One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation

26 august 2025 - 17:54:29 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite progress over the past decade, billions worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, leaving them vulnerable [...] Full text...

African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health

26 august 2025 - 06:40:44 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on Monday adopted a pivotal framework [...] Full text...

Africa steps up malaria fight with new commitments and accountability scorecard

26 august 2025 - 06:37:24 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Ministers of Health, partners, and global health leaders convening on the sidelines of the Seventy Fifth WHO Regional Committee for Africa [...] Full text...

African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health

26 august 2025 - 06:26:05 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on Monday adopted a pivotal framework [...] Full text...

Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

26 august 2025 - 06:06:26 MA

N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from the Darfur region cross the [...] Full text...

US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa

26 august 2025 - 05:55:52 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure on global health, especially in [...] Full text...

Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital

25 august 2025 - 18:48:04 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following a deadly attack on [...] Full text...

African ministers kick off regional forum on health

25 august 2025 - 14:57:16 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health on Monday opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the [...] Full text...

Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says

24 august 2025 - 06:26:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to protect civilian populations, with health [...] Full text...

Sudan doctors: Seven people killed,13 injured in RSF attack

20 august 2025 - 15:51:42 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The Sudanese charity organisation, Doctors Networks, has reported that seven civilians, including two toddlers, were killed and 13 others injured on [...] Full text...

Libyan health ministry and African Centre for Disease Control officials discuss transboundary diseases

20 august 2025 - 13:22:04 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of Libya's Ministry of Health and African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention met on Tuesday in Tripoli to discuss [...] Full text...

Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water

20 august 2025 - 11:59:07 MA

Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across Somalia – have lost access [...] Full text...

Sudan: MSF suspends activities at Zalingei hospital following armed attack

20 august 2025 - 08:50:52 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been forced to reduce its teams and suspend all activities at [...] Full text...

“I had to be there”: The doctor who healed Goma’s wounds (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)

20 august 2025 - 08:29:04 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In late January, when Goma fell to the M23 rebels, Dr. Thierno Baldé was one of the last international staff members [...] Full text...

Libya instals insulin equipment to treat diabetic children at Tripoli hospital

19 august 2025 - 11:47:43 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary-General of Libya's Ministry of Health Mohamed al-Ghouj, has visited the Al-Jalaa hospital in Tripoli to inspect the installation [...] Full text...

Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid

19 august 2025 - 07:46:37 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its funding for international aid, hundreds [...] Full text...

Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO

16 august 2025 - 05:48:14 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, driven by conflict and poverty, [...] Full text...

Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization

14 august 2025 - 13:27:50 MA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the [...] Full text...

WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products

14 august 2025 - 13:16:59 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new recommendation supporting the use of spatial emanators, introducing a new class [...] Full text...

MSF: War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan

14 august 2025 - 12:05:03 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International medical and charity organisation, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), says that war has fuelled cholera outbreak across Sudan with over [...] Full text...

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

12 august 2025 - 17:31:32 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA)  - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines are totally out of stock, [...] Full text...

Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges

11 august 2025 - 15:40:38 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing hospitals, critically malnourished children, and [...] Full text...

Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso (Feature by WHO)

11 august 2025 - 10:02:06 MA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – "During my first pregnancy three years ago, I had to travel 45 km just to have get an ultrasound. I [...] Full text...

Libya and Serbia discuss activating agreements in the field of health

09 august 2025 - 11:54:12 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary-General of the Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity and Acting Minister, Mohamed al-Ghouj, and [...] Full text...

Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem

09 august 2025 - 11:08:37 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public [...] Full text...

Forum discusses proposal to establish sovereign fund for health in Libya

08 august 2025 - 15:42:49 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - At the conclusion of its proceedings, the first National Forum for the Development of Health Systems in Libya recommended the creation [...] Full text...

Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns

08 august 2025 - 07:46:50 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four countries finding that 60 per [...] Full text...

WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products

07 august 2025 - 18:39:59 WA

 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency [...] Full text...

