World leaders support political declaration on NCDs, mental health

27 september 2025 - 06:25:23
New 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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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts more than a billion at risk

24 september 2025 - 04:34:55
Geneva, 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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Some 47 million health workers and advocates call for cleaner air to curb pollution deaths

29 march 2025 - 05:23:57
Cartagena, Colombia (PANA) - Over 50 countries, cities, and organisations pledged new commitments on Thursday to tackle air pollution, protect [...] Full text...

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World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging solidarity at a critical moment for global health

24 february 2025 - 19:22:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu

07 february 2025 - 22:10:48
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering [...] Full text...

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33 percent of deaths in Mauritius caused by cardiovascular diseases

15 october 2024 - 13:11:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius' Minister for Health and Quality of Life, Kailash Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that cardiovascular diseases, [...] Full text...

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Amid Gaza war, children work so families can survive: ILO

08 june 2024 - 06:27:43
Geneva, Switzerland {PANA) - Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, [...] Full text...

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Experts warn of serious health impacts from climate change for pregnant women, children, and older people

05 june 2024 - 19:12:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents and older people are facing serious health complications due to climate [...] Full text...

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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during 77th World Health Assembly

01 june 2024 - 11:25:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Situation deteriorating in Sudan's El Fasher - UN

26 may 2024 - 05:42:30
New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian situation for some 800,000 civilians in El Fasher, Sudan, and surrounding areas in [...] Full text...

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‘All for Health, Health for All’ sets the stage for 77th World Health Assembly

23 may 2024 - 13:03:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Restrictions, lack of medicines deprive people in Khartoum state of lifesaving care - MSF

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...

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Burden and causes of pregnancy-related mortality in The Gambia reveals

24 october 2023 - 15:08:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A study conducted by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit of The Gambia at London [...] Full text...

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Mauritius Health Minister deplores high prevalence of NCDs

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...

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Hypertension affects 27% of the Mauritian population: Minister

10 may 2023 - 13:14:32
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that hypertension affects 27.2% of [...] Full text...

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WHO releases largest global collection of health inequality data

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...

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Mauritius: Diabetes stands at 19.9% (survey)

04 april 2023 - 16:16:25
Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) -  Mauritian health authorities said on Monday the prevalence of diabetes since 1987 in Mauritius which stood [...] Full text...

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Small island States to accelerate action on preventable diseases, mental health

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...

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Mauritius to institutionalise National Health Observatory

06 december 2022 - 08:12:52
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday said it will institutionalise the National Health Observatory [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people: WHO chief

20 october 2022 - 05:26:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged the international community and the media on [...] Full text...

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Rate of non-communicable diseases decline in Mauritius - Survey

11 august 2022 - 08:01:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Thursday that the rate of non-communicable diseases (NCD) [...] Full text...

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Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years: WHO

04 august 2022 - 17:32:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO forecasts dramatic drop in deaths, but warns no time to ‘sit back and relax’

03 june 2022 - 05:21:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over two-thirds of Africans exposed to virus which causes COVID-19: WHO study

08 april 2022 - 11:36:08
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Up to 65% of Africans have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, a World [...] Full text...

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'Cancer care in Africa improves, but challenges persist'

15 march 2022 - 05:59:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Although cancer care has improved significantly in many African countries over the past decade, challenges in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius to begin non-communicable disease survey on Thursday

22 october 2021 - 08:21:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will on Saturday launch the latest Non-communicable Disease (NCD) survey, whose main objective is to [...] Full text...

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Football champion Didier Drogba appointed WHO ambassador for sports, health

18 october 2021 - 21:02:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday appointed football legend Didier Drogba its Goodwill Ambassador for Sport [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 291 new positive cases, one death

05 september 2021 - 09:13:03
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Saturday it had recorded a total of 291 [...] Full text...

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High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries: WHO report

25 august 2021 - 05:24:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus; Mauritius records 100 positive cases

16 july 2021 - 06:54:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said 100 cases of COVID-19 were [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Malian President Bah N'Daw receives first batch of vaccine

06 march 2021 - 12:32:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Transition President Bah Ndaw on Friday received the first batch of 396,000 doses of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Frequent death of youths worry Benin govt.

12 february 2021 - 16:34:37
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government of Benin is worried because of increased death of young people due to the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius starts national vaccination campaign

26 january 2021 - 13:38:15
Candos, Mauritius (PANA) - Around 100 front-liners have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 on Tuesday at the start of a [...] Full text...

