Over a million children at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s Khartoum State

28 may 2025 - 16:11:17
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Children Fund (UNICEF) has claimed that more than 7,700 cholera cases - including over [...] Full text...

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

25 march 2025 - 16:00:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record [...] Full text...

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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

11 march 2025 - 20:01:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...

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DRC deepens investigation on cluster of illnesses, community deaths in Equateur province

03 march 2025 - 08:23:07
Kinshasa. DRC (PANA) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness

27 february 2025 - 20:10:09
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying [...] Full text...

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Dozens dead, over 800 being treated for acute watery diarrhoea in Sudan's White Nile State

23 february 2025 - 07:36:31
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of people have died, and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute [...] Full text...

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Sudan virus disease reported in Uganda

02 february 2025 - 15:42:18
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Uganda Ministry of Health on 30 January 2025, declared an outbreak of Sudan virus disease [...] Full text...

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WHO chief Tedros advises against travel restrictions to Tanzania in Marburg outbreak

21 january 2025 - 05:50:51
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against travel restrictions [...] Full text...

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Cholera outbreak claims 35 lives in Ghana

26 december 2024 - 08:35:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A cholera outbreak in Ghana has claimed 35 lives, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service [...] Full text...

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Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis

23 december 2024 - 18:29:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 [...] Full text...

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Cholera epidemic spreads in war-ravaged Sudan

30 september 2024 - 16:54:07
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Health Ministry on Monday said 366 new cholera cases had been reported in six states [...] Full text...

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UN issues Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in occupied Palestinian territory

28 september 2024 - 08:00:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although Gaza has suffered previous escalations, the current war stands out as unprecedented in the scale [...] Full text...

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Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA

16 september 2024 - 16:57:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are [...] Full text...

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Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign

02 september 2024 - 19:54:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with [...] Full text...

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Sexual violence, famine stalk Sudan’s displaced

13 august 2024 - 16:53:01
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s deepening humanitarian crisis caused by nearly 16 months of war has left countless women [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Clean water crisis adds to new displacement misery, say aid teams

12 august 2024 - 15:58:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid further evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in Gaza, UN humanitarians issued a fresh [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting

17 july 2024 - 07:26:12
New York, US (PANA) - Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from [...] Full text...

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Gaza war grinds on as forcibly displaced run out of space to shelter

05 july 2024 - 07:22:53
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Bombing continued overnight into Thursday in Gaza where some of the tens of thousands of people [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: 250,000 set to be displaced by new Khan Younis escalation

02 july 2024 - 13:36:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - “Chaos and panic” are spreading in southern Gaza where an estimated 250,000 people are set to [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Increasing disease and humanitarian strain in Gaza amid aid shortages

24 may 2024 - 05:29:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, with reports of an increase in diarrhoea and suspected [...] Full text...

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New WB report calls for strong resilience of Ghana’s health system in response to climate change

01 may 2024 - 07:09:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A new World Bank report calls for urgent action to strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health [...] Full text...

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Somalia floods kill four people; expected to impact 770,000

24 april 2024 - 04:46:52
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Seasonal rains in Somalia, which come between April and June – referred to as the “Gu” [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war (Feature by UN News)

14 april 2024 - 07:07:30
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April 2023, [...] Full text...

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Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state

01 april 2024 - 12:48:44
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities [...] Full text...

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‘Historic milestone’ as child mortality hits record low of 4.9 million in 2022

13 march 2024 - 05:40:38
New York, US (PANA) - The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone, the UN announced on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Medical charity calls for urgent response amid high death rates, malnutrition crisis in North Darfur

05 february 2024 - 16:17:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is calling for the mass mobilization of the international community [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarians scale up cholera response in Somalia

25 january 2024 - 07:32:01
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The spread of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea is continuing in Somalia, with over 470 new [...] Full text...

