Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - On World Cancer Day celebrated 6 February, the Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that cancer was the [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, (PANA) - The United States says it stands with the more than 200 million survivors of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) around [...] Full text...
Geneva, Ghana (PANA) – United Nations member countries have urged the Ghana government to address the shackling and inhumane treatment of people with mental health conditions in [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's health authorities announced on Monday that they detected four new cases of coronavirus out of 15 samples tested, representing a positivity [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is presently implementing a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) project which forms part of the integrated vector management strategy to tackle [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global initiative to tackle breast cancer could save 2.5 million lives by 2040, the World Health Organization (WHO) saif [...] Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 115 cases of cholera, including one death, since 1 January 2023, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed to stem the flow, the [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030,
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius said on Wednesday that one death due COVID-19 was recorded from 19 to 25 January.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal said Tuesday Mauritius would offer an attractive and favourable environment for carrying out clinical [...] Full text...
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The member of the executive board of the Union of Arab Hospitals, Dr. Ali Abu Krine, has painted a bleak picture [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is still a global health threat [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over the past decade, but greater efforts [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No new death linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection has been recorded in Libya, which has detected three cases out of [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the US marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No new death linked to the coronavirus (COID-19) was recorded in Libya but reported only one new infection out of 43 [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Monday attributed the death of a 65-year-old woman to COVID-19.
They also indicated that the patient was vaccinated [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that it would need $2.54 billion across its operations this year to [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Auditor General says $80 million worth of vaccines paid for by the government has not yet been delivered.
The local media [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first clinic specialising in dysarthria, speech disorders in Libya, providing treatment and diagnosis of autism, was inaugurated by the deputy [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Friday they did not record any death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country over the period [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health risks [...] Full text...
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No new death linked to a coronavirus infection has been recorded in a week in Libya, which, however, detected 4 new [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Health Minister of Libya, Ramadan Abu Jennah, on Sunday met with the Chargé d'Affaires of the [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that for the first time the national Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination campaign, will target [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although electricity is critical to healthcare provision, nearly a billion people in poorer countries - one-eighth of the global population - [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness said on Friday that it has, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported that one death attributed to COVID-19 was recorded in the island from 5-11 January [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Global Fund handed over last week a batch of equipment and drugs to the Malian Ministry of Health, worth more [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The hardship being felt across the Horn of Africa by the worst drought in 40 years has left many women weak and malnourished, [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ebola epidemic in Uganda is over, the Ugandan health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, noting [...] Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The cholera epidemic has claimed one death since the first cases were reported at the end of December in the northern [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No death has been recorded in Libya, which has detected only one case out of 83 samples tested, representing a positivity [...] Full text...
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced that it will co-host the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting between Libya's acting Minister of Health in the government of national unity, Ramadan Abu Jannah, and the director general [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ebola epidemic is on the verge of being brought under control in Uganda, with the last case dating back [...] Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The test for the coronavirus (COVID-19) is no longer required for travellers entering Burundi through all routes, the Ministry of Public [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Stringent COVID-19 protocols at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra go into force on Friday under which passengers from China would [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's foreign ministry has issued an advisory note to the general public on travel to China urging them to do so [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid a reported surge in COVID-19 infections in China, coronavirus (COVID-19) experts have been meeting at the UN World Health Organization [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider el-Saeh, has warned of the emergence of a new mutation [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that COVID-19 claimed a new life on the island last Sunday, a 88-year-old man who [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The managers of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra have tightened COVID-19 protocols at the airport under which passengers from China [...] Full text...