - 19:48:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that cuts to international aid and persistent [...] Full text...

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Liberia, IMF staff reach staff-level agreement

28 january 2026 - 12:07:29
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Liberia authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on [...] Full text...

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Africa reaffirms unwavering commitment to multilateralism, international rule of law

27 january 2026 - 16:35:03
New York, US (PANA) - AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Monday reaffirmed Africa’s unwavering commitment to multilateralism and [...] Full text...

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US withdrawal from WHO ‘risks global safety’, agency says

25 january 2026 - 07:10:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a detailed statement regretting the United States' decision to [...] Full text...

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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live

04 november 2025 - 07:44:14
New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...

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Africa steps up malaria fight with new commitments and accountability scorecard

26 august 2025 - 06:37:24
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Ministers of Health, partners, and global health leaders convening on the sidelines of the Seventy Fifth [...] Full text...

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WB expands financial coverage to save lives and livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa

25 july 2025 - 07:28:53
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles, and Zambia will benefit from [...] Full text...

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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

21 july 2025 - 21:50:23
New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN [...] Full text...

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Global health in decline: UN warns of glaring inequalities

19 july 2025 - 08:22:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant progress since the beginning of the century, a new UN assessment indicates that improvements [...] Full text...

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In a changing world, are people having the number of children they want?

10 june 2025 - 12:38:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The United Nations Population Agency (UNFPA) on Tuesday launched ts State of World Population [...] Full text...

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WHO Director-General, Member States reaffirm commitment to WHO and global health at historic World Health Assembly

31 may 2025 - 15:18:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment shown by the Organization’s Member States which, [...] Full text...

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New project to boost Tunisia’s health system and pandemic response

29 may 2025 - 07:56:31
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday approved US$125.16 million in financing [...] Full text...

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Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions

29 may 2025 - 06:07:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly concluded on Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global [...] Full text...

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Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics

21 may 2025 - 04:48:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the first ever [...] Full text...

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Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same

17 may 2025 - 18:49:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As world leaders meet in Geneva to negotiate a new UN-brokered agreement on pandemic preparedness, we [...] Full text...

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Countries finalise historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations

16 april 2025 - 13:09:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalised a draft global agreement aimed [...] Full text...

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Africa's higher education centres of excellence celebrate decade of transformative journey

08 april 2025 - 09:51:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About 500 participants, including more than 80 Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence (ACEs), policy makers, [...] Full text...

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Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality

07 april 2025 - 07:27:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies [...] Full text...

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Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO

18 march 2025 - 05:46:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the [...] Full text...

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Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN [...] Full text...

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WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity

26 february 2025 - 20:56:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global [...] Full text...

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African Union urges Trump to revisit US exit from WHO

28 january 2025 - 17:54:13
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The African Union on Jan.22 urged new U.S. President Donald Trump to revisit his decision to [...] Full text...

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WHO continues to urge China to share data five years after COVID-19

01 january 2025 - 03:08:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the [...] Full text...

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WHO Director-General pleads for peace in 2025

30 december 2024 - 20:11:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in Yemen on a mission to negotiate with the [...] Full text...

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Global solidarity key to future pandemic preparedness, says UN chief

28 december 2024 - 07:31:19
New York, US (PANA) - In a message commemorating Friday’s International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged [...] Full text...

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WHO Director-General calls for support for WHO Academy

17 december 2024 - 21:22:51
Lyon, France (PANA) - The WHO Director-General Tuesday called for partnerships and collaboration for the WHO Academy to enable it [...] Full text...

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New report highlights need for sustained investment in infection prevention and control programmes

29 november 2024 - 20:34:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  Nearly five years since COVID-19 was first reported, a new global report on infection prevention and [...] Full text...

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Vaccine development challenges, health sovereignty in Africa highlighted in Dakhla Story by Hespress

24 november 2024 - 19:10:32
Dakhla, Morocco (PANA) - The challenges of vaccine development in Africa and South-South cooperation for health sovereignty were the focus [...] Full text...

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COP29: World Bank expands lifeline to small States hit by disasters

13 november 2024 - 08:16:53
Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - The World Bank Group has expanded its lifeline to countries struggling to rebuild from disasters, allowing [...] Full text...

