WHO team arrives in China to strengthen coronavirus response through partnership

28 january 2020 - 09:02:09
Beijing, China (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is in China to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak with senior Government officials.  Director-General [...] Full text...

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UN stresses need to end open defecation

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

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

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

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Mali celebrated Global Handwashing Day on Tuesday

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

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Nigeriens urged to imbide the culture of handwashing with soap

15 october 2019 - 18:47:20
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien Minister of Works (Hydraulics) and Sanitation on Tuesday urged Nigerien "families, schools, health centres, [...] Full text...

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

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

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Lack of basic water services in health care facilities impacts 2 billion people globally

03 april 2019 - 09:47:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 [...] Full text...

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Save the Children raises red flag about new Ebola cases

26 september 2018 - 08:20:30
Beni, DRC (PANA) - Save the Children, a children's rights NGO, says it is concerned at the news of five [...] Full text...

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Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN

28 august 2018 - 06:30:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal [...] Full text...

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Health expert says Sierra Leone regions see progress in water and sanitation

23 august 2018 - 06:32:57
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A water and sanitation (WATSAN) expert of the medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says [...] Full text...

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More than 300,000 people reached with awareness-raising campaign on Ebola in DRC - UNICEF

06 june 2018 - 04:48:54
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Since the start of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...

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Children must be at heart of response to Ebola outbreak in DRC – UNICEF

28 may 2018 - 02:38:11
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Children continue to be at risk and are affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the [...] Full text...

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Death of Ebola patients who fled DRC hospital highlights dangers - WHO

27 may 2018 - 05:26:34
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The escape of three patients infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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

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

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US: UN honours midwives as family 'partners for life'

05 may 2017 - 21:50:04
New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations population agency on Friday urged governments and development partners to expand midwifery [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF says inadequate hygiene endangers key development goal

15 october 2015 - 13:29:40
New York, US (PANA) - More than 40% of health facilities have no water resources within 500 metres in sub-Saharan [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: UNICEF says handwashing important tool in fighting Ebola

15 october 2014 - 16:49:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As the world celebrated the seventh Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF said the fight against [...] Full text...

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UN says simple handwash with soap can prevent diseases

15 october 2013 - 15:31:50
New York, US (PANA) – The UN on Tuesday called on people around the world to always engage in hand-washing [...] Full text...

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South Sudan joins other countries to celebrate Global Handwashing Day

15 october 2012 - 14:51:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Monday lamented that only 20 percent of children in [...] Full text...

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WHO highlights importance of good hand hygiene for patient safety

04 may 2012 - 18:45:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 15,000 health-care facilities from 156 countries are represented at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) [...] Full text...

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WHO/UNICEF launch new action plan against pneumonia

02 november 2009 - 19:55:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- More than five million children could be saved over six years if a comprehensive plan to [...] Full text...

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Mali marks World Handwashing Day

16 october 2009 - 11:34:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Some 10. 000 Malian children simultaneously washed their hands with soap Thursday in Bamako, as Mali [...] Full text...

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