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Gaza-Palestine crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages

19 january 2024 - 15:31:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Babies are being “delivered into hell” in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief

18 january 2024 - 16:17:47
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Medicines for Israeli hostages were reportedly allowed into Gaza for the first time on Thursday along [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

08 january 2024 - 12:57:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On day 93 of the war in Gaza, amid reports of relentless and heavy Israeli bombardment, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza, West Bank since war began: WHO

06 january 2024 - 04:46:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly [...] Full text...

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Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza

05 january 2024 - 18:30:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely [...] Full text...

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Israel/Gaza crisis: Everyone is hungry in Gaza now: UN humanitarians

02 january 2024 - 15:05:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated dire concerns for civilians caught up in the war in Gaza. This [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns

20 december 2023 - 14:55:53
New York, US (PANA) - As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF

19 december 2023 - 14:57:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is by far the most dangerous place in the world to be a child and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO

12 december 2023 - 14:50:33
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World [...] Full text...

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COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis - WHO

04 december 2023 - 07:23:56
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at [...] Full text...

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COP28: New programme to protect millions from rising climate-related deaths, illnesses

03 december 2023 - 11:32:24
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank announced on Sunday at COP28 a new Climate and Health Programme to urgently [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency

29 november 2023 - 21:11:36
Cairo, Egypt (PAA) - Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver

28 november 2023 - 16:57:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As the pause in fighting in Gaza appeared to enter a fifth day on Tuesday, UN [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

21 november 2023 - 19:51:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are [...] Full text...

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Child deaths from wasting are predictable and preventable: WHO chief

21 november 2023 - 05:36:40
London, UK, (PANA) - Worldwide, 45 million children under-five are wasted, meaning they are dangerously thin for their height, and roughly one [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief

18 november 2023 - 06:03:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fierce hostilities continue across Gaza from the air, sea, and on the ground, the UN’s top [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

17 november 2023 - 16:38:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan

14 november 2023 - 17:42:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'Besieged Gaza hospital misery continues while rainfall prompts new health scare'

14 november 2023 - 14:34:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN health agency, WHO, hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Enough is enough’, say UN humanitarians

06 november 2023 - 15:08:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza buckles under fuel shortage, healthcare in crisis

24 october 2023 - 11:45:29
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On day 17 of the Gaza-Israel crisis, UN humanitarians on Tuesday pleaded for desperately needed fuel [...] Full text...

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WHO scales up response following Sudan declaration of cholera outbreak

29 september 2023 - 20:20:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA)– Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref State, where 264 suspected cholera cases, 4 confirmed cases [...] Full text...

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Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO

15 september 2023 - 16:13:57
Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: ‘Lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease - UN humanitarians

25 august 2023 - 14:42:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Health crisis reaches ‘gravely serious levels’: WHO

28 july 2023 - 06:03:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has sparked a health crisis for the 3.4 million people forced to flee to [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Child deaths rise, concern intensifies for refugees after 100 days of battle

25 july 2023 - 06:28:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - After 100 days of fighting in Sudan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday that at [...] Full text...

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Women and girls bear brunt of water and sanitation crisis – new UNICEF-WHO report

06 july 2023 - 16:29:04
New York/Geneva (PANA) - Globally, women are most likely to be responsible for fetching water for households, while girls are nearly [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UNICEF says millions of children at risk or displaced

17 june 2023 - 17:06:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-  More than one million children have now been displaced by two months of conflict in Sudan while [...] Full text...

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World Food Safety Day: ‘Nobody should die from eating food’ - UN agencies

07 june 2023 - 06:04:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every day, some 1.6 million people worldwide fall ill from eating contaminated food, which kills 420,000 [...] Full text...

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Burundian Health ministr calls for vigilance against Marburg virus disease

26 march 2023 - 18:21:51
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS has called for vigilance against [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Equatorial Guinea in combatting country’s first-ever deadly Marburg virus outbreak

15 february 2023 - 05:52:34
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed experts to Equatorial Guinea this week following confirmation [...] Full text...

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Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak

14 february 2023 - 05:52:15
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) – Equatorial Guinea on Monday confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which is in the same [...] Full text...

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Two million children will need humanitarian assistance in 2023 in Zimbabwe (UNICEF)

13 january 2023 - 15:55:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Due to the impact of food and nutrition crises caused by natural hazards such as [...] Full text...