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Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer

29 october 2024 - 22:20:42
Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately [...] Full text...

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IMF, WB, WHO step up cooperation on pandemic preparedness

06 october 2024 - 05:59:49
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the [...] Full text...

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World Bank Country Gender Action Plan to help address gender inequalities in Sierra Leone

04 october 2024 - 07:10:44
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank on Thursday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a [...] Full text...

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WHO and Multilateral Development Banks kick off US $1.5 billion primary health financing platform

23 september 2024 - 20:50:32
New York, US (PANA) - Execution is starting under the new Health Impact Investment Platform on the first country health [...] Full text...

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UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives

20 september 2024 - 06:05:03
New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending [...] Full text...

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Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency

20 august 2024 - 06:03:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the [...] Full text...

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IMF must listen to the needs of its global membership and adapt to emerging challenges: IMF Regional Perspectives By William Ruto, President of Kenya

03 june 2024 - 17:24:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - For over eight decades, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stood as a pillar of global [...] Full text...

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WHA reaches agreement on wide-ranging, decisive package of amendments to improve the International Health Regulations

03 june 2024 - 06:12:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In an historic development, the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of its 194 member countries, [...] Full text...

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WHO Member States agree way forward to conclude Pandemic Agreement

29 may 2024 - 14:25:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday recognized the progress made over the past two years [...] Full text...

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WHO Member States agree to share outcomes of historic IHR, pandemic agreement processes to World Health Assembly

25 may 2024 - 10:28:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States have ended intensive negotiations aimed at strengthening global capacities to [...] Full text...

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Governments agree to continue their steady progress on proposed pandemic agreement ahead of the World Health Assembly

12 may 2024 - 16:52:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments of the world have agreed to continue working on a proposed pandemic agreement, and to further [...] Full text...

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African leaders unveil bold transformation agenda at summit, backed by powerful new coalition

29 april 2024 - 13:43:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) — In a historic show of unity, 19 African Heads of State on Monday assembled at a major [...] Full text...

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World Bank Group aims to expand health services to 1.5 billion people

18 april 2024 - 18:20:24
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, [...] Full text...

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Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans

18 april 2024 - 11:32:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals, including humans, is a significant public [...] Full text...

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Tourism ‘intrinsically susceptible’ to climate shocks, political unrest, pandemic threat

17 april 2024 - 05:42:47
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday highlighted the urgent need to boost [...] Full text...

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UN torture expert issues calls for pandemic-proof prisons

10 march 2024 - 07:08:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN independent expert on Friday called on States to review prison management practices and policies to [...] Full text...

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WTO Ministerial Conference ends with decisions on dispute reform, development

02 march 2024 - 11:41:31
Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) – World Trade Organisation (WTO) members concluded the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa to play 'key role' at AU Summit

16 february 2024 - 11:44:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected participate in several committee meetings at the 37th Ordinary [...] Full text...

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EU Council approves global health strategy

29 january 2024 - 11:35:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday approved conclusions on the 'EU Global Health Strategy: Better health for [...] Full text...

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WHO chief warns pandemic treaty may not be finalised before May

23 january 2024 - 05:28:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency raised concerns on Monday that the draft of a [...] Full text...

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How to prevent new Cold War in Africa (By Paul Ejime)

22 january 2024 - 10:03:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...

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Climate crisis driving a global public health emergency: World Bank Blog By Vanessa Kerry and Mamta Murthi

05 january 2024 - 08:45:13
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...

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‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day

27 december 2023 - 15:56:41
New York, US (PANA) - The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, [...] 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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World Bank, Global Fund collaborate to tackle impact of climate change on health

22 november 2023 - 16:05:37
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...

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World Bank announces historic collaboration between Multilateral Development Banks

14 october 2023 - 09:20:26
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank is bolstering its collaboration with nine Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to fasttrack solutions [...] Full text...

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World Bank chief explains global fight against poverty

13 october 2023 - 10:57:19
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA - The world is fraught with profound forces and rapid changes as nations face declining progress in [...] Full text...

