Drought drives three out of four new displacements in Somalia
25 april 2026 - 06:28:21Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A worsening climate crisis in Somalia has uprooted nearly 62,000 people since the start of the [...] Full text...
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Ghana suspends electricity export as fire at major substation knocks out about 1,000 megawatts
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Drought drives three out of four new displacements in Somalia
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Gaza: More than 38,000 women and girls killed between October 2023 and December 2025
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For every generation, vaccines work and they have saved over 150 million lives: WHO
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Tanzania urged to release probe report into election killings
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Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A worsening climate crisis in Somalia has uprooted nearly 62,000 people since the start of the [...] Full text...
Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 conflict-hit countries
24 april 2026 - 13:06:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A growing share of global hunger is becoming entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit countries, [...] Full text...
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WHO says billions saw health gains in 2025 despite funding cuts
24 april 2026 - 08:19:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant funding cuts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was able to support significant national health [...] Full text...
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Long hours, stress and harassment are causing hundreds of thousands of early deaths, says UN labour agency
23 april 2026 - 07:45:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to risks such as long [...] Full text...
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UN Forum puts spotlight on healthcare for Indigenous Peoples
21 april 2026 - 08:02:46New York, US (PANA) - Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ access to healthcare, including during conflict, is the theme for a major [...] Full text...
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‘Slaughtered like goats’: Despair and abandonment in South Sudan
18 april 2026 - 07:49:35New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials painted a sorry picture of South Sudan on Friday at the Security [...] Full text...
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Tech gaps and budget cuts threaten global efforts to track and help the vulnerable
13 april 2026 - 18:40:10New York, US (PANA) - Digital tools are changing the way countries manage everything from tracking refugees to caring for [...] Full text...
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Amnesty: High-income countries must use Berlin meeting to save lives as conflict hits three-year mark
11 april 2026 - 17:14:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged international donors attending the Berlin aid conference for Sudan to secure [...] Full text...
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Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year
11 april 2026 - 08:04:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry [...] Full text...
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Chad: One million Sudanese refugees threatened by potentially deadly aid cuts
10 april 2026 - 08:14:06N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - More than one million Sudanese refugees in Chad are facing immediate and potentially deadly cuts to [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Five dead from ‘mystery illness’
10 april 2026 - 07:55:41Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Health authorities in Burundi, supported by the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), are racing to identify a [...] Full text...
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WHO and France shift One Health vision to action with new high-impact initiatives
07 april 2026 - 20:48:29Lyon, France (PANA) - On World Health Day, global leaders gathered in France for a milestone “One Health Summit”, where [...] Full text...
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German state to assist farmers in South African province
02 april 2026 - 07:34:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Eastern Cape Agriculture Minister Nonceba Kontsiwe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...
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The image from Gaza that still haunts me: Palestine relief agency chief (By Daniel Johnson, UN News)
31 march 2026 - 07:16:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asking the softly spoken, veteran humanitarian worker Philippe Lazzarini how he feels as he comes to [...] Full text...
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‘Truly transformative’ new diagnostic tools can help end tuberculosis
25 march 2026 - 07:35:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Tuesday for countries to step up action to end [...] Full text...
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Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt partially reopened
20 march 2026 - 07:41:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt reopened on Thursday for the first time [...] Full text...
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Germany to help South Africa control Foot and Mouth Disease
19 march 2026 - 07:13:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa and Germany on Wednesday strengthened their agricultural cooperation through the signing of a [...] Full text...
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
16 march 2026 - 17:34:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support [...] Full text...
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US, Senegal sign health MOU
15 march 2026 - 13:31:19Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has signed a bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with Senegal [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State labels Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organisation
09 march 2026 - 14:39:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - US Secretary of the State, Marco Rubio, has announced that his department is designating the [...] Full text...
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Air pollution driving widespread human rights violations: UN expert
09 march 2026 - 08:31:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Astrid Puentes [...] Full text...