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A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report (EMBARGOED until 00.01 GMT 10 January 2023 )

06 january 2023 - 12:04:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and [...] Full text...

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A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report (EMBARGOED until 00.01 GMT 10 January 2023 )

05 january 2023 - 14:20:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and [...] Full text...

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Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO

17 december 2022 - 05:51:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the [...] Full text...

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COP27: Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods: UNICEF

08 november 2022 - 16:20:25
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce high-quality surveillance to prevent outbreak of measles

01 november 2022 - 08:36:13
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will combine high-quality surveillance and public health promotion with a strong childhood immunisation programme to [...] Full text...

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Uganda: 9 new cases of Ebola in Kampala, WHO calls for vigilance

25 october 2022 - 13:55:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As Uganda reported nine new cases of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, bringing the total [...] Full text...

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UNICEF warns of unprecedented child deaths in Somalia

18 october 2022 - 19:10:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN [...] Full text...

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UN agencies say catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia

13 september 2022 - 17:46:08
New York, US (PANA) - Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, [...] Full text...

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Malnutrition threatens nearly 200,000 children in Guinea

31 august 2022 - 12:27:34
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Some 200,000 children in Guinea are threatened with malnutrition, with the worst affected localities being Conakry, the [...] Full text...

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Africa drought: Some children just ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ UNICEF warns

23 august 2022 - 05:18:06
New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Tuesday warned that children in the Horn of Africa and [...] Full text...

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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease

18 july 2022 - 20:08:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ghana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after a World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk

15 july 2022 - 19:47:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief reiterates that pandemic 'nowhere near over' as virus spreads ‘freely’

13 july 2022 - 05:18:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers [...] Full text...

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WHO intensifies response to looming health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as food insecurity worsens

30 june 2022 - 14:39:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is scaling up its operations in eastern Africa as [...] Full text...

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UN chief stresses safe sanitation for all on World Toilet Day

20 november 2021 - 05:23:49
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to keep their promise to leave no one behind and deliver health and sanitation [...] Full text...

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Cholera Outbreak: 43 dead, 559 infected in Northeast Nigeria

31 august 2021 - 18:26:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Borno State government, Northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday raised alarm of a fresh outbreak of cholera [...] Full text...

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Cholera cases reported in six regions in Niger

17 august 2021 - 11:02:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Niger health authorities on Monday announced a cholera outbreak in six regions. The Minister of [...] Full text...

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African Union backs local production of vaccines in Africa (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

22 june 2021 - 10:59:44
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African Union has voiced support for efforts to establish a continent-wide vaccine research and [...] Full text...

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Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF

25 may 2021 - 06:38:14
New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the [...] Full text...

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Shortage of water and sanitation hamper response to cholera in northern Mozambique

10 may 2021 - 13:03:00
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Nearly 900,000 people are projected to face severe hunger in Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula provinces [...] Full text...

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Displacement in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado could reach one million, UN officials warn

23 march 2021 - 05:57:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Monday of the urgent need to [...] Full text...

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WHO steps up efforts to curb Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and DR Congo

20 february 2021 - 07:13:36
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease spotted in Guinea

14 february 2021 - 16:13:07
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease were detected on Saturday in the Guinean southern region of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia completes oral cholera vaccination campaign in affected districts

30 january 2021 - 16:19:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Health authorities in Ethiopia, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) have completed an [...] Full text...

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Tens of thousands of displaced live in appalling conditions in CAR - UNHCR

29 january 2021 - 14:00:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- As insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has uprooted, in less than two months, more [...] Full text...

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250,000 displaced children face deadly disease threat in Mozambique

22 december 2020 - 18:08:16
Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (PANA) - A lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene services have put approximately 250,000 children, displaced by [...] Full text...

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Somalia Humanitarian Fund allocates US$9.26 million for floods response

15 october 2020 - 15:06:57
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has released US$9.26 million to scale up priority life-saving assistance to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 653 new cases, total hits 36,107

19 july 2020 - 09:46:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country [...] Full text...