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Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone: UN rights expert

04 october 2023 - 06:19:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Continuing violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human [...] Full text...

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Right to information still an ‘empty promise’ for billions

29 september 2023 - 07:11:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-appointed expert on freedom of opinion and expression has called for governments to strengthen efforts [...] Full text...

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Tragedy is unfolding in poorest countries: World Bank Blog

23 september 2023 - 10:03:24
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The world’s 28 poorest countries are facing growing social, economic, and political distress, owing [...] Full text...

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WHO welcomes “historic” commitment by world leaders for greater collaboration to prepare for future pandemics

20 september 2023 - 17:53:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  -- The World Health Organization Wednesday welcomed a “historic” commitment shown by global leaders, at the United [...] Full text...

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African Climate Summit to seek clear financing plan

04 september 2023 - 20:20:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders meeting in Nairobi for the first ever African Climate Summit have outlined bold reforms, [...] Full text...

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AU vows to end environmental pandemics linked to climate change

04 september 2023 - 12:38:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union has decried the rise in climate change-related disasters and pandemics and vowed to [...] Full text...

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Historic $650bn liquidity boost continues to benefit global economy: IMF Blog

31 august 2023 - 11:19:13
Washington DC, US (PANA) - In a world shaken by multiple shocks affecting many countries—pandemics, wars, food and energy crises, [...] Full text...

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New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets

22 august 2023 - 15:41:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health products [...] Full text...

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Dar es Salaam Declaration: African leaders commit to investing in human capital

03 august 2023 - 07:21:04
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African leaders from 43 countries agreed to step up efforts to strengthen the quantity, [...] Full text...

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Pandemic Fund allocates first grants to help countries prepare for future outbreaks

21 july 2023 - 06:19:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board has approved grants under its first round of funding [...] Full text...

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World Bank announces new steps to add billions in financial capacity

20 july 2023 - 09:23:58
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank is taking bold new steps to increase its lending capacity, a major [...] Full text...

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Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief

20 july 2023 - 06:23:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing spread [...] Full text...

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UNFPA launches State of World Population Report 2023

11 july 2023 - 12:18:31
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday launched the state of World Population Report 2023, [...] Full text...

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Progress on disability rights risks going in reverse: Guterres

14 june 2023 - 05:33:12
New York, US (PANA) - A “cascade of crises” is putting global progress towards ensuring the rights of persons with [...] Full text...

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Mission to rewrite WBG playbook advances with Banga’s global tour

09 june 2023 - 10:42:08
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has announced a months-long global tour for new president Ajay [...] Full text...

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EU, WHO launch digital health initiative to strengthen global health security

05 june 2023 - 17:54:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission announced on Monday the launch of a [...] Full text...

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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief

22 may 2023 - 16:30:17
Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response [...] Full text...

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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

22 may 2023 - 16:18:40
New York, US (PANA) - The world is on Monday marking International Day for Biological Diversity on a theme, "Moving from [...] Full text...

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Progress on human health ‘in peril’, warns UN chief

21 may 2023 - 18:07:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global life expectancy has grown by 50 per cent since the birth of the UN World [...] Full text...

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Mpox public health emergency declared over

12 may 2023 - 06:14:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak [...] Full text...

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WHO launches new pandemic prevention plan, as COVID deaths fall 95 per cent

26 april 2023 - 17:25:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries’ ability to [...] Full text...

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‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS

13 april 2023 - 09:03:09
New York, US (PANA) - Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains [...] Full text...

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Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment

28 march 2023 - 05:18:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimise the [...] Full text...

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Libya attends 58th session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health in Algeria

14 march 2023 - 17:35:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health in the Government of National Unity, [...] Full text...

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'Some 51% of global population will be living with overweight or obesity by 2035'

06 march 2023 - 14:09:01
New York, US (PANA) - A new World Obesity Atlas report from the World Obesity Federation, published on World Obesity Day, predicts [...] Full text...

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Libyan official paints bleak picture of health sector in the Arab world

31 january 2023 - 11:50:37
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The member of the executive board of the Union of Arab Hospitals, Dr. Ali Abu Krine, [...] Full text...

