Botswana health ministry warns of diarrhoea season

20 september 2019 - 17:56:27 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Ministry of Health and Wellness has cautioned the public about the September-November diarrhoeal season which has already set in. The Ministry [...] Full text...

WHO concerned about major security incident in Ebola-affected regions of eastern DRC

20 september 2019 - 12:54:56 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it is concerned about the latest major security incident in Lwemba, within [...] Full text...

Missing Zimbabwe doctor found alive

19 september 2019 - 23:07:37 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  - The missing president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), Dr Peter Magombeyi, whose disappearance caused medical professionals in the country [...] Full text...

Chemotherapy for women's cancers will be free in Senegal from 1 October

19 september 2019 - 20:50:35 KND

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chemotherapy treatment for women's cancers will be free in all public health facilities in Senegal from 1 October, according to a [...] Full text...

Despite progress in childbirth safety, one woman or baby dies every 11 seconds: Health experts

19 september 2019 - 20:44:24 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Childbirth survival rates are now a “staggering success” compared with the year 2000, but one pregnant woman - or her child [...] Full text...

Cote d'Ivoire: Fight against fake medicines focused on reorganisation of the profession of pharmacy

19 september 2019 - 19:25:37 KND

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Dr. Arounan Diarra, President of the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Côte d'Ivoire (CNOP-CI), said in the [...] Full text...

WHO representative explains his mission in Gabon

19 september 2019 - 15:06:44 MSA

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) new representative in Gabon, Dr Magaran Monzon Gagayo, held talks on Thursday with Health minister Max Limoukou [...] Full text...

Congo: CSOs call for registration to appropriate insecticide-treated mosquito nets

18 september 2019 - 21:45:48 KND

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -  The Platform of Non-Governmental Organizations and Associations Against Malaria in Congo Tuesday called on heads of households to be counted to [...] Full text...

22 Malian doctors graduate from the West African college of doctors in Bamako

17 september 2019 - 17:56:18 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 22 Malian medical doctors from the West African College of Doctors in Bamako on Monday received their diplomas [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe doctors strike over disappearance of association leader

16 september 2019 - 18:50:53 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s doctors from both the private and public sectors have withdrawn their services following the alleged abduction of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ [...] Full text...

Burundi holds national conference on ‘’universal health cover’’ challenges

16 september 2019 - 15:20:29 MSA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – A three-day national conference, for the different actors in Burundi's health sector opened Monday in Bujumbura, under the central theme 'Right [...] Full text...

Rwanda seeks to address key challenge in distribution of high quality drugs (Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 11:19:28 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Reports of substandard medicines in Rwanda from China and India have drawn attention to one thing: The need for more public [...] Full text...

Nigeria and challenge of illicit drugs use and trafficking (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 11:15:00 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to human and national security in [...] Full text...

Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 11:07:21 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug trafficking transit route. And it is, [...] Full text...

Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)

16 september 2019 - 11:01:47 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets and pharmacies in the national [...] Full text...

Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 10:56:20 AO

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic commerce outlet reaches out to [...] Full text...

Gambian consumer rights chief concerned over proliferation of fake drugs (Feature by Momodou L. Jaitey, PANA correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 10:45:27 MLJ

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Alpha Jallow, a leading pro-consumer rights champion in the Gambia, has expressed grave concern over the “widespread proliferation of fake drugs” [...] Full text...

School opening postponed in Blue Nile state due to cholera outbreak

15 september 2019 - 17:26:37 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese authorities on Sunday postponed the opening of schools in the southeastern State of Blue Nile for health reasons. At least four [...] Full text...

Niger launches anti-measles vaccination campaign

15 september 2019 - 15:41:44 MSA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) –  Nigerien health authorities have launched a national measles vaccination campaign to protect children of up to five years of age against [...] Full text...

Tanzanian health minister allays fears on Ebola

14 september 2019 - 18:09:24 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The government of Tanzania has allayed fears on Ebola, saying there has been no confirmed case of the disease [...] Full text...

Burundi records 474 cholera cases, two deaths in the last three months

14 september 2019 - 15:52:35 BBA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 474 cholera cases and two deaths have been recorded in Burundi since last June, according to a report issued on [...] Full text...

WHO calls for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare

13 september 2019 - 22:03:32 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)   -   Millions of patients are harmed each year due to unsafe health care worldwide resulting in 2.6 million deaths annually in low-and [...] Full text...

Counterfeit drug trafficking: an illegal and deadly phenomenon in Niger

13 september 2019 - 20:14:34 MA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Trafficking in counterfeit or fake medicines, a phenomenon that is widespread in Africa, is also observed in Niger, where seizures of such products [...] Full text...

Continued spread of Ebola threatens public health security in Eastern DRC

13 september 2019 - 17:47:10 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Public health risks due to further spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) across Noth Kivu in Eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

Rwanda seeks to address key challenge in distribution of high quality drugs (Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:57:25 MA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Reports of substandard medicines in Rwanda from China and India have drawn attention to one thing: The need for more public [...] Full text...