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Youth activist speaks up for environmental protection at Human Rights Council

02 july 2020 - 06:09:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Environmental harm severely affects “the youngest children, indigenous children and those from low-income and marginalized communities,” [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official warns South Sudan peace process 'faltering'

24 june 2020 - 05:09:21
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official has warned that the peace process in South Sudan is “faltering” [...] Full text...

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WHO says countries are revealing disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance

01 june 2020 - 19:44:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record number of countries are now monitoring and reporting on antibiotic resistance - marking a [...] Full text...

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The 2020 rainy season is expected to be generally wet in the Sahelian countries

27 april 2020 - 15:41:33
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 2020 rainy season is expected to be wet overall, according to a press release issued [...] Full text...

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No suspected cases of Coronavirus in Burundi

19 february 2020 - 15:45:24
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - No suspicious case of coronavirus has been identified so far in Burundi, Public Health minister Thaddée [...] Full text...

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Nearly two million Zimbabweans need safe drinking water

12 february 2020 - 13:13:52
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - UNICEF in Zimbabwe has said 1.9 million people need  safe drinking water, sanitation and good hygiene [...] Full text...

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Stepped-up efforts needed to combat pneumonia, says WHO

30 january 2020 - 07:40:37
New York, US (PANA) - Scaling up pneumonia-related interventions could save the lives of nearly nine million children during the [...] Full text...

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Outbreak of 398 Lassa fever cases leads to 24 deaths in Nigeria

23 january 2020 - 16:38:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday that the total number of Lassa [...] Full text...

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

18 january 2020 - 09:39:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World [...] Full text...

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

07 january 2020 - 19:24:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - With the death toll from the world’s worst measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Burundi launches mass distribution of treated mosquito nets

16 december 2019 - 15:44:04
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Nearly seven million long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets will be distributed to 11.2 million Burundians this week [...] Full text...

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More pregnant women, children protected from malaria, but more needs to be done: WHO

04 december 2019 - 07:28:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets and benefiting [...] Full text...

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UN stresses need to end open defecation

19 november 2019 - 06:52:18
New York, US (PANA) - Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says Nigeria had world's highest death figure from pneumonia in 2018

12 november 2019 - 07:24:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says that Nigeria recorded the highest global deaths of 162,000 [...] Full text...

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Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds - UNICEF

11 november 2019 - 18:57:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Pneumonia, a preventable disease, kills more children than any other infection, claiming the lives of more [...] Full text...

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WHO aids flood-hit populations across Africa

09 november 2019 - 09:32:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flood-hit populations across Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region face increased risk of illness or death [...] Full text...

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Cholera prevention efforts underway to protect millions in Sudan’s Khartoum state

06 november 2019 - 19:19:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A campaign has got underway to prevent the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak to Sudan’s [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: National demographic and health survey says Nigeria has made progress in promoting wellbeing of citizens

05 november 2019 - 19:07:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), released on Tuesday in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, said [...] Full text...

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835,000 people to receive second dose of the cholera vaccine in Eastern DR Congo

31 october 2019 - 19:29:16
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The second phase of an oral vaccination campaign to protect more than 835,000 people from cholera [...] Full text...

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Mali celebrated Global Handwashing Day on Tuesday

16 october 2019 - 13:30:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Tuesday celebrated the 12th edition of Global Handwashing Day, established on 15 October each [...] Full text...

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WHO, UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera

02 october 2019 - 05:26:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN agencies are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people [...] Full text...

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Eleven children die of unknown malaria strain in Côte d'Ivoire

24 september 2019 - 11:09:14
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Eleven children under-five years, out of 95 patients, have died from an unknown malaria strain at [...] Full text...

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'Health situation in Zimbabwe's prisons pose a threat to inmates' - Report

21 september 2019 - 05:04:21
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights and governance think tank, Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), has said that the [...] Full text...

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Botswana health ministry warns of diarrhoea season

20 september 2019 - 17:56:27
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Ministry of Health and Wellness has cautioned the public about the September-November diarrhoeal season which [...] Full text...

