Mpox deaths falling everywhere but Africa, says expert panel
21 march 2024 - 05:37:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cases of Mpox are falling everywhere except in Africa, a UN health agency expert panel has [...] Full text...
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Africa immunization advisory group urges single-dose HPV vaccine adoption
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Polio investment in Eastern Mediterranean nets nearly 39-fold return: WHO 
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14 february 2024 - 05:47:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...
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Nearly 10,000 children vaccinated as malaria vaccine rollout in Africa expands
13 february 2024 - 09:11:18Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have now received the RTS,S malaria vaccine since [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
25 january 2024 - 18:05:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The raging war in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at [...] Full text...
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Libya launches comprehensive national healthcare programme
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Israel-Gaza war: Crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays, obstacles
04 january 2024 - 16:53:49Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread
21 december 2023 - 06:46:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...
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Urgent help needed for millions of children affected by conflicts and disasters: UNICEF
15 december 2023 - 18:37:18New York, US (PANA) - Protection needs for children in emergencies from Ukraine to Gaza and Sudan have never been [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day
27 november 2023 - 14:53:46Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in [...] Full text...
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Training more nurses to bring quality health care to hard-to-reach communities in Kenya- World Bank Blog (By Dr. Leah Chebet Bii)
12 october 2023 - 16:10:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Health workers are the backbone of health systems that meet the needs of their communities. In remote [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends vaccine against dengue, meningitis
03 october 2023 - 05:52:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine against dengue for children aged [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends second malaria vaccine for children
02 october 2023 - 18:26:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a second vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria [...] Full text...
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Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief
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Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide (Embargoed until 00:01 GMT / 02:01 CEST 18 July 2023)
17 july 2023 - 18:48:47Geneva/New York (PANA) - Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as [...] Full text...
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Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote received by president of Niger
19 june 2023 - 16:07:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On Monday 19 June, 2023, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, received [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UNICEF says millions of children at risk or displaced
17 june 2023 - 17:06:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- More than one million children have now been displaced by two months of conflict in Sudan while [...] Full text...
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WHO, Libyan health authorities organize joint polio epidemic simulation exercise
03 june 2023 - 15:54:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A polio outbreak simulation exercise involving experts and some Libyan health staff was organized by the [...] Full text...
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Gambia Ministry of Health receives $1.5 million in supplies from Japan and UNICEF
16 may 2023 - 20:18:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF and the Embassy of Japan in Senegal, accredited to The Gambia, handed over more than [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Guterres condemns looting of main WFP compound in Khartoum
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Health systems show first major signs of post-COVID-19 recovery
03 may 2023 - 05:24:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three years [...] Full text...
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World Immunization Week: Libyans urged to immunize against COVID-19
25 april 2023 - 18:39:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has called on Libyans and residents in the country [...] Full text...
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WHO releases largest global collection of health inequality data
25 april 2023 - 16:31:38Geneva, Switzerland PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday launched its Health Inequality Data Repository, the most comprehensive global [...] Full text...
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African Vaccination Week, World Immunization Week kick off
24 april 2023 - 07:12:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...
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2023 World Immunization Week to be celebrated 24 to 30 April
23 april 2023 - 06:52:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action [...] Full text...
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WHO makes key leadership appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives
18 april 2023 - 08:38:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...
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WHO concerned about rising measles cases in southern and western Libya
30 march 2023 - 15:07:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the increase of measles cases in the [...] Full text...
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Kenya begins provision of malaria vaccine around Lake Victoria region
06 march 2023 - 13:50:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is starting the immediate provision of a groundbreaking malaria vaccine to children especially those living [...] Full text...
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Mozambique targets 720,000 people in cholera vaccination drive
28 february 2023 - 05:39:48Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique on Monday kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720,000 people in eight districts as [...] Full text...
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African leaders call for urgent action to revitalise routine immunization
21 february 2023 - 06:18:11Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ‒ African heads of state have agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions
31 december 2022 - 05:19:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners on Friday kicked off a nationwide integrated measles [...] Full text...
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Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Kenya's Turkana County
28 december 2022 - 05:22:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the [...] Full text...
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Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report
01 december 2022 - 14:21:11Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is [...] Full text...
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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat
25 november 2022 - 14:45:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health [...] Full text...
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Nearly 40 million children susceptible to measles due to COVID-19 disruptions - Report
24 november 2022 - 05:07:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 40 million children are at risk of getting measles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the [...] Full text...
