23 march 2024 - 17:54:15
New York, US (PANA) - The largest global environment movement is happening on Saturday, when the UN invites people around [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 16:19:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has called on the global community [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 18:42:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Scientists are progressing to the third phase trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Tuberculosis, which [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 07:15:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 21:53:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appealed to leaders in Nigeria [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 06:54:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 19:40:58
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A new programme will improve healthcare and nutrition services for about 4.6 million people, especially women, [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 05:41:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 19:35:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leaders attending a major UN environmental conference in Nairobi must drive forward solutions to combat climate [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 05:42:17
Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - People caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 06:03:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a collective appeal, heads of UN humanitarian entities and global NGOs implored world leaders to [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:47:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The humanitarian crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached critical levels as [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 07:21:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cautioning the parties to the Israel-Palestine conflict, [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 05:47:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...
10 february 2024 - 07:34:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The unprecedented population density in Rafah in southern Gaza makes it nearly impossible to protect civilians [...] Full text...
09 february 2024 - 08:06:34
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Last month, Cameroon became the first country to start rolling out malaria vaccination as part of [...] Full text...
08 february 2024 - 05:32:47
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarian officials have voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in DR Congo, [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 11:57:43
Koufra, Libya (PANA) - There are signs of a humanitarian crisis on the horizon in the towns of southern Libya [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 19:28:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Wildlife authorities in Kenya have retrieved the body of unidentified person attacked and killed by hyenas, [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 17:34:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...
31 january 2024 - 17:51:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Tuesday met the [...] Full text...
31 january 2024 - 10:45:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says 19 of the 20 neglected tropical diseases are [...] Full text...
26 january 2024 - 15:47:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push [...] Full text...
25 january 2024 - 18:05:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The raging war in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at [...] Full text...
23 january 2024 - 17:20:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The US on Tuesday announced the provision of $45 million in new funding through the [...] Full text...
23 january 2024 - 06:04:49
Paris, France (PANA) - Over the past few months, people in Khartoum State, Sudan, have become increasingly cut-off from healthcare, [...] Full text...
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...
17 january 2024 - 12:47:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has received 215,590 doses of malaria vaccine, the Ministry of Health announced on [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 17:20:16
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – From India to Morocco, the United States to Ecuador, the 16 organizations awarded by the Schwab [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 05:34:53
New York, US (PANA) - Globally in 2024, children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war, and [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 05:06:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care [...] Full text...
13 january 2024 - 07:38:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Widespread flooding due to unusually heavy rainfall in the Republic of Congo has left more than [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 17:41:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The recent surge in cholera cases has placed immense pressure on healthcare facilities, particularly the Beatrice [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 12:01:59
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free country, marking a significant achievement [...] Full text...
10 january 2024 - 14:15:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief [...] Full text...
06 january 2024 - 05:12:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s relief chief on Friday warned that “Gaza has simply become uninhabitable” and demanded Israeli forces [...] Full text...
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...
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...
05 january 2024 - 08:45:13
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...
04 january 2024 - 16:53:49
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire [...] Full text...
29 december 2023 - 05:59:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In Gaza, the latest death toll as of midnight on Thursday stood at 21,110 according to [...] Full text...
28 december 2023 - 09:00:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and other essential supplies to two hospitals [...] Full text...
28 december 2023 - 07:33:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), warns that any attempts by Israel to deport and [...] Full text...
27 december 2023 - 06:55:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and [...] Full text...
25 december 2023 - 07:10:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Our digital World with the accompanying advanced technology has unleashed innumerable benefits on humanity. Yet, our [...] Full text...
21 december 2023 - 06:46:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 12:56:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 18:16:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A ceasefire in Gaza is “the only way forward” and “in the interest of everybody” as the [...] Full text...
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...
11 december 2023 - 14:25:44
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - As conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies continue to wreak havoc on communities worldwide, the UN [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 07:56:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high globally and 61.9% of low-income countries have experienced [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 06:11:01
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Flooding in Somalia has uprooted more than one million people and killed 110, UN humanitarians in [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 05:50:10
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated his call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 13:18:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday began a two-day consultative meeting in Tripoli on the [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 12:56:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Leaders from around the world have declared their commitment to provide clean cooking energy by 2032 [...] Full text...
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...