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Food sovereignty: Senegalese president calls for African solutions

25 january 2023 - 15:59:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa must find solutions to the food insecurity situation it is facing, so that the continent [...] Full text...

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Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS

16 december 2022 - 04:28:35
New York, US (PANA) - Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other [...] Full text...

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WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics

21 november 2022 - 18:53:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to compile an updated list of priority pathogens that [...] Full text...

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Global disparity in access to essential vaccines, says WHO report

10 november 2022 - 04:45:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Limited supply and unequal vaccine distribution means that lower-income countries consistently struggle to access essential inoculations [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for ‘sustained political commitment’ for a healthier world

17 october 2022 - 05:20:19
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The UN chief on Sunday called for governments worldwide to prioritise healthcare, to make a “sustained political [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres

24 september 2022 - 11:52:32
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...

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77th UNGA: Africa is doing its part but must do more, says Rwandan President Kagame

22 september 2022 - 06:30:24
New York, US (PANA) - Referring to a world in a state of turbulence, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on [...] Full text...

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African Union Day: Commission Chairperson calls for mobilization of all resources to achieve objectives

09 september 2022 - 21:19:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa FAKI Mahamat, has called on Africans to [...] Full text...

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Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backward in human development, UNDP report warns

08 september 2022 - 14:40:00
New York, USA (PANA) - The world must jolt itself out of its global paralysis to secure the future of [...] Full text...

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Top US diplomat expected to visit South Africa, DRC

07 august 2022 - 07:38:49
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Under Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez is travelling to South Africa and the [...] Full text...

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US President Biden to host U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December

21 july 2022 - 10:12:51
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US President Joe Biden has announced that he will host leaders from across the African [...] Full text...

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UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis

19 july 2022 - 05:18:20
New York, US (PANA) - Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: International response fell short in upholding refugee rights - Report

09 july 2022 - 06:49:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The collective global response to the COVID-19 pandemic fell short in protecting the rights of refugees [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ADF approves $27.19 million grant to boost post-pandemid recovery in Ghana

01 july 2022 - 07:16:58
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) Board of Directors has approved a US$27.19 million grant to [...] 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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UN chief calls to ‘build a shared future for all life’ on Biodiversity Day

22 may 2022 - 08:04:16
New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks International Day for Biological Diversity on Sunday, the UN Secretary-General has [...] Full text...

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Africa's fragile health systems, socio-economic fabric revealed by COVID-19: Report

14 may 2022 - 19:26:06
Dakar Senegal (PANA) - The fragility of Africa's health systems and socio-economic fabric have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...

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High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land

10 may 2022 - 10:05:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification [...] Full text...

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15th Convention of Parties on Desertification and Drought opens in Côte d'Ivoire

09 may 2022 - 19:50:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 15th Convention of the Parties on Desertification and Drought (COP 15) opened in the [...] Full text...

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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief

02 may 2022 - 05:27:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...

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WHO, Norway, Ghana launch First Global Heads of State and Government Group on NCDs

12 april 2022 - 16:46:57
Acca, Ghana, Switzerland (PANA) - The Worrld Health Organization (WHO)Tuesday welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’: Guterres

09 april 2022 - 05:22:10
New York, US (PAA) - Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines [...] Full text...

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More than 15,000 participants expected at Abidjan Intra-African Trade Fair in 2023

26 march 2022 - 17:25:56
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - More than 15,000 participants are expected to attend the third edition of the Intra-African Trade [...] 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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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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Senior UN envoy to travel to Burkina Faso on Sunday

29 january 2022 - 05:36:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A senior UN envoy will travel to Burkina Faso over the weekend on a “good [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after coup

28 january 2022 - 17:40:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The extraordinary virtual summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ended on Friday [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS leaders warned Burkina coup has grave consequences for peace, stability

28 january 2022 - 14:49:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A virtual extraordinary meeting of heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: It's here ‘for the foreseeable future’, warns WHO chief Tedros

25 january 2022 - 05:43:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it [...] Full text...

