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<title><![CDATA[UNICEF vaccinates 125,000 children in CAR against measles]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners on Wednesday<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:10 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Polio outbreak hits Horn of Africa]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a dispatch obtained by PANA here Wednesday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:44 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA['7.1 million people in Africa receiving HIV treatment']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - A UN report says the number of people in Africa receiving anti-retroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million to 7.1 million over seven years.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:28:17 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UN agency steps up efforts to help Niger contain cholera outbreak ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was working to help contain a cholera epidemic in Niger that had already claimed seven lives, including those of two Malian refugees.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:49 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[WHO chief calls for more priority for public health services]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) – Ms. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:11:46 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Niger republic hopes to meet MDGs 4 on child mortality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Authorities in Niger Republic have expressed optimism that the West African country is on the path to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four, which focuses on reducing child mortality rates to two thirds by 2015.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:12:50 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Collaborative efforts will improve access to health service delivery - Nigerien mayor]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tillaberi, Niger(PANA) - Collaborative efforts among communities, religious and political leaders, as well as development partners with the government will help improve people's access, particularly women, to health service delivery in Niger, a government official has said<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:05:58 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA['Niger’s census figure, wake up call to fast track family planning']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rise in Niger Republic's population from 10,790,352 to 17,129.,076, as announced last month by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), should be seen as a wake-up call for stakeholders in the health sector to fast track family planning campaign, according to the UNFPA's Assistant Representative in the country, Hassane Ali.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:41:33 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best, worst health status]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Switzerland )PANA) - The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the World Health Statistics 2013.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:37:37 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Tobacco 'kills 1,000 Mauritians yearly']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Despite the decline in cigarette consumption per capita from 1,075 in 2009 to 750 in 2012, tobacco still kills 1,000 Mauritians every year, according to Mauritian Health Minister Lormus Bundhoo.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:29 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Africa urged to train more cardiologists]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The chairman of the Senegalese Cardiology Association, Serigne Abdoul Ba, on Tuesday has described cardiovascular diseases as some of the main development challenges in the 21st century and must be included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the health sector.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:14:30 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[African countries urged to allocate more resources to health sector]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Niamey, Niger (PANA) - African countries have been urged to deploy more resources into the health sector, especially issues of sexual and reproductive health, with a view to improving the overall well being of the society.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:09:29 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Mauritius vaccinates its elderly against flu]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry Monday began an anti-influenza vaccination campaign for the elderly and the disabled, PANA reported from here.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:53:15 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Global Fund to provide US$62m in financial aid to Burundi (Correcting the source of funding in earlier story)  ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi is to receive financial aid to the tune of US$62 million from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Executive Director of the UNAIDS, Mr. Michel Sidibé, has announced.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[World may miss MDG target on sanitation - Report]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US  (PANA) - A joint report released here Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that at the current rate of progress, the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of the 1990 population without sanitation will be missed by eight per cent - or half a billion people.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:55:39 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[WHO to carry out meningitis vaccination campaign in South Sudan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and South Sudan will carry out a vaccination campaign to address a meningitis outbreak in the Upper Nile state that has killed three people, a WHO statement said on Friday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:53:31 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Rotarians hold  ''Family Health Day'' in 3 African countries]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Over 200,000 people are expected to receive free medical care on Friday (10May) as Rotary International marks its ''Family Health Day'' in three African countries.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:17:42 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UNAIDS pledges US$62 million financial aid to Burundi]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The executive director of the UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, on Wednesday pledged US$62 million to help Burundi speed up the implementation of the national mother-child HIV/AIDS transmission programme for the next three years.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:46:43 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[EU, UNICEF give Niger CFAF 6.2b to end malnutrition]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday announced a grant of CFAF 6.2 billion (US$12.3 million) to Niger as part funding for a project to end malnutrition in the country, official sources told PANA.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:40:54 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UN chief urges private sector to boost maternal health]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the need for the private sector to contribute more to improving maternal health services across the world through the UN's 'Every Woman, Every Child' initiative.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:45:55 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Sub-regional meeting on malaria begins in Nouakchott]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – As part of efforts to speed up the fight against malaria, Health Ministers from six West and central African States -- Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali and Chad -- began a meeting Tuesday in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:03:52 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UNAIDS Chief visits Burundi]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Executive Director of the United Nations Agency for HIV/AIDS, Michel Sidibi, has begun a three-day working visit to Burundi, so says a communiqué from the UN Office in Burundi.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:18:53 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UNFPA commends midwives' contribution to maternal health]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Monday commended midwives for their crucial role in improving maternal health, family planning and assisting during humanitarian emergencies, saying that midwives make the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of women every year.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:25:29 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Angry doctors down tools in Nigeria after colleague's kidnap]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As kidnapping for ransom continues unabated in Nigeria, doctors in the country's South-eastern state of Ebonyi have dropped their stethoscopes following the  abduction of their professional colleague.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:03:02 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Africa, China cooperate to tackle health challenges]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Chinese and African leaders were due to meet, starting on Monday, at the 4th International Roundtable on China-Africa Health Cooperation, to explore new partnerships to address some of the most pressing health challenges facing Africa and strengthen an innovative health partnership based on south-south cooperation.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 17:13:48 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Anti-malaria conference begins Sunday in Mauritania]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A sub-regional meeting to tackle the malaria scourge begins Sunday in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, official sources told PANA Saturday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:29:25 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Africa records dramatic decline in mosquito nets' distribution]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Paris, France (PANA) - The number of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) distributed in Africa as part of the fight against malaria has dropped significantly, from 145 million in 2010 to only 77 million in 2012, Dr. Fatoumata Nafo Traoré,  Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, told PANA here Friday<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:11:21 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Hand Hygiene Day: WHO tasks patients on hand hygiene]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  Ahead of the 2013 Hand Hygiene Day (5 May), the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged patients and their family members to join health workers in their efforts to practice good hand hygiene.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:56:29 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Ghana doctors question 'import' of Cuban doctors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Striking Ghanaian doctors are questioning the decision of the government to bring in Cuban doctors to assist in health delivery in state-owned health facilities, describing it as a very expensive venture.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:40:19 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Ghana signs agreement with Cuba for more doctors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana on Tuesday signed an agreement with Cuba to supply the West African state with more doctors.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SAN-index.html">Health</a>]]>
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