Six countries sign 'Lomé Declaration' on fight against counterfeit drugs

19 january 2020 - 13:37:55 MSA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Congo, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, Senegal and Togo have agreed to fight against counterfeit drugs by signing on Saturday in the Togolese [...] Full text...

Signing of Lomé framework agreement on drugs postponed

19 january 2020 - 12:36:16 MSA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The signing of the Lomé framework agreement on counterfeit drugs has been postponed indefinitely, while waiting for the opinion of experts [...] Full text...

Reported Cancer cases increase partially due to public awareness

18 january 2020 - 20:29:58 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese National Institute for Cancer on Saturday said reported cancer cases in the country had increased but attributed the rise [...] Full text...

WHO boss says affordability of medicines is root cause to fake drugs in Africa

18 january 2020 - 20:22:33 T Z

Lome, Togo (PANA)  -  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says affordability of medicines is one of the major root causes of the [...] Full text...

Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé says there is extreme urgency in dealing with fake drugs

18 january 2020 - 18:53:20 T Z

Lome, Togo (PANA)  - The president of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, said here Saturday there was extreme urgency in fighting the sale of fake drugs [...] Full text...

Cape Verdean government adopts kidney transplant law

18 january 2020 - 18:18:00 KND

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) -  Cape Verdean Minister of Health Arlindo do Rosário announced here Saturday a kidney transplant bill would be approved by the [...] Full text...

Presidents Macky Sall and Yoweri Museveni at the summit on fake medicines in Lomé

18 january 2020 - 11:05:30 BBA

Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Senegalese President Macky Sall and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni are the two heads of state out of the five announced who [...] Full text...

Togolese Prime Minister argues for pooling efforts to combat fake drug trafficking in Africa

18 january 2020 - 10:40:00 BBA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) -  Togolese Prime Minister Komi Sélon Klassou Friday called on African countries to pool efforts to combat the trafficking and marketing of [...] Full text...

WHO warns of urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections

18 january 2020 - 09:39:07 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said here [...] Full text...

Former Malawian President Joyce Banda tells African leaders they owe their people in terms of counterfeit drugs

18 january 2020 - 09:11:14 T Z

Lome, Togo (PANA)  -  Former Malawian President Joyce Hilda Banda says African heads of state owe it to their people to respond to the rise [...] Full text...

Niger, highly exposed to sale of counterfeit drugs

17 january 2020 - 19:14:22 T Z

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Only one percent of drugs in Niger are produced in that country, leaving it highly vulnerable to the sale of fake [...] Full text...

Benin to acquire database of health professionals

17 january 2020 - 17:26:09 KND

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government plans to build a database of health professionals as part of the reforms undertaken in the sector, PANA [...] Full text...

Congo to create a drugs vigilance unit

17 january 2020 - 15:41:47 KND

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Central African Network for Clinical Research plans to create a drugs vigilance unit in Congo, with the aim of monitoring [...] Full text...

Seven African Presidents expected in Lomé to sign agreement to criminalise counterfeit drugs

17 january 2020 - 08:53:41 T Z

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Brazzaville Foundation (BF) chief executive officer David Richmond says seven African leaders will sign an agreement for stronger legislation to criminalise the [...] Full text...

Mauritius steps up fight against mosquito-borne diseases

17 january 2020 - 06:00:55 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is key to control and prevent [...] Full text...

African presidents expected in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs

16 january 2020 - 23:46:02 MSA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - African heads of state are expected here Friday to attend the summit on counterfeit drugs, official sources told PANA here Thursday. President [...] Full text...

14 new Ebola cases confirmed in North Kivu as DR Congo now reaches 3,406

16 january 2020 - 23:38:32 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  Fourteen new confirmed cases were reported from 8-14 January in the ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

Senegalese president in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs in Africa

16 january 2020 - 22:15:42 MSA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, leaves Dakar on Friday for the Togolese capital, Lomé, to take part on Saturday in an [...] Full text...

Sao Tome and Principe gets 11.6 million euros to fight diseases

14 january 2020 - 10:59:28 BBA

Sao Tomé, Sao Tomé and Principe (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis will provide Sao Tomé and Principe with 11.6 [...] Full text...

‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief says

14 january 2020 - 07:15:09 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency has set out his urgent global health challenges for the next 10 years – [...] Full text...

Benin to build university hospital reference centre in Abomey-Calavi

12 january 2020 - 13:01:27 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government says it plans to build a university hospital centre of reference in Abomey-Calavi, a dormitory town located about [...] Full text...

Benin to assess medical evacuation management

12 january 2020 - 12:53:29 MTA

Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to evaluate the management of medical evacuations in order to sanitize the sector, which is plagued by [...] Full text...

Niger has made great efforts in the fight against AIDS, says Minister

11 january 2020 - 18:51:42 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - In 2018, the number of people living with HIV in Niger was around 36,000; HIV prevalence in the general population has [...] Full text...

WHO confirms 12 new Ebola cases in eastern DR Congo

10 january 2020 - 17:00:08 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday confirmed 12 new Ebola Virus Disease cases in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic [...] Full text...