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South African-born billionaire launches major vaccine plant

19 january 2022 - 12:06:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce one [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s civil society organisations challenged to do more

12 january 2022 - 14:00:38
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: Most unfortunate developing countries far behind target of 40pc vaccination rate -Mauritian PM

28 december 2021 - 10:04:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has bemoaned the fact that it is most unfortunate that many [...] Full text...

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US gives $10 million to support UN food agency efforts on COVID-19 response, future pandemics

24 december 2021 - 07:34:20
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A US$10 million contribution from the United States will assist the Food and UN Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...

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Coronavirrus: Africa focused governance thinktank points out roadmap to pandemic recovery

08 december 2021 - 12:47:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A chronic shortfall in reliable health data is affecting better health policymaking in Africa with only [...] 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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Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’

02 december 2021 - 05:50:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, [...] 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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Coronavirus: WHO chief Tedros criticises ‘blunt’ Omicron measures

01 december 2021 - 05:55:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency has criticised “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in [...] 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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WHO warns Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk

29 november 2021 - 23:22:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization warned here Monday the heavily-mutated Omicron coronavirus variant was likely to spread [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, foreign ministers meet on finding antidote to pandemic

10 november 2021 - 21:43:23
Washington, DC, US (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) at a foreign ministers meeting convened by US Secretary of [...] Full text...

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Countries commit to develop climate-smart health care at COP26 UN climate conference

08 november 2021 - 22:43:33
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - A group of 47 countries have committed to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems at the UN [...] Full text...

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Kenya to spearhead climate change mitigation effort in Africa

03 november 2021 - 22:30:48
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday announced Kenya's plan to work with African countries that form the [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges lifesaving transformation of food systems

15 october 2021 - 07:12:10
New York, US (PANA) - World Food Day is not only a reminder to everyone on the planet of the importance [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins, prevent future pandemics

14 october 2021 - 05:18:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.  The [...] Full text...

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Botswana, China cement relations

22 september 2021 - 19:52:12
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has applauded China for her unflinching support of multilateralism and strong bilateral relations. “It is our [...] 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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Coronavirus: WHO calls on world leaders to focus on vaccine equity, pandemic preparedness

17 september 2021 - 14:06:34
New York, US (PANA) – The World Health Organization  (WHO)  is urging leaders attending the 76th session of the United [...] Full text...

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Climate change: Conference alerts on the vulnerability of African SIDS

16 september 2021 - 18:57:34
Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IX), which kicked off [...] Full text...

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Calling for SIDS' specificities to be taken into account on climate change

15 september 2021 - 20:59:41
Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The prime minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, on Wednesday called for [...] Full text...

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UN Secretary-General calls for bold action to end biodiversity crisis

31 august 2021 - 05:27:13
New York, US (PANA) - With one million species at risk of extinction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Coming months critical for future pandemic preparedness: WHO chief

26 august 2021 - 05:22:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The next three months will be a critical period for stepping up global collective action against [...] Full text...

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Helen Clark brief Member States at the UN General Assembly on pandemic response

28 july 2021 - 22:48:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF chief encourages continued protection of children without parental care

19 july 2021 - 16:06:33
New York, US (PANA) - As the official COVID-19 death toll around the world passed 4 million earlier this month, [...] Full text...

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India-Africa close partnership to improve welfare of 2.5 billion people post Covid-19

18 july 2021 - 05:55:12
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Covid-19 pandemic has provided the impetus for a stronger partnership between India and Africa [...] Full text...

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Women victims of insults and humiliation in Guinea during Covid-19 - Report

10 july 2021 - 12:33:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A report published by a non-governmental organization (NGO)- Femmes, Développement et Droits Humains en Guinée - [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US calls on all parties to commit to 'immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire'

30 june 2021 - 05:58:31
Washington, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday called on all parties in the Ethiopian conflict to commit to an [...] Full text...

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Girls in Somalia to benefit from World Bank financed access to education

29 june 2021 - 15:32:29
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Over 100,000 children residing in Somalia’s most educationally disadvantaged areas will benefit from a World Bank [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia declares 'unilateral humanitarian ceasefire' in Tigray as regional force captures capital

29 june 2021 - 07:52:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Federal government on Monday declared a "unilateral humanitarian ceasefire" in the Tigray region [...] Full text...

