Billions risk being without access to water, sanitation services by 2030

02 july 2021 - 05:57:13
New York, US (PANA) - Without an urgent injection of cash, billions globally are at risk of still being without lifesaving access [...] Full text...

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UN agencies launch measures to improve well-being of school-aged children, adolescents

23 june 2021 - 05:28:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With school closures triggered by COVID-19 disrupting both education and access to nutritious meals, two UN [...] Full text...

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WHO survey urges reduction in inequalities in good hand hygiene

05 may 2021 - 22:26:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The latest World Health Organization (WHO) global survey on implementation of national infection prevention and control [...] Full text...

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Africa must invest in innovative sanitation, wastewater management - Report

02 february 2021 - 13:05:02
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal have released the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF cautions as more people continue to disregard COVID-19 protocols

31 january 2021 - 15:10:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF Gambia, has cautioned that too many people in The West African nation are disregarding COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa COVID-19 cases top 3 million, first wave peak surpassed - WHO

14 january 2021 - 16:04:55
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – As COVID-19 cumulative cases in Africa top 3 million and daily case numbers exceed the first [...] Full text...

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WHO urges greater surveillance as new COVID-19 variants emerge

30 december 2020 - 17:29:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With the recent emergence in the African region of new COVID-19 variants which seem to have higher [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN refugee agency calls for ‘unfettered access’ to Tigray

12 december 2020 - 07:10:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali's interim president announces drastic measures to fight pandemic

01 december 2020 - 09:07:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Monday announced drastic measures to break [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: #AfricaMaskWeek to launch on Monday

23 november 2020 - 11:57:51
Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - At a time when COVID-19 cases are increasing in a second wave in many parts [...] Full text...

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Guinea extends health emergency by 30 days

15 november 2020 - 12:58:38
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé on Saturday night announced the extension of the state of health emergency [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana President urges public not to let their guard down as cases spike

09 november 2020 - 06:01:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With Ghana's coronavirus cases seeing a disturbing increase over the past weeks, President Nana Addo Dankwa [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic spurs health innovation in Africa, says WHO

01 november 2020 - 07:15:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The COVID-19 pandemic has galvanised the development of more than 120 health technology innovations that have been [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic robs children in poor countries of nearly four months of school

30 october 2020 - 06:29:55
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed children in the poorest countries of nearly four months of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Battling the pandemic in communities: The Ugandan example (A WHO Africa Regional Office feature)

25 october 2020 - 07:43:29
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – In a low-income suburb of Makindye, in the Ugandan capital, Hakim Kiggundu has gathered a group of [...] Full text...

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Presidential election underway in Guinea

18 october 2020 - 13:47:43
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Many polling stations in Guinea opened at 08:00 GMT on Sunday, in accordance with the electoral [...] Full text...

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Three billion people globally lack handwashing facilities at home: UNICEF

15 october 2020 - 13:58:46
New York, US (PANA) - Although handwashing with soap is vital in the fight against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, billions [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea records 62 new confirmed cases

31 august 2020 - 17:19:02
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Sunday recorded 62 new cases of coronavirus, following tests carried out on 942 suspected [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea to reopen places of worship in five communes from Friday

30 august 2020 - 17:17:32
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Mosques and churches, which have been closed since last March because of the coronavirus pandemic in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa

20 august 2020 - 18:24:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Access to handwashing facilities key for safe reopening of schools, say UN agencies

13 august 2020 - 04:23:16
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 820 million children worldwide do not have basic handwashing facilities at school, putting them [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa closes in on one million cases

30 july 2020 - 16:17:42
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – COVID-19 infections in Africa will exceed one million cases in the coming days as the pandemic surges [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: For 20 million Africans first-time access to clean water proves crucial amid COVID-19

29 july 2020 - 16:16:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - From Mozambique in the south to Morocco in the north, 20 million people in rural and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian Vice President tests positive

29 july 2020 - 16:05:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Office of the President announced here on Wednesday that Gambian Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges greater COVID-19 health services in Africa’s humanitarian settings

16 july 2020 - 14:58:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for greater access to COVID-19 detection, testing and care [...] Full text...

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Resumption of passenger train traffic on the Congo-Ocean Railway

15 july 2020 - 16:41:22
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Passenger trains of the Congo-Ocean Railway (CFCO), which had been stopped for three months due to [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: IOM water facilities help resettled communities fight pandemic in Sierra Leone

11 july 2020 - 15:43:11
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, handwashing remains among the most difficult preventive measures for millions of Sierra Leoneans to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Togolese students to fully return to classrooms

10 july 2020 - 18:39:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - After online courses, introduced in May to enable higher education students to catch up with lectures [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinean President wants tools for preventive measures distributed in schools

03 july 2020 - 14:24:31
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  Guinean President Alpha Condé on Thursday said tools for the preventive measures against Covid-19 must be [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi's new president vows to be personally involved in fight against pandemic

01 july 2020 - 14:36:02
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On the occasion of the 58th anniversary of Burundi's national independence, new president Evariste Ndayishimiye, on [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigeria warns of vulnerability of older citizens as infection cases rise

01 july 2020 - 06:52:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has raised alarm on the vulnerability of citizens older [...] Full text...