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

19 september 2019 - 20:44:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Childbirth survival rates are now a “staggering success” compared with the year 2000, but one pregnant [...] Full text...

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School opening postponed in Blue Nile state due to cholera outbreak

15 september 2019 - 17:26:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese authorities on Sunday postponed the opening of schools in the southeastern State of Blue Nile [...] Full text...

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Cholera outbreak claims three lives in southeastern Sudan

11 september 2019 - 17:27:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least three people have been confirmed dead following the latest cholera outbreak in Sudan's southeastern [...] Full text...

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

11 september 2019 - 14:12:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged the [...] Full text...

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Ivorian factory to turn plastic waste into bricks

29 july 2019 - 12:28:39
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the Colombian social enterprise, Conceptos Plásticos, [...] Full text...

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Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province

11 july 2019 - 15:41:03
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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About 11.7 million people are severely food insecure in Horn of Africa - OCHA

21 june 2019 - 12:39:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Drought in the Horn of Africa has left about 11.7 million people severely food [...] Full text...

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Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, says new UN report

18 june 2019 - 05:10:22
New York, US (PANA) - Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, while 4.2 [...] Full text...

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One dies, 32 hospitalised as cholera breaks out in Dar es Salaam

29 may 2019 - 18:51:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A cholera outbreak in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, has killed one person [...] Full text...

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Niger launches m-health initiative for better management of childhood diseases

31 march 2019 - 14:56:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien health authorities last week launched the pilot phase of the m-Health (mobile for Health) initiative [...] Full text...

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‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres

27 march 2019 - 05:05:18
New York, US (PANA) - Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers [...] Full text...

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More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief

22 march 2019 - 06:05:36
New York, US (PANA) - A lack of safe water, is far deadlier for children than war in more than [...] Full text...

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EU warns about water scarcity and its potential threat to peace and security

22 march 2019 - 04:39:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Rising tensions and conflicts because of access and utilisation of water, increasing threats of [...] Full text...

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Some 6 million children to be vaccinated against meningitis in Niger

06 march 2019 - 11:32:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Some six million children, aged between 1 and 7 years, will be vaccinated against meningitis A [...] Full text...

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Lassa haemorrhagic fever detected in northern Togo

05 january 2019 - 12:16:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's health authorities have detected and confirmed a case of Lassa haemorrhagic fever in Doufelgou prefecture [...] Full text...

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UN report sheds light on ‘unimaginable horrors’ faced by migrants, refugees in Libya

21 december 2018 - 05:53:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Migrants and refugees are being subjected to "unimaginable horrors" from the moment they enter Libya, throughout [...] Full text...

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Senegal to eradicate polio 'in three or four years'

18 december 2018 - 13:28:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal is on the road to completely eradicate polio in three or four years, the director [...] Full text...

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Suspected case of Lassa fever reported in Benin

11 december 2018 - 10:07:37
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A case of suspected Lassa haemorrhagic fever has been reported in northeast Benin, according to a [...] Full text...

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Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines

28 november 2018 - 03:04:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to [...] Full text...

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'More than 5,000 people sheltering in MSF-supported hospital after violent CAR clashes'

15 november 2018 - 05:15:48
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Fighting between two armed groups in Batangafo, in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...

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2 boys die in Zambia during circumcision as 39 are in hospital

05 november 2018 - 09:27:07
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Two boys have died while 39 others have been admitted in Livingstone, southern Zambia, for suspected [...] Full text...

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More than 10,000 seek refuge in medical charity's hospital in CAR

03 november 2018 - 04:15:14
Batangafo, CAR (PANA) - Following clashes between armed groups that took place last Wednesday in the north and centre of [...] Full text...

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MSF treats 65 Ebola patients in first month in North Kivu

10 september 2018 - 05:56:55
Beni, DRC (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has treated 65 patients confirmed to be diagnosed [...] Full text...

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Act now to save children from rise in climate-driven extreme weather – UNICEF

02 september 2018 - 06:40:41
New York, US (PANA) - Governments are being pressed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to act now to [...] Full text...