Challenge of illicit drugs use, trafficking in Nigeria (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:54:56 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to human and national security in [...] Full text...

South Africa addresses scourge of illicit drug trafficking (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:52:19 MA

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In 1967, young Cape Town surgeon Dr Chris Barnard carried out the world’s first human heart transplant. Since then, [...] Full text...

Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:50:24 MA

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug trafficking transit route. And it [...] Full text...

Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)

13 september 2019 - 13:48:04 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets and pharmacies in the national [...] Full text...

Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:44:47 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic commerce outlet reaches out to [...] Full text...

Insecurity encourages proliferation of fake medicines in Libya (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:42:35 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials at the Libyan Medicines Monitoring Centre  estimate between 50 and 60 percent of medicines sold in private pharmacies in the [...] Full text...

Gambian consumer rights chief concerned over proliferation of fake drugs (Feature by Momodou L. Jaitey, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:42:09 MA

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Alpha Jallow, a leading pro-consumer rights champion in the Gambia, has expressed grave concern over the “widespread proliferation of fake drugs” [...] Full text...

Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to roll out landmark malaria vaccine pilot programme

13 september 2019 - 11:30:34 MA

Homa Bay, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya on Friday joined two other African countries to introduce the first malaria vaccine to reduce the disease among children. The World [...] Full text...

CEMAC health ministers adopt regulation on offences related to fake drugs trafficking

12 september 2019 - 13:20:38 BBA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Health ministers of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) announced on Wednesday in Brazzaville the adoption of a [...] Full text...

Cholera outbreak claims three lives in southeastern Sudan

11 september 2019 - 17:27:24 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least three people have been confirmed dead following the latest cholera outbreak in Sudan's southeastern state of  Blue Nile, the [...] Full text...

WHO boss calls for global support to protect health from climate change

11 september 2019 - 14:12:30 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged the international community to provide financial [...] Full text...

Women get married at younger age than men in Benin, survey reveals

10 september 2019 - 13:56:52 BBA

Cotonou, Benin(PANA) -Women get married at a younger age than men in Benin, according to a survey by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic [...] Full text...

Brussels hosts Global Vaccination Summit

10 september 2019 - 13:04:19 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) will co-host a Global Vaccination Summit on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium, under [...] Full text...

One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide - says WHO

09 september 2019 - 17:00:20 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says one person dies every 40 seconds from suicide although they are preventable. It noted in [...] Full text...

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

09 september 2019 - 11:47:48 BBA

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - More than 500,000 people have been deprived of health care or have had great difficulty in seeking treatment in the [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe Govt mulls bringing back foreign currency pricing for healthcare services

08 september 2019 - 15:16:29 T Z

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) says 1,548 deaths between October 2018 and April 2019 were recorded due to [...] Full text...

142 Ebola patients cured between 26 July and 5 September 2019 in DR Congo

07 september 2019 - 17:33:07 BBA

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - One hundred and forty-two people with Ebola virus disease (EVD) were cured in DR Congo between 26 July and 5 [...] Full text...

African doctors to benefit from oncology training program in Egypt

07 september 2019 - 07:51:19 KND

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the eponymous pharmaceutical company, will initiate, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute [...] Full text...

WHO says Ebola transmission in Eastern DR Congo remains substantial

06 september 2019 - 19:58:18 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The intensity of Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission in the North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri provinces remains substantial, with 57 [...] Full text...

Nigerien minister urges integration of traditional medicine in university curriculum

06 september 2019 - 15:38:59 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Minister of Public Health, Idi Illiassou Maïnassara, on Friday appealed for greater promotion of traditional medicine by its integration into [...] Full text...

24 Chinese physicians arrive in Congo to strengthen expertise at Mfilou hospital

06 september 2019 - 15:08:31 BBA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  As part of  health cooperation between Congo and China, 24 Chinese physicians have arrived in Congo to strengthen the technical platform [...] Full text...

South Africa addresses scourge of illicit drug trafficking (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

06 september 2019 - 14:15:29 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In 1967, young Cape Town surgeon Dr Chris Barnard carried out the world’s first human heart transplant. Since then, [...] Full text...

Falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, says Ivorian doctor

05 september 2019 - 19:38:12 MTA

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Inferior or falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, Dr Siembou Koné, a doctor at the National Institute [...] Full text...

Kenya steps up fight against fake drugs (Feature by Jagongo David, PANA Correspondent)

05 september 2019 - 17:44:58 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Among the many measures the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board is taking to fight fake drugs is the use of mobile [...] Full text...

DRC gives 800,000 US dollars for measles epidemic response

04 september 2019 - 21:36:19 MSA

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -  The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given 843,717 US dollars to tackle a measles epidemic in [...] Full text...