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Chile becomes first country in the Americas to be verified by WHO for elimination of leprosy
04 march 2026 - 20:58:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Lifeline for thousands of children as first vaccine shipment in nearly three years arrives in South Kordofan
03 march 2026 - 14:09:31ort Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The international charity, Save the Children. has announced that two truckloads of 11 key routine vaccines [...] Full text...
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US signs MoU with Niger on bilateral health cooperation
28 february 2026 - 06:54:26Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United States and Niger on Friday signed a five-year, $179.3 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum [...] Full text...
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US and DRC sign MoU on bilateral health cooperation
27 february 2026 - 08:08:29Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday signed [...] Full text...
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US and Burkina Faso sign MoU on bilateral health cooperation
26 february 2026 - 08:09:10Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Burkina Faso on Wednesday signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum [...] Full text...
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US sanctions three commanders of Sudan's RSF
19 february 2026 - 19:08:23Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Thursday announced it was sanctioning three commanders of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid [...] Full text...
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Millions of vaccines to tackle South Africa's Foot and Mouth Disease expected to arrive this weekend
19 february 2026 - 07:44:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Agriiculture Minister John Steenhuisen, has announced that the first batch of one [...] Full text...
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WHO validates elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Libya
18 february 2026 - 21:30:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Libya has eliminated trachoma as a public health [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for $1.6 billion to support millions of refugees in Sudan
18 february 2026 - 08:00:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war in Sudan continues to rage, the UN and more than 120 partner organisations [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Foot-and-mouth Disease declared national disaster
16 february 2026 - 06:37:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has granted authorisation for the importation of [...] Full text...
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WHO expresses 'significant concerns' over controlled randomised trial on hepatitis B birth dose in Guinea Bissau
15 february 2026 - 14:50:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed “significant concerns” over a proposed randomised controlled trial [...] Full text...
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Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine an effective and essential public health intervention -WHO
14 february 2026 - 14:47:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) underscores that the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine is an effective, [...] Full text...
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Madagascar: ‘Overwhelming’ destruction, surging needs after back-to-back cyclones – WFP
14 february 2026 - 06:57:41Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Some 10 days after Tropical Cyclone Fytia brought heavy rains and flooding to Madagascar, Cyclone Gezani [...] Full text...
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Sudan: RSF violations in capture of El Fasher ammount to war crimes
13 february 2026 - 14:11:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its [...] Full text...
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Eight Western countries, EU condemn looting of WFP food in South Sudan
12 february 2026 - 07:25:09Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The Embassies of eight Western countries and the Delegation of the European Union in South [...] Full text...
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Measles cases drop in 2025 across Europe and Central Asia, but outbreak risks remain
11 february 2026 - 19:13:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Measles cases across Europe and Central Asia declined by 75 per cent in 2025 compared to [...] Full text...
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In Sudan, sick and starving children ‘wasting away’
10 february 2026 - 15:04:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Relentless violence, famine and disease are fuelling a rising death toll among children in Sudan, while [...] Full text...
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US and Burundi sign MoU on bilateral health cooperation
08 february 2026 - 08:13:06Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Government of Burundi on Friday signed a five-year bilateral health [...] Full text...
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UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS
06 february 2026 - 06:33:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN forced to suspend food aid after ‘unacceptable’ attacks on convoy
05 february 2026 - 08:22:14Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and [...] Full text...
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Building healthy bridges towards peace: WHO launches $1 billion appeal
03 february 2026 - 17:00:39Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched its 2026 global appeal for nearly $1 [...] Full text...
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Global health systems ‘at risk’ as funding cuts bite, warns WHO
02 february 2026 - 19:48:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that cuts to international aid and persistent [...] Full text...
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Communities unite to address stigma and discrimination affecting people with neglected tropical diseases
30 january 2026 - 20:51:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that millions of [...] Full text...