Mauritius builds modern hospital to provide quality services

09 january 2020 - 13:08:18 NA

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday started the construction of a  modern 800-bed hospital at Constance, eastern part of the island, that will [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso adopts plan to respond to possible meningitis outbreak in 2020

09 january 2020 - 12:28:18 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's government has adopted a plan to prepare for and respond to a possible meningitis outbreak in 2020, an [...] Full text...

USAID reaches 250,000 vulnerable Nigerian children affected by HIV/AIDS

09 january 2020 - 07:14:15 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says that in the last five years it has reached nearly 250,000 vulnerable [...] Full text...

Thousands of children vaccinated against measles in western Mali

08 january 2020 - 16:02:38 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several thousand children aged 15 to 23 months in Kayes town, capital of Kayes region in western Mali, will receive the [...] Full text...

Spread of polio still an international public health concern, warns WHO

08 january 2020 - 07:29:44 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of polio internationally remains a global public health concern, experts meeting in Geneva on Tuesday have concluded.  The opinion comes in a statement released [...] Full text...

WHO calls for more funding to stop the spread of measles in DR Congo

07 january 2020 - 19:24:21 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - With the death toll from the world’s worst measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surpassing 6,000, the [...] Full text...

Seven African heads of state to attend Summit on fake medicines in Lomé

06 january 2020 - 10:24:28 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - On the initiative of the Brazzaville Foundation, the heads of state of Congo-Brazzaville, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, Senegal and Togo will [...] Full text...

Investing in health workers yields ‘triple dividend’, says WHO chief

03 january 2020 - 07:19:42 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At the start of the new year and new decade, the head of the United Nations health agency has thanked “the [...] Full text...

WHO says Year of the Nurse and the Midwife highlights ‘backbone’ of health systems

02 january 2020 - 06:31:34 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world will need an additional nine million nurses and midwives to achieve the commitment of providing all people with access to health care by [...] Full text...

Year-end Analysis: 2019 saw cross-border collaboration on Ebola outbreak response between Rwanda and DR Congo

30 december 2019 - 08:59:32 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - For Rwanda, 2019 marked a significant milestone in strengthening cross-border collaboration on preparedness and response to Ebola virus and other disease [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe: 10 suspected cases of typhoid reported in Harare

23 december 2019 - 16:07:37 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Ten cases of suspected typhoid have been reported in Glen View, a Harare high density suburb which has over the years [...] Full text...

Tunisia wants to host permanent seat of African medicines agency

21 december 2019 - 18:38:46 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has expressed its desire to host the permanent headquarters of the African medicines agency after signing the constitutive treaty of [...] Full text...

11 new Ebola cases reported in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo

21 december 2019 - 16:38:50 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Eleven newly confirmed cases of Ebola were reported from 11-17 December in the ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in North [...] Full text...

Congo: Three CHU-B agents arrested for drug theft

21 december 2019 - 13:27:04 BBA

Brazzazville, Congo (PANA) - The head of Congo's National Gendarmerie's Central Judicial Research Service, Lt-Col. Victor Gandziami, announced on Friday in Brazzaville that his office [...] Full text...

Niger First Lady encourages public to use long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets

20 december 2019 - 16:36:51 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Malaria is a major public health problem in Niger, accounting for 28% of illnesses and 50% of deaths  among cases observed [...] Full text...

WHO reports 60 per cent drop in cholera in 2018

20 december 2019 - 06:26:20 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International action to drive down cholera led to a 60 per cent decrease in cases in 2018, compared with the previous year, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

Tunisia, Senegal to strengthen health cooperation

19 december 2019 - 22:33:23 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian director general of health and a delegation from the Senegalese national council for organ donation and transplant (CNDT) Thursday [...] Full text...

British NGO donates deworming tables for children in Burundi

19 december 2019 - 14:23:22 KND

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A non-governmental British organization for relief, development and advocacy, Food for the Hungry, on Thursday over 10 million tablets of Albendazole [...] Full text...

WHO says tobacco use set to decline

19 december 2019 - 07:52:59 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world are set to go into reverse, UN health experts have predicted, after [...] Full text...

Life-saving breast cancer medicine to benefit more women: WHO

19 december 2019 - 05:08:38 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More women could soon have access to an affordable version of an expensive life-saving breast cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) said [...] Full text...

Congo: Call for urgent and comprehensive evaluation of all free health services in 2019

18 december 2019 - 00:02:57 MTA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso Tuesday invited his government to carry out an urgent and comprehensive assessment of all free health care [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Buhari pledges commitment to fund immunization and vaccination obligations

17 december 2019 - 13:51:29 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that the country remains committed and focused on finding sustainable ways of financing its [...] Full text...

WHO hails Rwanda's achievements in health development

17 december 2019 - 09:21:56 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Rwanda for the significant efforts made to develop its health-care system at the national [...] Full text...

WHO certifies Algeria, Argentina malaria-free

17 december 2019 - 07:47:20 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as malaria-free. An official WHO statement said the certification [...] Full text...

WHO, African Union sign agreement to accelerate vital health goals

17 december 2019 - 07:42:05 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) cementing their [...] Full text...

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine, paving the way for use in high-risk countries

17 december 2019 - 07:31:30 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, a critical step that will help [...] Full text...