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Stillbirths: An unnecessary, unspeakable tragedy – UN report

08 october 2020 - 16:08:44
New York, US (PANA) -  A stillborn baby is delivered every 16 seconds, which translates into nearly two million infants [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian gov't. warns people to stay away from the Maggal celebration in Touba, Senegal

04 october 2020 - 18:23:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Health on Sunday issued a statement warning people to stay away from [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to conduct 7th Non-Communicable Diseases survey

02 october 2020 - 06:25:19
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry is to conduct the 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Survey [...] Full text...

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Mauritius govt. to set up Health Promotion Clubs for public servants

26 september 2020 - 07:02:56
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is to set up Health Promotion Clubs in all ministries and departments of the public [...] Full text...

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Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa

10 september 2020 - 17:37:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - There is an increasing evidence that Africans living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to conduct 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases Survey

29 august 2020 - 08:13:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry will soon conduct the 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Survey [...] Full text...

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Diabetes, high-blood pressure cases rise in Nairobi, Western Kenya

30 july 2020 - 22:42:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hypertension and diabetes cases remain high in Nairobi and Western Kenya, a research carried out by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 788 new cases amid growing complexities

30 july 2020 - 18:57:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is having new and previously less obvious medical impacts on the lives [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Deaths in Zambia rise to 128

20 july 2020 - 15:45:06
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded 178 new coronavirus cases out of 959 tests [...] Full text...

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Rwandan dailies highlight resumption of RwandAir flights, trial of former Rwandan PM over dud cheques

18 july 2020 - 16:49:46
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the resumption of RwandAir flights effective 1 August and the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigeria's figure jumps to 30,249 with 460 new cases on Wednesday

09 july 2020 - 10:49:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases jumping to 30,249 with 460 of them recorded on Wednesday, the Nigeria [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Kenya reports 117 pandemic infections, tally reaches 4,374

19 june 2020 - 14:55:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan health authorities on Friday confirmed 117 new coronavirus infections bringing the total positive cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 241 new cases to bring total to 10,818

03 june 2020 - 10:26:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 241 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) taking the total number of infections [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 disrupting services to treat non-communicable diseases - WHO

01 june 2020 - 19:20:02
Geneva‎, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against COVID-19 has severely disrupted services to prevent and treat cancer, diabetes, hypertension and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says pandemic significantly impacts health services for NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa

01 june 2020 - 13:15:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Prevention and treatment services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been severely disrupted since the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records highest daily increase; total now 8,733

28 may 2020 - 08:26:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest daily increase since the beginning [...] Full text...

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Uganda, AstraZeneca sign anti-hypertension partnership deal

18 may 2020 - 18:21:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Biopharmaceutical firm, Astra Zeneca, and Uganda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pave [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO and IOC team up to improve health through sports

17 may 2020 - 12:21:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Saturday signed an agreement to [...] Full text...

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Despite caution about Coronavirus in Burundi, it’s business as usual

03 april 2020 - 16:02:50
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A widespread fear has reached Burundians following the first reported cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), without however [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 161 cases, 6 deaths

02 april 2020 - 06:01:49
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The chairperson of the National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, has said that as [...] Full text...

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Mali records five new cases of coronavirus

30 march 2020 - 14:27:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's health ministry on Monday announced five new cases of coronavirus, including four in Bamako and [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Gabon reports first death out of 4 patients declared positive

20 march 2020 - 17:22:19
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon on Friday reported its first death due to Covid-19 infection, the spokesperson for the Monitoring [...] Full text...

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Burundi launches campaign on cashew cultivation

24 january 2020 - 08:01:52
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Thursday launched a campaign for the cultivation of cashew as a new cash crop [...] Full text...

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Cardio-vascular diseases kill around 3,500 people in Mauritius every year

28 september 2019 - 14:59:32
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Quality of Life minister Anwar Husnoo on Saturday revealed that cardio-vascular diseases [...] Full text...

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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 10:56:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...

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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:44:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...

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Kenya health chief raises red flag on cardiovascular diseases

18 may 2019 - 13:49:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Fifty percent of in-patient admissions in Kenyan hospitals are those suffering from cardiovascular diseases, which calls [...] Full text...

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High blood pressure, a serious public health concern in Guinea

29 january 2019 - 14:59:33
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Health authorities are repeatedly sounding the alarm in Guinea where they consider that non-communicable diseases, such [...] Full text...

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Mauritius health authorities to develop strategies for reducing salt intake

01 october 2018 - 17:47:49
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health ministry will develop strategies to cut down salt intake in diets as recommended [...] Full text...