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WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children
27 january 2026 - 18:21:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the [...] Full text...
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Disease Outbreak News: Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia
26 january 2026 - 19:36:57Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On 26 January 2026, the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia declared the end of the [...] Full text...
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Around 1.3 million people affected by severe flooding in Southern Africa - WHO
26 january 2026 - 08:15:39Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) —Intense rainfall and severe flooding since mid-December 2025 have affected around 1.3 million people in southern Africa, [...] Full text...
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Kenya drought impacts over two million people
23 january 2026 - 05:40:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than two million people in Kenya are facing worsening food insecurity in the wake of the October to [...] Full text...
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Sudan medical group reports 39 dengue deaths in Khartoum State
22 january 2026 - 07:39:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A group of Sudanese medics says more than 200 new cases of dengue fever, including 39 [...] Full text...
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Mozambique floods heighten disease, malnutrition risks – UN agencies
21 january 2026 - 07:55:18Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Catastrophic flooding across Mozambique is devastating lives and livelihoods, sharply increasing the risk of disease outbreaks [...] Full text...
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Yemen: Children are dying and it’s going to get worse, warns aid veteran
19 january 2026 - 16:05:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the [...] Full text...
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US, Malawi sign MoU on health cooperation
15 january 2026 - 09:39:33Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Malawi on Wednesday signed a five-year, $936 million bilateral health cooperation [...] Full text...
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Yemen’s fragile calm unravels as hunger and aid restrictions deepen crisis
14 january 2026 - 19:42:06New York, US (PANA) - A fragile political calm in Yemen is fraying, with renewed instability and aid restrictions deepening [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians appeal for $1.5 billion for South Sudan
14 january 2026 - 07:00:37Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarians are seeking $1.5 billion to support 4.3 million people in South Sudan this year. The UN and partners launched [...] Full text...
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Cheaper drinks will see a rise in noncommunicable diseases and injuries
13 january 2026 - 16:08:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages are getting cheaper, due to consistently low tax rates in most [...] Full text...
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Sudan war leaves millions hungry and displaced as health system nears collapse
11 january 2026 - 17:13:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, [...] Full text...
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UNICEF: Children in Sudan have endured “1,000 days of agony”
09 january 2026 - 15:56:28Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has lamented in a statement marking the 1,000th day since [...] Full text...
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Food security experts warn of acute hunger and disease in Niger
09 january 2026 - 08:30:37Niamey, Niger (PANA) - More than 1.6 million young children in Niger are suffering from acute malnutrition – with many [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Violence in Jonglei state sparks displacement, disrupts aid operations
09 january 2026 - 08:26:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A surge in conflict and airstrikes in Jonglei state, South Sudan, has forced people to [...] Full text...
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Sudan: 1,000 days of war show devastating cost of ‘New World Disorder - IRC
08 january 2026 - 16:08:57Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- An international charity organization working in the Sudan has issued a report lamenting the deterioration of [...] Full text...
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Burundi: The massive influx of Congolese refugees is putting unsustainable pressure on health services
07 january 2026 - 08:42:34Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since 5 December, more than 100,000 DR Congo refugees and Burundian returnees have sought refuge in [...] Full text...
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A woman dies from cervical cancer every two minutes, UN says
03 january 2026 - 08:11:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A flood of questions drowned Jeanette in thought after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Would [...] Full text...
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Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems
01 january 2026 - 03:15:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global [...] Full text...
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WHO research shows COVID vaccines still crucial in preventing severe illness
01 january 2026 - 03:01:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Up-to-date vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe COVID-19 illness, new research from the [...] Full text...
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US, Cote d'Ivoire sign $937 million bilateral health cooperation Mou
31 december 2025 - 09:14:06Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday signed a five-year, $937 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN warns of unprecedented child hunger in Darfur as fighting fuels refugee exodus
30 december 2025 - 20:23:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sudan’s deepening war is driving unprecedented levels of hunger, child malnutrition and displacement, UN agencies report, [...] Full text...