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Nearly one million displaced people in urgent need of assistance in Ethiopia - MSF

24 august 2018 - 08:43:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over 900,000 people in Ethiopia have been displaced along the border between Gedeo zone (in [...] Full text...

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Medical charity launches emergency response to treat severely malnourished children in Chadian capital

12 august 2018 - 07:25:39
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Endemic in the region, acute malnutrition affects not only the rural provinces of the Sahel strip. [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity raises red flags about displacement crisis in Ethiopia

02 july 2018 - 06:40:10
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An upsurge of inter-communal violence in Ethiopia’s West Guji and Gedeo regions has forced an [...] Full text...

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Over 4,000 displaced Nigerians sleep in open as rains hit northeast town

26 june 2018 - 12:08:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over 4,000 displaced men, women, children in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Dikwa are sheltering in [...] Full text...

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From drought to floods in Somalia; displacement and hunger worsen, says UN

09 june 2018 - 07:44:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After four consecutive poor rainy seasons that brought Somalia to the brink of famine, the country [...] Full text...

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MSF says thousands of people caught in intense fighting in northern S. Sudan

31 may 2018 - 11:31:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says since the end of April, the conflict-ravaged counties [...] Full text...

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Additional storm system likely to impact Djibouti after Cyclone Sagar

24 may 2018 - 18:54:56
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - Four days after Cyclone Sagar brought torrential rains on 19-20 May, floodwaters continue to affect several [...] Full text...

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Emergency meeting called as Ebola spreads to Congolese city – WHO

17 may 2018 - 20:20:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting on Friday to “consider the international [...] Full text...

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UN says ready for 'all scenarios' in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

11 may 2018 - 18:28:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chances of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) spreading [...] Full text...

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New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo

08 may 2018 - 20:35:21
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Two new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Rwanda wary of cholera spread from Uganda

08 may 2018 - 17:47:08
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s health officials said Tuesday they have stepped up surveillance for acute watery diarrhoea by sensitizing [...] Full text...

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'Soil protection and conservation starts with us' (A feature by FAO)

06 may 2018 - 04:08:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human [...] Full text...

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Millions of children still missing out on routine immunizations – UNICEF

25 april 2018 - 04:57:57
New York, US (PANA) - At the start of World Immunization Week , the United Nations on Tuesday said that [...] Full text...

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UN advises hospitals to help mothers breastfeed

11 april 2018 - 22:38:04
New York, US (PANA) - Breastfeeding within the first hour of birth protects newborns from infections and saves lives, United [...] Full text...

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Nambian victim of Congo fever accorded lonely burial

05 april 2018 - 11:35:07
Windhoek, Nambia (PANA) – Namibian health officials have buried 37-year-old Keetmanshoop resident Hendrik Hartebees in Windhoek on Tuesday soon after [...] Full text...

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Measles campaign aims to protect drought-hit communities in Somalia

12 march 2018 - 17:58:23
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – A measles vaccination campaign has been launched in Somalia in response to several months of drought, [...] Full text...

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‘It’s her turn,’ says UN agency, issuing global call to close critical gap in refugee girls’ education

07 march 2018 - 22:25:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - By secondary-level education, refugee girls are only half as likely as their male peers to enrol [...] Full text...

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Remote Nigeria communities welcome child health programme (A WHO Feature)

04 february 2018 - 01:25:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - We have travelled for over 2 hours from Minna in Nigeria’s rural Niger State. The final [...] Full text...

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CAR displacement reaches unprecedented levels in 2017 - UNHCR

23 january 2018 - 11:34:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing violence in Central African Republic (CAR), particularly in the country’s north-west, has pushed forced displacement [...] Full text...

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Kenya losing 31,000 children to pneumonia annually - minister

13 november 2017 - 19:24:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An estimated 31,000 children die in Kenya annually as a result of pneumonia and diarrhoea, which [...] Full text...