03 december 2023 - 15:23:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 06:58:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 17:38:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate action is health action and the legacy of the COP 28 climate conference opening later [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 14:53:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 13:07:21
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The East African Community (EAC) and the German Embassy Dar es Salaam, on Friday jointly celebrated [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 06:47:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has made an official request to China for detailed information on a [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 21:15:11
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The arrival in Cameroon of the world’s first malaria vaccine recommended by UN health agency WHO has [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 16:05:37
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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...
21 november 2023 - 19:44:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 15:48:36
Geneva/New York (PANA) -- Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, [...] Full text...
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...
21 november 2023 - 05:27:16
New York, US (PANA) - The thousands of injuries sustained by civilians across Gaza combined with a burgeoning public health [...] Full text...
19 november 2023 - 06:58:38
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Fuel restrictions are curtailing aid efforts in Gaza, UN agencies said on Saturday.
This was as the [...] Full text...
18 november 2023 - 05:28:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 17:53:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk.
Without adaptation measures, the impact [...] Full text...
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...
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...
10 november 2023 - 16:08:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 12 children with cancer or other blood disorders have been evacuated, with their companions, from [...] Full text...
07 november 2023 - 13:13:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government is sending more humanitarian aid and relief supplies to Palestine to support the [...] Full text...
07 november 2023 - 06:25:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Although current agrifood systems provide nourishment and sustain economies, they also impose huge hidden costs on [...] Full text...
06 november 2023 - 17:42:58
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Children in flood-affected areas in South Sudan are at risk of extreme malnutrition in the [...] Full text...
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...
04 november 2023 - 05:50:10
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “horrified” by a strike on an ambulance convoy [...] Full text...
03 november 2023 - 07:01:18
New York, US (PANA) - Extreme heat ranks as the deadliest of all severe weather hazards, and heat-related mortality could [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 14:33:20
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Pest and diseases are a global challenge when it comes to turning food and nutrition security [...] Full text...
01 november 2023 - 17:18:30
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Between 23 September and 26 October, Tunisia recorded one death and 10 confirmed cases of West [...] Full text...
01 november 2023 - 12:46:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Egypt’s decision on Wednesday to accept some of [...] Full text...
31 october 2023 - 16:55:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), in agreement with the Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government [...] Full text...
31 october 2023 - 16:18:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, cholera, measles, dengue and malaria are circulating in several states and a combination [...] Full text...
30 october 2023 - 19:51:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese environmentalists and poeliticians have warned that every possible ingredient for environmental catastrophe is now fermenting [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 15:03:42
Kiambu, Kenya (PANA) – African countries are working together to launch an assault against the poisoning of the food systems [...] Full text...
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...
18 october 2023 - 19:14:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, food insecurity and disruptions to essential services could cost the lives of more [...] Full text...
18 october 2023 - 07:01:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing of hundreds of civilians following a [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 10:57:19
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA - The world is fraught with profound forces and rapid changes as nations face declining progress in [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 05:47:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from [...] Full text...
05 october 2023 - 13:42:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on [...] Full text...
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...
29 september 2023 - 10:00:47
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - While warplanes and mortars are hitting Khartoum inhabitants with fire from above, environmental degradation, brought by [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 05:40:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history, [...] Full text...
25 september 2023 - 12:04:27
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Monday deplored the high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in [...] Full text...
21 september 2023 - 05:26:33
New York, US (PANA) - Civilians are continuing to pay a heavy price as the “senseless violence” between rival militaries [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 06:17:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, more than 1,200 children under-five have died in camps in the space of [...] Full text...
18 september 2023 - 19:37:54
New York, US(PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health [...] Full text...
18 september 2023 - 11:23:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Teams from nine UN agencies have been on the ground delivering aid and support to those [...] Full text...
17 september 2023 - 17:25:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 11,300 people have died while 10,100 others are missing when Storm Daniel ripped through [...] Full text...
16 september 2023 - 19:45:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – On Saturday, 29 metric tonnes of health supplies arrived in Benghazi, Libya, from the WHO Global [...] Full text...
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...
14 september 2023 - 16:42:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing down the global fight against poverty, hunger and deadly [...] Full text...
12 september 2023 - 05:38:05
Khatroum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday launched an emergency response plan to provide [...] Full text...
04 september 2023 - 18:03:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organizations on Monday appealed [...] Full text...
24 august 2023 - 11:51:21
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in [...] Full text...
23 august 2023 - 05:40:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by [...] Full text...
22 august 2023 - 15:41:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health products [...] Full text...