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Diphtheria spreading in Mali against backdrop of persistent humanitarian crisis
27 december 2025 - 07:32:13Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The disease is progressing rapidly. Since mid-September, Mali has been facing a rapid outbreak of diphtheria, [...] Full text...
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Namibia relies on scientific prowess to manage urban water crisis mid climate change disaster (By Kennedy Abwao)
18 december 2025 - 19:41:11Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – -The Scientific Research Committee at the New Goreangab Reclamation Plant in Windhoek ended its meeting prematurely [...] Full text...
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US and Cameroon sign bilateral health cooperation MoU
17 december 2025 - 05:53:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Cameroon have signed a bilateral health Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to [...] Full text...
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World leaders adopt a historic global declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
16 december 2025 - 13:41:25New York, US (PANA) – Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have adopted [...] Full text...
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New influenza variant is surging, but vaccination still our best bet: WHO
16 december 2025 - 13:02:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid an early start to the Northern Hemisphere influenza season a new variant of the virus [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa tackles climate-driven disease threats through pandemic fund grant
16 december 2025 - 09:47:36Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Eight Southern African countries are joining forces to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks before they [...] Full text...
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US signs health MoU with Eswatini
13 december 2025 - 08:07:46Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini on Friday signed a [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Aid teams say deal struck to reach stricken El Fasher
12 december 2025 - 15:49:42Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to be [...] Full text...
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UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000
12 december 2025 - 07:58:39New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...
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Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns
11 december 2025 - 18:45:21Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday.This [...] Full text...
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US signs MOUs with Uganda and Lesotho on health
11 december 2025 - 07:51:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday signed five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with [...] Full text...
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Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement
11 december 2025 - 07:32:55Kinshasa, DEC (PANA) - Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian [...] Full text...
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Traditional medicine is now a global reality: WHO
11 december 2025 - 07:19:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The vast majority of World Health Organisation (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent [...] Full text...
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US and Liberia sign bilateral health cooperation MoU
10 december 2025 - 07:13:57Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Liberia on Tuesday signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of [...] Full text...
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DRC facing most devastating cholera epidemic in 25 years
09 december 2025 - 07:45:23Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had devastating effects in 2025, the [...] Full text...
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A fragile peace, a harsh winter: Gaza’s families struggle to rebuild
06 december 2025 - 08:17:08Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a [...] Full text...
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Deadly storms sweep South and Southeast Asia, leaving over 1,600 dead
05 december 2025 - 20:26:03New York, US (PANA) - From Sri Lanka’s central highlands to Indonesia’s flood-swollen river basins, a wave of climate-fuelled cyclones [...] Full text...
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Most countries make progress towards universal health coverage, but major challenges remain, WHO–World Bank report finds
05 december 2025 - 19:32:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Since 2000, most countries—across all income levels and regions—have made concurrent progress in expanding health service [...] Full text...
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African football legends join forces to give a red card to polio
05 december 2025 - 07:27:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Six African football legends are urging the continent to unite and step up efforts to vaccinate [...] Full text...
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Drug resistance, underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating malaria
04 december 2025 - 11:20:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s crisis deepens with communities trapped in ‘siege conditions’
04 december 2025 - 07:14:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians across Sudan’s Kordofan region are facing extreme hardship as conflict intensifies, warned the UN aid [...] Full text...
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HIV and AIDS: Despite funding setbacks, prevention sees progress
02 december 2025 - 07:14:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pooja Mishra’s health kept worsening until she began treatment for HIV at age 19, two years [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo declares end of 16th Ebola outbreak
01 december 2025 - 15:27:37Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo Monday declared the end of the Ebola virus disease outbreak [...] Full text...
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WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity
01 december 2025 - 14:55:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, [...] Full text...