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WHO, partners highlight key steps to improve access to health technologies

25 june 2021 - 21:24:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PAN) -The first WHO World Local Production Forum ended Friday after five days of discussions on promoting quality [...] 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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Coronavirus: World Bank, AU to support rapid vaccination for up to 400 million people in Africa

22 june 2021 - 07:30:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers and the World Bank Group met on Monday to fast track vaccine [...] 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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Nigeria hosts meeting to map out plan for vaccine manufacturing in Africa

20 june 2021 - 16:10:13
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s private sector is ready to join manufacturers of pharmaceutical products working in association with [...] Full text...

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Ghana: World Bank approves $200 million additional funding for Ghana project

16 june 2021 - 21:38:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $200 million as additional funding for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness [...] Full text...

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WHA agrees to hold a special session on pandemic treaty

01 june 2021 - 13:18:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 74th World Health Assembly closed on Monday agreeing to hold a special session before the end [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says relaxing measures prematurely led to surge in pandemic

25 may 2021 - 21:20:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO)  asserted Tuesday that relaxing measures prematurely had contributed to a surge [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Health Assembly to focus on ending COVID-19 pandemic

20 may 2021 - 00:04:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a year when COVID-19) threatens the health and well-being of everyone on the planet, the [...] 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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Coronavirus: UN envoy Gordon Brown urges G7 countries to fund global vaccination push

04 may 2021 - 05:36:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Monday for the world’s richest nations to [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa taps $380 million in World Bank financing to facilitate regional trade, investment for inclusive growth

28 april 2021 - 14:34:26
Washington, DC US (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $380 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Greta Thunberg contributes 100,000 Euros to vaccine equity initiative

20 april 2021 - 05:30:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated 100,000 Euros to boost global efforts to deliver [...] Full text...

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President of European Council received by Tunisian President

06 april 2021 - 09:35:30
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid on Monday received the President of the European Council, Mr. Charles Michel, [...] Full text...

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World leaders call for new international treaty to improve pandemic response

30 march 2021 - 16:50:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of world leaders have joined the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges nations to restore, conserve forests

21 march 2021 - 15:13:14
New York, US (PANA) - Humanity’s well-being is inextricably linked to the health of our planet in which forests play [...] Full text...

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AfDB President Adesina calls for African financial stabilisation mechanism

16 march 2021 - 14:06:50
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina, recipient of the 2017 World Food Prize, and [...] Full text...

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WTO fails to strike agreement on African push to lift copyright curbs on coronavirus products

26 february 2021 - 09:03:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There has been no consensus on a joint push by India and South Africa, supported by [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for ‘new social contract’ as part of post-pandemic recovery

19 february 2021 - 05:19:49
New York, US (PANA) - With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing social and economic inequalities rooted in racism, discrimination and xenophobia, [...] Full text...

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Strengthen ‘One Health approach’ to prevent future pandemics – WHO chief

18 february 2021 - 05:27:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates “intimate” linkages between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, as zoonotic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Russian company helps Guinea in combating pandemics

05 february 2021 - 13:23:37
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Covid-19 tests carried out in Guinea in a laboratory built at the Centre for Research in [...] 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: Kenya extends overnight curfew in year-long battle against coronavirus

03 january 2021 - 17:54:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The night time to dawn curfew imposed on Kenya since March 2020 has been extended to [...] Full text...

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World must be ready for the next pandemic, UN says on first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

27 december 2020 - 19:45:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations commemorated the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says 2020 a devastating year for global health

25 december 2020 - 21:17:40
Geneva, Switzerland  (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement received here Friday the  year 2020 was [...] Full text...

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EIB initiative boosts African pharmaceutical sector to meet local demand

17 december 2020 - 21:27:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The European Investment Bank has launched the first ever scheme to strengthen local production of Active [...] Full text...

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AU Commission chief warns against arms boom in Africa

07 december 2020 - 15:55:30
Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has warned against the profusion of weapons [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa CDC points out major gaps in pandemic response

03 december 2020 - 18:19:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Africa CDC has pointed out major gaps delaying response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the inadequate [...] 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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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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Coronavirus: ADF approves $28.233 million grant for Sudan’s response to pandemic

19 november 2020 - 13:28:25
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Fund on Wednesday approved grants worth $28.233 million to [...] Full text...