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Pneumonia, world's deadliest disease; kills two children every minute, says Save the Children

02 november 2017 - 12:03:30
London, UK (PANA) - Nearly one million children a year are dying from pneumonia even though it can be treated [...] Full text...

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Measles deaths fall, but world still far from eliminating disease – Report

27 october 2017 - 04:50:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Annual deaths from measles have dropped below 100,000 last year for the first time, United Nations [...] Full text...

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Rwanda issues public alert on Marburg hemorrhagic fever threat

23 october 2017 - 11:55:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Ministry of Health on Monday issued a public alert on Marburg hemorrhagic fever asking the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN humanitarian coordinator worries about lack of funding for vulnerable Sudanese

19 september 2017 - 18:22:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The humanitarian community in Sudan is “deeply concerned about the lack of funding” for the Sudan [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Humanitarian actors raise alarm as malnutrition, disease spread in Ethiopia

16 september 2017 - 07:13:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Humanitarian actors are readjusting their assessments as malnutrition and disease spread in Ethiopia, humanitarian charity [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN allocates US$21m for newly-accessible areas across Sudan

01 september 2017 - 18:14:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations on Friday allocated US$21 million to provide life-saving food support, nutrition, water and [...] Full text...

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US: In crisis-torn countries, children's access to safe water, sanitation is a right, not a privilege – UNICEF

29 august 2017 - 13:16:47
New York, US (PANA) - In countries beset by violence, displacement, conflict and instability, children's most basic means of survival [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Mass burial of Freetown mudslides disaster postponed

16 august 2017 - 15:48:30
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The first burials of victims of the mudslides disaster in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: President Koroma declares 7 days national mourning after Freetown mudslides disaster

16 august 2017 - 10:09:36
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The government of Sierra Leone has declared seven days of national mourning following the devastating [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Mass burials of Freetown mudslides planned for Wednesday

16 august 2017 - 05:57:15
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The first burials of victims of the mudslides and floods disaster in the Sierra Leonean [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone mudslides death toll increases

15 august 2017 - 20:02:31
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - As night fell in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, on Tuesday and hopes of finding any [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone President Koroma appeals for help to cope with mudslides disaster

15 august 2017 - 15:50:56
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Volunteers in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, are continuing to recover corpses following Monday's massive mudslides [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: All countries fail to meet breastfeeding standards - New report

01 august 2017 - 09:11:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016 - Report

17 july 2017 - 15:29:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worldwide, 12.9 million infants, nearly 1 in 10, did not receive any vaccinations in 2016, according [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: '2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water, more than twice lack safe sanitation'

12 july 2017 - 12:00:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Spectre of malnutrition, diseases, conflict threatens survival in Horn of Africa, Great Lakes

07 july 2017 - 10:58:59
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Acute malnutrition, especially among refugees and children under five, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers remains [...] Full text...

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US: UNICEF warns rising cholera, diarrhoea, malnutrition 'deadly' for children in E. Africa, Yemen

04 july 2017 - 19:05:55
New York, US (PANA) – Access, funding and security are urgently needed to ensure humanitarians can reach hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Drought causes serious humanitarian impacts in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya

04 july 2017 - 12:29:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An estimated 761,000 Somalis have been internally displaced by drought between November 2016 and June 2017, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Cholera claiming lives at 'alarming rate' in East Africa, Yemen - Aid agency

03 july 2017 - 12:02:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Cholera is claiming lives at an alarming rate in East Africa and Yemen, the Norwegian Refugee [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 'Food crisis in Somalia, S. Sudan, northeast Nigeria, Yemen far from over' - UNICEF

23 june 2017 - 05:55:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The welcome announcement of an end to famine conditions in South Sudan this week should not [...] Full text...

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Jordan: Conflicts threaten lives of 24 million children in the Middle East, North Africa

24 may 2017 - 16:26:13
Amman, Jordan (PANA) - Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa have put in jeopardy the health [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: ‘Cycle of revenge’ in South Sudan will hurt everyone – UN envoy

11 may 2017 - 21:20:01
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Deteriorating security in parts of South Sudan coupled with increased displacement could worsen the humanitarian [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: UN peacekeepers deployed to enable aid delivery to Upper Nile's Aburoc area

07 may 2017 - 16:33:13
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has deployed peacekeeping troops to Aburoc in [...] Full text...