18 august 2023 - 06:43:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) got underway on Thursday [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 14:14:41
Geneva, Switzrland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and 18 [...] Full text...
09 august 2023 - 20:39:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Diretor General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Thursday said despite a decline in COVID-19 cases worlwide, [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 07:44:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Breastfeeding rates remain low in Mauritius, the Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailash Jagutpal has observed, [...] Full text...
02 august 2023 - 17:49:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan has forced nearly four million people to flee their homes in a little [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 18:13:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasising the need for greater breastfeeding [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 13:05:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness, Minister Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that the prevalence of smoking in the [...] Full text...
29 july 2023 - 09:38:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PAN,A) - The US government has described as “terrible” the toll of human suffering from the ongoing fighting [...] Full text...
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...
27 july 2023 - 06:30:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Treatment remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in low [...] Full text...
26 july 2023 - 15:33:28
Geneva, Switerland (PANA - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential [...] Full text...
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...
21 july 2023 - 13:16:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - International medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) , said on Friday that the latest incidence of [...] Full text...
17 july 2023 - 18:48:47
Geneva/New York (PANA) - Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as [...] Full text...
16 july 2023 - 19:40:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A deadlier pandemic than the coronavirus will reappear after seven years and countries must prepare adequately, [...] Full text...
15 july 2023 - 16:03:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warring factions in Sudan must respect international law, protect civilians, and stop targeting relief and aid [...] Full text...
15 july 2023 - 11:23:38
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global security has now assumed new dimensions, the latest being health security that reflects mounting [...] Full text...
14 july 2023 - 16:48:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved $4.5 million in additional financing from the International Development Association [...] Full text...
14 july 2023 - 06:14:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board on Thursday approved $4.5 million additional financing from the International Development Association [...] Full text...
13 july 2023 - 05:33:06
New York, US (PANA) - Severe sand and dust storms (SDS) are becoming increasingly common, with UN climate experts attributing [...] Full text...
11 july 2023 - 17:06:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mohammed VI Perinatal Clinic, a specialised high-standard third referral health establishment, entirely built and equipped [...] Full text...
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...
06 july 2023 - 06:17:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Twelve African countries will receive 18 million doses of the first-ever vaccine against malaria over the [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 05:36:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday released fresh guidance on shaping policies to best protect children [...] Full text...
30 june 2023 - 20:34:01
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Increased violence, natural disasters and disease outbreaks have fuelled a deteriorating health situation in the eastern [...] Full text...
29 june 2023 - 07:34:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Thursday that they have detected 33 cases of dengue fever in [...] Full text...
27 june 2023 - 06:05:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity [...] Full text...
25 june 2023 - 07:02:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The number of internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has more [...] Full text...
20 june 2023 - 05:01:31
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new funding appeal requesting US$145 million to meet [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 06:03:48
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended on Thursday with no new [...] Full text...
08 june 2023 - 15:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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...
01 june 2023 - 19:46:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 50 babies kept at a catering house, have died because of adverse conditions created [...] Full text...
27 may 2023 - 14:14:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the summer of 2022, 70 Gambian babies and young children died from kidney failure after [...] Full text...
25 may 2023 - 14:01:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming [...] Full text...
25 may 2023 - 12:46:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, have signed [...] Full text...
24 may 2023 - 19:04:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and WHO have agreed to extend their collaboration and to continue to use the power [...] Full text...
23 may 2023 - 05:53:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, [...] Full text...
22 may 2023 - 16:18:40
New York, US (PANA) - The world is on Monday marking International Day for Biological Diversity on a theme, "Moving from [...] Full text...
19 may 2023 - 16:12:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several villages in the rural communities of Bafoulabé, Sidibéla and Mahina in the Kayes region of [...] Full text...
16 may 2023 - 20:18:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF and the Embassy of Japan in Senegal, accredited to The Gambia, handed over more than [...] Full text...
16 may 2023 - 15:01:49
Geneva -Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, [...] Full text...
16 may 2023 - 05:39:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New guidelines from the UN health agency released on Monday have advised against using non-sugar sweeteners (NSS).
The recommendation [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 17:13:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Fighting in Sudan must stop now before the conflict and the spreading humanitarian catastrophe further ravage [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 05:24:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three years [...] Full text...
02 may 2023 - 05:42:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 2,000 delegates from around the world gathered at the UN in Geneva on Monday to [...] Full text...