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DRC launches drive to vaccinate 62 million children and adolescents against measles and rubella
27 november 2025 - 10:29:46Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday launched a nationwide vaccination campaign aiming to protect [...] Full text...
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Malaria vaccine price cut set to protect 7 million more children by 2030
24 november 2025 - 05:39:17New York, US (PANA) - Vaccine alliance Gavi and children’s agency UNICEF have struck a new pricing deal that will [...] Full text...
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One in five children living in poverty in developing countries
20 november 2025 - 16:24:56New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- [...] Full text...
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UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare
19 november 2025 - 16:35:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – but basic legal safety nets that [...] Full text...
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Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles eliminate measles and rubella
18 november 2025 - 07:34:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a significant public health achievement, Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles have eliminated measles and rubella, [...] Full text...
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Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth (By UN News)
16 november 2025 - 07:17:15Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
13 november 2025 - 20:08:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia reports suspected viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak
13 november 2025 - 19:49:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Health authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out further investigations and ramping up response after suspected [...] Full text...
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Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
13 november 2025 - 18:50:42Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Hailed by Brazil as “a crucial moment to demonstrate the strength of the health sector in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
13 november 2025 - 17:17:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...
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TB cases fall for first time since pandemic
13 november 2025 - 08:28:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis, or TB, remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives [...] Full text...
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Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens
13 november 2025 - 07:03:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major [...] Full text...
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Hurricane Melissa: Relief efforts intensify as damage across Caribbean grows
12 november 2025 - 16:21:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling [...] Full text...
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Egypt becomes seventh country in eastern Mediterranean region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
12 november 2025 - 14:08:00Cairo, Egypt, (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO )Wednesday announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public [...] Full text...
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Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide
07 november 2025 - 07:22:37New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it [...] Full text...
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Mind over machine: UN urges ethical guardrails for brain tech revolution
06 november 2025 - 13:43:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As wearable devices begin to tap into our mental states, UN experts warn that without ethical [...] Full text...
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Rift Valley fever- Mauritania and Senegal: Situation at a glance
05 november 2025 - 19:09:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 20 September and 30 October 2025, a total of 404 confirmed human cases of Rift [...] Full text...
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Catch-up immunization campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children
05 november 2025 - 17:00:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A campaign for routine immunization, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip [...] Full text...
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Only 5 per cent of European 7 to 9-year-olds eat enough fruit and vegetables
05 november 2025 - 07:44:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Only five per cent of children aged seven to nine across Europe eat enough fruit and [...] Full text...
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Madagascar hunger crisis deepens amid drought, disease, UN warns
05 november 2025 - 07:27:18New York, US (PANA) - Madagascar is facing a worsening humanitarian emergency as drought, cyclones and disease outbreaks devastate communities [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for sustainable health financing
04 november 2025 - 07:55:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued new recommendations aimed at helping countries mitigate the [...] Full text...
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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live
04 november 2025 - 07:44:14New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC mobilises emergency public-health response after Sudan hospital attack
01 november 2025 - 17:35:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is dispatching critical medical commodities and [...] Full text...
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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa
31 october 2025 - 19:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Caribbean reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarian agencies are stepping [...] Full text...
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IOM steps up Ebola and mpox preparedness across Africa
28 october 2025 - 05:20:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up its health response across Africa, responding swiftly to [...] Full text...
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Nearly one million affected by South Sudan floods
25 october 2025 - 05:59:39Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Nearly one million people have been impacted by devastating floods in South Sudan, the Office [...] Full text...
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‘Let's finish the job’ and end polio: WHO
25 october 2025 - 05:58:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following [...] Full text...
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National poliovirus sequencing capacity enhances Cameroon’s outbreak response - WHO
24 october 2025 - 09:36:29Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - For the first time ever, a circulating variant poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) was fully sequenced in [...] Full text...
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Over one million return to Sudan's capital amid fragile recovery
22 october 2025 - 07:36:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More than a million people have returned to Sudan’s war-ravaged capital in the past ten months, [...] Full text...