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“One” WASH program improves well-being of Ethiopia's vulnerable communities - Officials

29 june 2020 - 18:28:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s ‘One’ model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNIDO supports Togo to revive its economy

19 june 2020 - 19:04:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) -The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will support Togo following the coronavirus pandemic which has negatively [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB’s intervention helps to curb COVID-19 in vulnerable communities

11 june 2020 - 17:03:36
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - With 2.6 million internally-displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New partnership formed to combat virus

11 june 2020 - 08:03:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new partnership bringing together a private enterprise and UK’s leading non-profit humanitarian organization for children, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WFP provides specialised nutritious foods for treatment of patients in isolation centres

10 june 2020 - 20:31:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its support to the government of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR continues to support DRC in fight against COVID-19

29 may 2020 - 18:11:13
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) continues to support the Congolese government in its fight [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'New cases in Niger show downward trend'

26 may 2020 - 17:17:18
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's new COVID-19 cases have been on a downward trend since 12 May 2020, due to [...] Full text...

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Make Your Mask Challenge kicks off

26 may 2020 - 11:36:36
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The "Make your Mask Challenge", a campaign to raise awareness among African communities of the importance [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Five new cases in Benin

21 may 2020 - 17:20:20
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has registered five new cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number of cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: West African women excluded from pandemic info sharing, key decision making - Report

21 may 2020 - 11:36:55
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (PANA) - Women are excluded from information sharing on Covid-19 and from key high level decision making [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves US$13.7 million to strengthen health system, boost anti-COVID-19 efforts in Zimbabwe

15 may 2020 - 18:02:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$13.7 million grant [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Presidents, prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all

15 may 2020 - 05:27:28
New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...

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AfDB, partners call for safe, accessible water amid COVID-19

14 may 2020 - 18:55:41
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) - a global partnership of governments, donors, civil society [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin to screen travelers at Cotonou airport

14 may 2020 - 16:37:55
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government of Benin will begin the systematic screening of all travelers arriving at Cotonou airport [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU donates 2.5 million euros to Guinea for the fight against Covid-19

12 may 2020 - 16:31:38
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Monday donated 2.5 million euros to Guinea to enable the west [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda's positive cases reach 284, recoveries 140

11 may 2020 - 08:14:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Health officials on Sunday reported four new confirmed COVID-19 cases bringing the total number to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda COVID-19 cases reach 280 as 7 more are confirmed

09 may 2020 - 21:51:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Ministry of Health on Saturday announced 7 new COVID-19 confirmed cases, bringing the total number [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda's total cases rise by three to reach 271

08 may 2020 - 11:48:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Three new people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Rwanda as of Thursday night, raising [...] Full text...

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UN appeals for US$6.7 billion to protect millions of lives, stem COVID-19 spread in fragile countries

07 may 2020 - 15:21:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock on Thursday  called for swift and determined action to avoid [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda confirms 7 more cases to reach 268

07 may 2020 - 07:39:16
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda on Wednesday confirmed seven new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total recorded positive cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails 7.4 billion-Euro pledge for COVID-19 treatments

05 may 2020 - 05:08:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World leaders on Monday pledged 7.4 billion Euros to support research and development for medicines to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda begins lockdown relaxation as total confirmed cases reach 259

04 may 2020 - 13:29:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The two-week period of easing of lockdown in Rwanda started on Monday as the total confirmed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN prepares for potentially devastating virus outbreak in conflict-ravaged northeast Nigeria

30 april 2020 - 14:39:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In northeast Nigeria, where armed conflict has forced millions from their homes, the UN’s migration agency, [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: UN agencies, World Bank issue guidelines on roadmap for safe reopening of schools

30 april 2020 - 13:53:39
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO, UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP) and World Bank on Thursday issued new guidelines on the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi reports 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19

26 april 2020 - 11:54:36
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has registered three new infections with the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing to 15 the number of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya extends containment, curfew

25 april 2020 - 12:57:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan authorities on Saturday extended the ongoing curfew and containment in a bid to contain [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Commonwealth launches collaboration to help fight pandemic

22 april 2020 - 12:09:07
London, UK (PANA) - Commonwealth accredited organisations have launched a range of activities to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger

16 april 2020 - 16:14:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Niger dressmakers turn to making face masks...

10 april 2020 - 17:05:36
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - With the advent of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some items such as respiratory masks have aroused [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19 - UNICEF

08 april 2020 - 19:45:19
New York, US (PANA) - “COVID-19 is generating an unprecedented global economic crisis. And as we witness in all such [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR steps up activities to fight COVID-19 in DR Congo

02 april 2020 - 16:49:46
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has intensified its preparedness, prevention and response [...] Full text...

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Peacekeeping radio station provides COVID-19 information to vulnerable communities in South Sudan

28 march 2020 - 08:44:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN Peacekeeping radio stations are playing a vital role – getting information to vulnerable communities [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali's president calls COVID-19 absolute evil

24 march 2020 - 20:45:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita said on national television on Monday evening that "coronavirus kills, it [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief slams slow virus testing response

17 march 2020 - 05:33:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The most effective way to prevent infections and save lives, is breaking the chains of transmission. [...] Full text...

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SADC suspends regional meetings temporarily to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

09 march 2020 - 19:53:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The SADC has temporarily suspended regional face-to-face meetings and will use videoconferencing, webinars and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus COVID-19 risk increased to ‘very high’, first sub-Saharan case in Nigeria

29 february 2020 - 05:03:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must act quickly and robustly to contain the coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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UN chief Guterres warns against stigmatization in coronavirus outbreak

04 february 2020 - 19:49:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken steps to ensure that the coronavirus epidemic that has [...] Full text...

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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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