26 april 2023 - 17:25:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries’ ability to [...] Full text...
25 april 2023 - 18:28:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - To mark World Malaria Day, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) will [...] Full text...
25 april 2023 - 16:31:38
Geneva, Switzerland PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday launched its Health Inequality Data Repository, the most comprehensive global [...] Full text...
24 april 2023 - 07:12:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...
23 april 2023 - 06:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action [...] Full text...
18 april 2023 - 08:38:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...
15 april 2023 - 07:21:39
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities announced Friday that they would implement public health measures against the Marburg virus, [...] Full text...
13 april 2023 - 08:54:44
Long Mountain, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal opened Wednesday a Tobacco Cessation Clinic [...] Full text...
08 april 2023 - 15:39:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan parliamentary committee for Internal Affairs, Suleiman al-Hariri, has expressed deep dissatisfaction [...] Full text...
07 april 2023 - 18:29:04
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, mania and autism are among the main mental illnesses that affect [...] Full text...
05 april 2023 - 11:57:09
Roses-Hill, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo Wednesday launched an [...] Full text...
05 april 2023 - 11:41:50
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ongoing Marburg virus disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are the latest of several [...] Full text...
04 april 2023 - 20:36:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health Ramadan Boujnah chaired here Tuesday an expanded [...] Full text...
04 april 2023 - 14:32:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A training and awareness session "For Zero Pregnancy in the School Environment" organized by the local [...] Full text...
30 march 2023 - 15:07:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the increase of measles cases in the [...] Full text...
28 march 2023 - 05:18:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimise the [...] Full text...
24 march 2023 - 05:17:54
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Southern African countries hit hard by tropical Cyclone Freddy are reeling from disease outbreaks, with health services [...] Full text...
23 march 2023 - 16:40:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel Ngamije Madandi [...] Full text...
22 march 2023 - 16:44:36
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In Burundi, 92% of the rural population do not have access to hand washing with soap [...] Full text...
22 march 2023 - 05:17:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Around 44% of the population in the African region suffer from oral diseases.
And while the region [...] Full text...
22 march 2023 - 05:08:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after laboratory tests were [...] Full text...
20 march 2023 - 16:29:49
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A new report released Monday by the Federal Ministry of Health & Human Services, WHO and [...] Full text...
20 march 2023 - 05:28:24
New York, US (PANA) - A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in [...] Full text...
13 march 2023 - 08:15:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that diabetes mellitus was the leading cause of death in Mauritius in [...] Full text...
09 march 2023 - 14:38:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - Implementing sodium reduction policies could save an estimated seven million lives globally by 2030, WHO said in a [...] Full text...
28 february 2023 - 17:53:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lifesaving aid is needed urgently to help millions of people enduring one of the longest and [...] Full text...
28 february 2023 - 16:04:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, affirmed Tuesday his support for [...] Full text...
28 february 2023 - 05:39:48
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique on Monday kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720,000 people in eight districts as [...] Full text...
23 february 2023 - 11:18:00
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Spurred by the services sector, especially the revival of tourism, Rwanda’s GDP grew by 8.4 percent [...] Full text...
21 february 2023 - 06:18:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ‒ African heads of state have agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent [...] Full text...
16 february 2023 - 05:20:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Current disease outbreaks highlight the urgent need for every country to ramp up its care systems, [...] Full text...
09 february 2023 - 06:04:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Calling for a swift crackdown on infant formula corporations’ exploitative marketing tactics, a leading World Health [...] Full text...
08 february 2023 - 13:20:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Preparations for a vaccination campaign in Libya targeting children aged 0-5 years, scheduled for the middle [...] Full text...
06 february 2023 - 10:18:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is presently implementing a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) project which forms part of the integrated [...] Full text...
31 january 2023 - 11:50:37
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The member of the executive board of the Union of Arab Hospitals, Dr. Ali Abu Krine, [...] Full text...
31 january 2023 - 05:17:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over the [...] Full text...
19 january 2023 - 09:28:35
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius launched on Wednesday its Country Cooperation Strategy 2023-2026 prepared by the Ministry of Health and [...] Full text...
19 january 2023 - 05:11:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases [...] Full text...
16 january 2023 - 10:42:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that for the first time the national Human Papilloma Virus [...] Full text...
14 january 2023 - 05:33:16
New York, US (PANA) - Water can be a “dealmaker” for stability and cooperation as well as for the implementation [...] Full text...