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UN aid coordination office warns of health crisis in eastern DRC
21 october 2025 - 07:27:09Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday reported that health systems across North and South [...] Full text...
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People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city remain trapped - UN
21 october 2025 - 07:18:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped [...] Full text...
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Last Ebola patient in Democratic Republic of the Congo discharged
19 october 2025 - 14:58:53Bulape, DRC (PANA) - The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was discharged Sunday, marking an [...] Full text...
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‘No level of lead is safe’: WHO
18 october 2025 - 07:46:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lead is found in many everyday products such as paint and cosmetics, but that doesn’t make [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hostages released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
13 october 2025 - 12:11:28Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, [...] Full text...
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The girl I am, the change I lead
11 october 2025 - 14:33:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shaped through consultations with girls organizations, UN partners and, most importantly, girls themselves, the 2025 International [...] Full text...
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Spending smarter to boost growth (IMF Blog By Era Dabla-Norris, Davide Furceri, Zsuzsa Munkacsi, Galen She)
09 october 2025 - 10:03:26Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Over the past two decades, Rwanda achieved remarkable progress. Nearly every household now has [...] Full text...
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Alcohol consumption could increase the risk of developing seven types of cancer
09 october 2025 - 07:48:22Lyon, France (PANA) - Increased alcohol consumption, even moderate, is associated with a higher risk of seven types of cancer, [...] Full text...
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Turning Tanzania’s farmers into agri- entrepreneurs. A unique international alliance helps smallholder farmers become more sustainable and profitable (By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck)
09 october 2025 - 07:36:35Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - It is just past dawn in the village of Kasuguti, Tanzania, and as a golden pink [...] Full text...
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Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns
08 october 2025 - 07:24:07Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due [...] Full text...
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Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies
07 october 2025 - 14:50:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza-Israel war enters its third year, sparked by Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the UN [...] Full text...
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South Africa moves to step up vulture conservation
07 october 2025 - 07:41:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In the lead up to the Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP9) [...] Full text...
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UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
04 october 2025 - 06:17:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official in Sudan has warned of an impending catastrophe in Darfur, [...] Full text...
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LIbya records cases of rickettsiosis
02 october 2025 - 15:50:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control (CNC) has announced that it has recorded cases of [...] Full text...
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‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts - WHO
02 october 2025 - 06:52:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable [...] Full text...
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European Council underlines EU’s leading role in life sciences
30 september 2025 - 12:17:21Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday approved conclusions on life sciences for the Union’s competitiveness and welcomed [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Khartoum returnees face shelter crisis, warns IOM
27 september 2025 - 06:32:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The ongoing war between rival militaries in Sudan has left vast areas devastated and people returning [...] Full text...
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World leaders support political declaration on NCDs, mental health
27 september 2025 - 06:25:23New York, US (PANA) - World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable [...] Full text...
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UNICEF delivers vaccines, life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits DRC's Kasai region
25 september 2025 - 11:21:59Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Nearly 45,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine are on their way to Kasai province as the [...] Full text...
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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts more than a billion at risk
24 september 2025 - 04:34:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with hypertension, yet only one in five have the [...] Full text...
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EU renews support for WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Partnership
23 september 2025 - 06:50:21New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UNICEF says at least 11 children killed in El Fashir mosque attack
22 september 2025 - 15:37:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As more details come out from the scene of the drone strike that killed at [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire strengthens polio eradication efforts with modern laboratory
19 september 2025 - 06:31:04Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire has taken a crucial step in the efforts to protect children from the [...] Full text...
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'Sudan faces worst cholera outbreak in years as war devastates infrastructure'
19 september 2025 - 06:18:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Amid Sudan’s devastating conflict, which has already caused tens of thousands of casualties and displaced millions, [...] Full text...