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UN committee recommends 4 hazardous chemicals to be listed

14 september 2018 - 11:51:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Rotterdam Convention’s Chemicals Review Committee has recommended that four hazardous chemicals recommended should be [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches campaign against Non-Communicable Diseases

10 september 2018 - 07:02:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Anwar Husnoo on Sunday launched a national prevention campaign [...] Full text...

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Inactivity puts physical, mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk, says WHO

05 september 2018 - 06:56:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches campaign against Non-Communicable Diseases

06 august 2018 - 09:19:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 10-day campaign against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) was launched over the weekend by the Mauritian Health [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to debate Human Tissue Bill in Parliament

21 may 2018 - 11:54:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As the Mauritian Parliament prepares to begin the second reading the Human Tissue (Removal, Preservation and [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia working with UN to strengthen national NCD response (A WHO feature)

25 december 2017 - 08:51:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - All of government action is needed to prevent and control the health and development impacts [...] Full text...

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WHO enhances efforts to reduce burden of chronic diseases in Libya

10 november 2017 - 20:04:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Libya’s burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) is estimated to account for more than 76% all deaths [...] Full text...

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Sudan: President fires chief of Sudan's drugs board over price hike

25 november 2016 - 17:35:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir on Friday fired Sudan National Medicines and Poisons Board chair, Mohamed Al- Hassan [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Health Minister calls for urgent action on prevention of NCDs

06 may 2016 - 09:26:08
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Mr Anil Gayan on Thursday night called for urgent [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius bans importation of monosodium glutamate

03 may 2016 - 16:24:30
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister Ashit Gungah on Tuesday confirmed the government’s decision to ban the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopia launches plan to improve treatment for heart ailments

04 february 2016 - 11:07:15
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s Health Minister Kesetebirhan Admasu has launched a plan to improve the treatment of heart [...] Full text...

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UN: UN report says maternal mortality drops by 44 per cent

12 november 2015 - 16:28:31
New York, US (PANA) - Maternal mortality has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, UN agencies and the World Bank [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Human rights observatory denounces detention of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania

01 july 2015 - 19:06:21
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) –The observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a programme jointly implemented by the International Federation [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Media dominated by arrest of former PM in Mauritius

14 february 2015 - 17:33:33
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian media this week devoted large spaces to the arrest on Friday of former Prime [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Minister warns against “health catastrophe” in Tunisia

07 december 2014 - 08:52:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian Health Minister Mohamed Salah Ben Ammar has warned against a “health catastrophe” that threatens the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: African countries making progress in fighting HIV/AIDS

27 november 2014 - 22:17:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – With less than six months to the deadline set to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: UNHCR says over 100,000 people displaced in Libya in 3 wks

10 october 2014 - 12:49:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With fighting among rival armed groups intensifying in a number of areas of Libya, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Cardiovascular diseases on the decline in Mauritius

29 september 2014 - 17:57:50
Grand Bay, Mauritius (PANA) - Deaths due to heart disease in Mauritius have proportionally decreased from 22.8% in 2005 to [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: World Heart Day, WHO says salt reduction saves lives

25 september 2014 - 09:56:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of the 2014 World Heart Day, to be observed 29 Sept., the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: International conference on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes opens Monday

23 august 2014 - 14:28:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Experts from the UK, US, Sweden and India will gather in Mauritius Monday for a one-day [...] Full text...

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Togo: "False alert" raised on suspected Ebola carrier from Benin

29 july 2014 - 15:43:53
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese health authorities have described as "false alert", the case of a passenger from Benin [...] Full text...

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Gambia: January 17 is National Natural Medicine Day

07 april 2014 - 21:39:34
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Members of the Gambian National Assembly in Banjul on Monday officially adopted 17 January as National [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Around 10,000 people suffer from renal diseases in Mauritius

13 march 2014 - 13:32:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Renal diseases affect more and more Mauritians because of diabetes and hypertension, with around 1,000 patients [...] Full text...

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Mali: Hypertension plagues 22% of Malians

18 february 2014 - 17:49:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Some 22% of Malians suffer from hypertension in a country where there is only one cardiologist [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Former minister dies in Paris

05 january 2014 - 16:40:30
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – Former Cameroonian Minister, Robert Mbella Mbappe, died on Saturday night in Paris, France, where he had [...] Full text...

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Mauritius takes health screening, counselling to the people

26 october 2013 - 17:47:14
Quatre Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health ministry Saturday launched the ‘Health Screening and Counselling services at your doorstep [...] Full text...