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Somalia: Somalia launches second cholera vaccination campaign in Baidoa

04 may 2017 - 10:12:07
Baidoa, Somalia PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Federal Ministry of Health of Somalia have launched the [...] Full text...

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Somalia: 1.4m children to suffer acute malnutrition in Somalia this year - UNICEF

02 may 2017 - 18:43:17
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Some 1.4 million children in Somalia are projected to be acutely malnourished this year, an increase [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UNHCR sending urgent relief items for Congolese civilians fleeing to Angola

21 april 2017 - 18:01:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations refugee agency is shipping tents, mosquito nets and other essential relief items to [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO announces World Immunization Week to be held 24-30 April

20 april 2017 - 09:58:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced World Immunization Week from 24-30 April, which aims [...] Full text...

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Somalia: UNICEF says malnutrition, disease rise sharply among Somali children

31 march 2017 - 07:06:45
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - As the spectre of famine hangs once again over Somalia, early numbers show an increasing number [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF says 600 million children worldwide face extreme water shortages

22 march 2017 - 20:12:53
New York, US (PANA) - Warning that as many as 600 million children – one in four worldwide – will [...] Full text...

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US: Nearly 600 million children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 - UNICEF

22 march 2017 - 07:16:00
New York, US (PANA) - Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Oxfam cautions about race against rains in South Sudan

21 march 2017 - 07:16:36
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Oxfam International humanitarian agency has called for more funding to help reach those in need [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO says polluted environment causes 1.7 million child deaths a year

06 march 2017 - 11:24:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to [...] Full text...

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UN: Donors pledge US$670 mln for humanitarian support to Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon

25 february 2017 - 04:00:40
New York, US (PANA) - A UN-supported humanitarian conference in Oslo, Norway on Friday generated more than US$670 million [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UNHCR says drought displacement growing in Somalia

21 february 2017 - 11:02:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drought has displaced more than 135,000 people inside Somalia since November, according to data compiled by [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies urge scale-up humanitarian support for Somalia

17 february 2017 - 15:45:52
New York, US (PANA) - Following the worsening of an already devastating drought in Somalia, UN agencies have stressed that [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF, partners begin mass measles' vaccinations in Somalia

19 december 2016 - 17:28:42
New York, US (PANA) - Following a major measles outbreak in Somalia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners [...] Full text...

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UN: 400,000 children may suffer malnutrition in Nigeria's northeast - UNICEF

14 december 2016 - 18:43:13
New York, US (PANA) - Around 400,000 children in Nigeria's restive northeast may suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the [...] Full text...

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Morocco: UNICEF calls for tough action on pneumonia, diarrhoea

12 november 2016 - 07:47:42
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says pneumonia and diarrhoea kill some 1.4 million children each [...] Full text...

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Italy: Agriculture has big role to play in curbing greenhouse gas emissions - FAO

17 october 2016 - 12:09:49
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of [...] Full text...

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UN: Amnesty Int'l says chemical weapons used in Sudan's restive Darfur region

29 september 2016 - 17:40:20
New York, US (PANA) - An Amnesty International investigation has gathered horrific evidence of repeated use of what the human [...] Full text...

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Sudan: NGO appeals for urgent assistance for thousands of South Sudanese refugees

23 august 2016 - 11:48:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An International humanitarian organization has appealed for urgent assistance for thousands of South Sudanese currently fleeing [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF says 2015-2016 El Nino impacted negatively on children

08 july 2016 - 14:14:01
New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday said that, while the [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 'Antiretroviral therapy reduces risk of life-threatening HIV-related infections'

20 june 2016 - 18:07:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Adults and children with HIV who start antiretroviral therapy (ART) as early as possible reduce their [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Environment Assembly to ensure healthy planet, healthy people

23 may 2016 - 21:36:35
New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of key global decision-makers on Monday gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the second UN [...] Full text...

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