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IAEA chief urges countries to recommit to nuclear non-proliferation
16 september 2025 - 07:09:48Vienna, Austria (PANA) - At the start of the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in [...] Full text...
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Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
14 september 2025 - 15:12:20Sun, Sep 14 at 9:21 PM Bulape, DR Congo (PANA) - Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected [...] Full text...
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‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan
13 september 2025 - 05:54:49Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, [...] Full text...
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WHO intensifies DRC Ebola outbreak response
12 september 2025 - 08:44:01Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s [...] Full text...
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Sudanese doctors: Seven dead, 350 others Infected in cholera outbreak in Kassala State
10 september 2025 - 15:20:56Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network has announced that an outbreak of cholera in Kassala State, eastern Sudan, [...] Full text...
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Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns
10 september 2025 - 07:45:15New York, US (PANA) - For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common [...] Full text...
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Over 35 metric tonnes of WHO medical supplies arrive in Kabul to support earthquake survivors in eastern Afghanistan
08 september 2025 - 20:52:30Kabul, Afghanistan (PANA) - A new consignment of more than 35 metric tonnes of life-saving medical supplies landed in Kabul [...] Full text...
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IOM deploys team to support national Ebola response in DRC
08 september 2025 - 09:38:40Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is responding to a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in [...] Full text...
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The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake (A UN Feature)
06 september 2025 - 20:33:50Jalalabad, Afghanistan (PANA) - The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to [...] Full text...
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Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups
06 september 2025 - 07:15:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sanctions imposed by the United States on three prominent and well-respected Palestinian human rights groups are [...] Full text...
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The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
05 september 2025 - 20:08:10New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on Thursday for the international community to do everything [...] Full text...
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Save the Children aid workers travelling on donkeys deliver first emergency assistance to landslide victims
05 september 2025 - 14:30:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organisation, Save the Children, aid workers travelling on a herd of donkeys [...] Full text...
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The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
05 september 2025 - 07:23:16Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on Thursday for the international community to do everything [...] Full text...
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New Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo
05 september 2025 - 07:09:19Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have declared an outbreak of [...] Full text...
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African health leaders, partners call for greater investment in integrated NCD services
31 august 2025 - 07:34:56Lusaka, Lusaka (PANA) — African health ministers and partners are calling for increased investment in integrated health services to address [...] Full text...
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From outbreaks to sustainability: African ministers commit to accelerate polio endgame
30 august 2025 - 09:26:57Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – African health ministers have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the [...] Full text...
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The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
29 august 2025 - 14:20:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated [...] Full text...
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Why economic inequality matters for development (World Bank Blog by Luis Felipe López-Calva, Global Director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice; Deon Filmer, Director, Development Research Group, World Bank and Haishan Fu, Chief Statistician of the World Bank Group and Director of the Development Data Group)
28 august 2025 - 07:22:41Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Does economic inequality matter for development? That’s a question we discussed at a recent event [...] Full text...
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Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
27 august 2025 - 16:33:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts [...] Full text...
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UNICEF: Over 1000 children killed, maimed in siege of Sudanese city
27 august 2025 - 12:33:37Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said that since the start of the siege [...] Full text...
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One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation
26 august 2025 - 17:54:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite progress over the past decade, billions worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation, [...] Full text...
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African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
26 august 2025 - 06:40:44Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on [...] Full text...
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African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
26 august 2025 - 06:26:05Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on [...] Full text...
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Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad
26 august 2025 - 06:06:26N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from [...] Full text...
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Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight
25 august 2025 - 18:54:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to [...] Full text...
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African ministers kick off regional forum on health
25 august 2025 - 14:57:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health on Monday opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Sudanese groups launch campaign to extend UN fact-finding mission
25 august 2025 - 11:41:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A broad coalition of Sudanese civil society groups is preparing to launch a national campaign demanding [...] Full text...