WHO consultations bring urgency, hope to health worker migration crisis

05 august 2025 - 11:11:26 MA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – When health experts across the World Health Organisation (WHO) African region, logged into the virtual WHO consultation on 30 July 2025, [...] Full text...

Gates Foundation announces catalytic funding to spark new era of women-centered research and Innovation

05 august 2025 - 10:02:53 MA

Seattle, US (PANA) - The Gates Foundation has announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s [...] Full text...

Doctors warn against potential tragedies among Darfur IDPs

03 august 2025 - 16:33:16 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network on Sunday reported 39 confirmed cholera cases, including three deaths, in Masal Camp for Internally Displaced [...] Full text...

Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines

02 august 2025 - 05:34:52 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests [...] Full text...

World Breastfeeding Week: Invest in health systems and policies to benefit mums and babies - WHO

02 august 2025 - 05:32:39 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Friday, 1 August, marked the start of World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme calls for investing in health systems as [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso performs first-ever kidney transplant

31 july 2025 - 12:24:35 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A medical team from Burkina Faso, supported by a Turkish delegation, has successfully completed the first kidney transplant in the [...] Full text...

Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children

31 july 2025 - 04:58:58 MA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central Africa as the rainy season [...] Full text...

US' plan to destroy US$9.7 million of contraceptives is unconscionable, says medical charity

30 july 2025 - 06:40:00 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government’s plan to destroy US$9.7 million worth of contraceptives is a callous waste that puts the health [...] Full text...

Answering Africa’s call for private Investment in pharma manufacturing (A World Bank Feature)

29 july 2025 - 09:13:27 AR

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African governments are prioritising health security, targeting ambitious production goals for medicines and vaccines. Partnerships, collaborations, and innovative investment strategies to [...] Full text...

UN health agency calls for urgent action on hepatitis

29 july 2025 - 05:29:34 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging governments and partners to step up efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public [...] Full text...

MSF condemns abduction of Health Ministry staff in South Sudan; urges immediate protection of healthcare workers

28 july 2025 - 05:13:26 MA

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has strongly condemnsed the abduction of a Ministry of Health (MoH) staff member from [...] Full text...

Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite

26 july 2025 - 10:26:01 AR

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Deadly child malnutrition is rising in northern Nigeria against the background of widespread inflation, simmering conflict and sharp cuts to foreign [...] Full text...

'Catastrophic birth outcomes’ in Gaza threaten a whole generation, warns UN agency

24 july 2025 - 06:29:34 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Pregnant women and newborns in Gaza face “catastrophic” conditions, including a dysfunctional healthcare system, psychological stress and food deprivation, the [...] Full text...

Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

21 july 2025 - 21:50:23 WA

New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN News reports.Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, a [...] Full text...

Global health in decline: UN warns of glaring inequalities

19 july 2025 - 08:22:18 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant progress since the beginning of the century, a new UN assessment indicates that improvements in global health are stalling. [...] Full text...

DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care

18 july 2025 - 07:03:28 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the withdrawal of US funding is [...] Full text...

Children miss out on vaccines as diseases spread in Sudan

17 july 2025 - 18:54:11 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warn that childhood immunization rates in Sudan have plummeted to their lowest level in decades. According to data published by the [...] Full text...

State-of-the-art laboratory enhances Madagascar’s polio response

15 july 2025 - 05:31:23 MA

Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – A new state-of-the-art laboratory has bolstered Madagascar’s efforts to survey and detect polioviruses and effectively respond to the threat of the [...] Full text...

Health leaders commit to accelerate action against severe chronic diseases in Africa

15 july 2025 - 05:25:19 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Health leaders, policymakers and development partners across Africa have renewed commitment to accelerate the implementation of the PEN-Plus strategy to significantly expand [...] Full text...

WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

14 july 2025 - 13:08:26 MA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and [...] Full text...

AI in the service of traditional medicine: the UN shows the way

14 july 2025 - 07:59:04 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Traditional medicine is entering a new era. The World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Intellectual [...] Full text...

LIbyan PM inaugurates new medical services at Misrata Medical Centre

13 july 2025 - 15:48:20 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, on Saturday inaugurated several new medical [...] Full text...