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EU ready to take leading role in strengthening WHO

06 november 2020 - 17:01:53
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) and representatives of the governments of the Member States on Friday approved [...] Full text...

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Rights expert urges greater protection for mass graves

28 october 2020 - 18:49:40
New York, US (PANA) - More action must be taken to protect mass graves, which provide proof of "heinous events" that [...] Full text...

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Trusted data helps us all ‘understand the changing world’ – UN chief

20 october 2020 - 17:35:40
New York, US (PANA) - Current, reliable and trusted data help us to “understand the changing world” in which we [...] Full text...

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World Bank, IMF boards urge transfer of real resources to developing countries

16 october 2020 - 22:47:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Development Committee of the world’s top financial institutions said Friday the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Libya chosen by to prepare study on implications of disasters, pandemics

15 october 2020 - 11:00:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Countries forming the 5+5 Dialogue Group initiative have chosen Libya to prepare the study for the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Niger calls on the international community to support badly afftected countries

21 september 2020 - 17:14:02
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Kalla Hankouraou, on Monday called on the international community [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 illustrates ‘woefully under prepared’ world – UN health chief

19 september 2020 - 05:57:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite efforts to break the global cycle of panic and neglect seen throughout multiple disease outbreaks, [...] Full text...

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UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented biodiversity loss’ and spread of disease

16 september 2020 - 04:57:29
New York, US (PANA) - The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals [...] Full text...

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Report reveals two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970

10 september 2020 - 08:27:21
Gland, Switzerland (PANA) – Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in [...] Full text...

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African Information Summit calls for expansion of digital economy

31 august 2020 - 21:53:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries require rapid expansion of new technologies, including enhancing access to the internet, to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyatta urges caution as pandemic curve 'flattens'

31 august 2020 - 10:56:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday called on Kenyans to remain focused on victory against coronavirus as [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Youth in resilient economies need access to skills and employment

12 august 2020 - 11:09:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While the first stage of fighting COVID-19 had to focus on protecting the older [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU to assist member countries assess threat of pandemic

11 august 2020 - 10:49:54
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Two African Union founded organisations, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Reshape the urban world to aid ‘ground zero’ pandemic cities

28 july 2020 - 05:16:22
New York, US (PANA) - Cities have proved to be “ground zero” the world over for the COVID-19 pandemic, the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: World Bank provides $15.2 million in support of response in Uganda

17 july 2020 - 13:18:56
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $15.2 million to support Uganda’s efforts to prevent, detect and respond [...] Full text...

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‘Turn the tide’ across a turbulent world, UN chief urges key development forum

15 july 2020 - 05:55:01
New York, US (PANA) -“Concrete, bold and implementable solutions” are needed to turn the tide on the many challenges the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Health systems struggle to cope as gender -based violence rises

11 july 2020 - 17:24:54
New York, US (PANA) – The COVID crisis has taken a staggering toll on people, communities and economies everywhere. Yet [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigeria's figure jumps to 30,249 with 460 new cases on Wednesday

09 july 2020 - 10:49:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases jumping to 30,249 with 460 of them recorded on Wednesday, the Nigeria [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Pandemic fast becoming protection crisis, Guterres warns Security Council

03 july 2020 - 04:14:28
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is “profoundly affecting” peace and security across the globe, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...

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ADF approves US$9.52 million to enhance coordinated COVID-19 response in East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Comoros

01 july 2020 - 12:40:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved grants totalling US$9.52 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: SADC to set guidelines on electoral observation during pandemics

27 june 2020 - 12:48:10
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States holding elections during the COVID-19 pandemic have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 100.5-million-euro budget support for COVID-19 fight in Gabon

26 june 2020 - 18:43:02
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a 100.5-million-euro loan to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ADF approves COVID-19 Response grants for 6 SADC countries and São Tomé & Príncipe

25 june 2020 - 18:49:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Tuesday approved nearly US$8.9 [...] Full text...

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