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AU holds health conference in SA

02 august 2013 - 10:02:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An African Union (AU) conference aimed at complementing ongoing efforts to improve the health [...] Full text...

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Mauritius takes healthcare to family doorsteps

05 june 2013 - 14:28:30
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has introduced a new concept to health services, taking screening and counselling services to the [...] Full text...

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'Caesarian section accounts for 44% of deliveries in Mauritius'

16 april 2013 - 18:10:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Quoting a study by the Mauritius Institute of Health in collaboration with private health institutions in [...] Full text...

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Mauritian Health minister calls for research work on diabetes

08 march 2013 - 14:52:27
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, Friday appealed to local institutions to embark on research work [...] Full text...

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Mauritians take too much salt – Minister

01 october 2012 - 15:03:27
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Lormus Bundhoo, has revealed that Mauritians consume too much [...] Full text...

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Journalists trained in cardiovascular resuscitation during Cameroon's 'Heart Week'

30 september 2012 - 13:17:34
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Hundreds of journalists and thousands of rescuers across Douala and Yaoundé were trained in cardiovascular resuscitation [...] Full text...

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'One-third of deaths in Mauritius caused by cardiovascular diseases'

29 september 2012 - 14:17:19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – One-third of deaths reported in Mauritius are caused by cardiovascular diseases, says the Mauritian Health ministry. [...] Full text...

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Cameroon launches 7th edition of 'Heart Week'

27 september 2012 - 12:54:43
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Cameroonian Heart Foundation has launched the seventh Heart Week in Yaounde, with the support of [...] Full text...

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NCDs is leading cause of death in Gambia, says minister

13 august 2012 - 14:48:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Health experts in the Gambia have said that non communicable diseases (NCDs) are the major killer [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian papers focus on development challenges, rights issues

17 december 2011 - 09:37:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In the aftermath of long celebrations of Tanzania’s 50th independence anniversary, the country’s mainstream [...] Full text...

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WHO study shows how to reduce maternal, newborn, child deaths

15 december 2011 - 13:41:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A three-year study by the World Health Organization (WHO) and two other organizations has identified key [...] Full text...

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Cases of stroke rising in Congo

03 november 2011 - 15:08:08
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Cases of Stroke, medically known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA), have risen sharply in Congo, vaulting from [...] Full text...

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Freed former Libyan PM begins hunger strike in Tunisian jail

29 september 2011 - 21:13:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The former Libyan PM, Baghdadi Mahmoudi, on Thursday began a hunger strike in the civil prison [...] Full text...

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Health minister warns against high rate of NCDs in Mauritius

26 september 2011 - 13:49:13
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian minister of health and quality of life, Lormus Bundhoo, has called on Mauritians [...] Full text...

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Peacekeepers provide medical relief to north Darfur communities

23 august 2011 - 18:55:27
Khartoum, Sudan ( PANA) - The peacekeepers in Darfur said they have treated thousands of Darfuri patients ranging from eye [...] Full text...

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'One third of 2.6m stillbirths worldwide in 2009 occurred in Africa'

15 april 2011 - 19:28:06
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Some 2.6 million stillbirths occurred worldwide in 2009, with about a third of the births occurring [...] Full text...

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Cameroon launches vaccination campaign against H1N1 flu

26 october 2010 - 22:57:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Cameroonian Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday launched a nationwide vaccination campaign in Yaounde against [...] Full text...

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Diabetes, hypertension, obesity high in Mauritius

18 august 2010 - 16:38:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister May a Hanoomanjee, told Parliament Wednesday that the prevalence [...] Full text...

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WHO AFRO boss alerts on health hazards of urbanisation

07 april 2010 - 12:22:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The World Health Organization's Regional Director for Af rica, Dr. Luis Sambo, Wednesday drew attention [...] Full text...

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Jammeh resumes controversial HIV/AIDS treatment programme

12 february 2010 - 14:42:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has resumed his controver sial Presidential Treatment Programme with a batch of [...] Full text...

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Kidney diseases, a silent threat, says Senegalese doctor

03 december 2009 - 19:46:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The head of the Nephrology Department of Aristide Le Dan tec Hospital, in Dakar, Senegal, Professor [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to carry out survey on non-communicable disease

26 april 2009 - 09:52:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Health Ministry will conduct a nati onal survey on non-communicable diseases among its citizens [...] Full text...

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Outrage over release of top financial advisor

07 march 2009 - 15:13:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Government's decision to parole fraudster Schabir Shaik, who served as ANC President Jacob Zuma's [...] Full text...

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