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Pope calls for security, peace for people of Mozabique's Cabo Delgado province
24 august 2025 - 13:17:00Vatican City, Vatican (PANA) - Pope Leo on Sunday expressed concern about violence for insecurity in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide
24 august 2025 - 06:28:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers’ health and livelihoods, the [...] Full text...
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WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress
21 august 2025 - 20:31:52(Embargoed until 08:00 AM CEST / 06:00 AM GMT on Friday, 22 August 2025)Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health [...] Full text...
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Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue
21 august 2025 - 19:45:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late [...] Full text...
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Libyan health ministry and African Centre for Disease Control officials discuss transboundary diseases
20 august 2025 - 13:22:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of Libya's Ministry of Health and African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention met on [...] Full text...
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Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water
20 august 2025 - 11:59:07Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across [...] Full text...
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Sudan: MSF suspends activities at Zalingei hospital following armed attack
20 august 2025 - 08:50:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been forced to reduce its teams [...] Full text...
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“I had to be there”: The doctor who healed Goma’s wounds (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)
20 august 2025 - 08:29:04Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In late January, when Goma fell to the M23 rebels, Dr. Thierno Baldé was one of [...] Full text...
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‘Beauty and Beast’: Story of the Sudanese IDPs and the Gash River
19 august 2025 - 19:13:39Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - Huge volumes of thick reddish torrents of water dash from the Ethiopian plateau and mountainous heights [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid
19 august 2025 - 07:46:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its [...] Full text...
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Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO
16 august 2025 - 05:48:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, [...] Full text...
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Peacekeepers find weapons trove in southern Lebanon, as drought threatens millions
15 august 2025 - 16:44:12New York, US (PANA) - UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have uncovered rocket launchers, mortar rounds and other unauthorized weapons, [...] Full text...
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Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization
14 august 2025 - 13:27:50Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of [...] Full text...
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MSF: War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan
14 august 2025 - 12:05:03Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International medical and charity organisation, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), says that war has fuelled cholera [...] Full text...
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Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns
12 august 2025 - 17:31:32Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s civilians continue to face attacks, starvation
12 august 2025 - 05:41:36New York, US (PANA) - Across war-torn Sudan, civilians continue to face ongoing attacks, starvation and cholera outbreaks. The Director of [...] Full text...
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Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
09 august 2025 - 11:08:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or [...] Full text...
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You can run – but we will find you, militias tell terrified civilians
08 august 2025 - 15:09:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN [...] Full text...
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UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan
08 august 2025 - 07:44:17New York, US (PANA) - Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured
07 august 2025 - 19:06:42Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food [...] Full text...
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Doctors appeal: Save us from Phase-3 Hunger
06 august 2025 - 14:42:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The Sudan Doctors Network on Wednesday issued an urgent humanitarian appeal regarding the dire food situation [...] Full text...
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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)
06 august 2025 - 10:46:10Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...
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UNICEF Warns: We are at the verge of irreversible damage to an entire generation of children in Sudan
05 august 2025 - 15:10:14Port Sudan, Sudan, (PANA)- Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Sudan Representative, has described seeing children ‘reduced to skin and bones’ during a [...] Full text...
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Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies
05 august 2025 - 05:55:24Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As conflict intensifies between rival militaries in Sudan, the UN humanitarian wing (OCHA) expressed alarm [...] Full text...
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The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
04 august 2025 - 21:55:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing [...] Full text...
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Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
03 august 2025 - 20:00:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and [...] Full text...
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Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts
03 august 2025 - 07:43:03Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening [...] Full text...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Invest in health systems and policies to benefit mums and babies - WHO
02 august 2025 - 05:32:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Friday, 1 August, marked the start of World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme calls for [...] Full text...
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Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify
31 july 2025 - 05:07:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Gaza children starving despite Israeli ‘tactical pauses’, UN says
31 july 2025 - 05:01:09New York, US (PANA) - Despite daily “tactical pauses” declared by Israeli forces, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, with [...] Full text...
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