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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO
03 november 2022 - 20:57:58Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccination rollout stalls in Africa, says WHO
21 october 2022 - 14:42:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the monthly [...] Full text...
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Gambia begins nationwide campaign against Measles-Rubella
19 october 2022 - 11:40:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health on Tuesday started a week-long campaign to vaccinate children against measles-rubella. Aja Kandeh, [...] Full text...
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Libya's national unity government's crisis exit plan seeks international support
06 october 2022 - 20:35:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The government of national unity has refined since last February its plan to end the crisis [...] Full text...
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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update
05 october 2022 - 19:23:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres
24 september 2022 - 11:52:32New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...
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Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid - UNICEF
23 september 2022 - 13:49:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO expert group recommends second booster for vulnerable groups
19 august 2022 - 05:19:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster to older persons, pregnant women, health workers, [...] Full text...
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Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF
17 august 2022 - 05:13:31New York, US (PANA) - The pharmaceutical company, GSK, has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria [...] Full text...
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UNICEF secures supply of malaria vaccine for million more children
16 august 2022 - 16:51:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of malaria vaccine to GSK valued [...] Full text...
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Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years: WHO
04 august 2022 - 17:32:37Brazzaville, 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: Advocacy day for vaccination against pandemic in Mali
25 july 2022 - 17:42:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The results of vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) are far below expectation in Mali, said the president [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk
15 july 2022 - 19:47:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...
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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO
13 july 2022 - 05:27:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio
10 july 2022 - 07:55:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique last week kicked off the third round of vaccination against wild poliovirus type 1 as southern [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO validates 11th vaccine for pandemic
19 may 2022 - 16:26:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for "CONVIDECIA", a vaccine [...] Full text...
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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
18 may 2022 - 15:52:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia to embark on countrywide vaccination campaign
05 may 2022 - 14:21:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, has announced a countrywide coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination [...] Full text...
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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief
02 may 2022 - 05:27:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...
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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa, warns WHO
29 april 2022 - 05:42:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year, the UN World [...] Full text...
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Afreximbank calls on African governments to mobilise around AVAT compensation initiative
23 march 2022 - 15:57:23Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA)- Professor Benedict Oramah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Japan provides US$2.5 million to support Gambia efforts against pandemic
22 march 2022 - 12:09:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Japan has provided US$2.5 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support The Gambian [...] Full text...
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WHO targets children under-5 in southern Africa in mass polio vaccination drives after Malawi outbreak
22 march 2022 - 06:30:32Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A vaccination drive against wild polio type 1 has kicked off in five southern African countries [...] Full text...
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Gambia to launch polio immunization targeting 382,908 children
18 march 2022 - 18:26:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Ministry of Health announced Friday a launch of the second round of Polio Immunization campaign targeting [...] Full text...
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'Cancer care in Africa improves, but challenges persist'
15 march 2022 - 05:59:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Although cancer care has improved significantly in many African countries over the past decade, challenges in [...] Full text...
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USAID gives Nigeria $10.6 million aid
11 march 2022 - 04:45:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced an additional $10.6 million in development assistance to Nigeria, [...] Full text...
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Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected: WHO
05 march 2022 - 15:15:59Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Polio emergency response teams in Malawi are ramping up disease surveillance and deepening investigations after the country [...] Full text...
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Vera Songwé calls for making immunization a reality to achieve SDGs
04 march 2022 - 17:18:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Vera Songwé, has called on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVID-19 Immunization campaign targets mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border
18 february 2022 - 21:05:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - COVID-19 Immunization campaign, targeting mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border, has vaccinated over 1,500 persons, according to [...] Full text...
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Japan offers financial support to Guinea's health system
25 january 2022 - 14:36:40Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The government of Japan has donated medical materials and equipment worth about US$1.5 million to Guinea, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
19 january 2022 - 05:24:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists
23 december 2021 - 07:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO lists ninth vaccine for emergency use
18 december 2021 - 08:14:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved the Covovax vaccine for emergency use listing (EUL), elevating to nine [...] Full text...
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More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs
13 december 2021 - 05:50:25New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese, American companies in the market for vaccine in Burundi
10 december 2021 - 13:35:55Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The anti-coronavirus vaccine of the Chinese pharmaceutical firm 'SINOPHARM' has been joined since last Monday by [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine hoarding will prolong pandemic, warns WHO
10 december 2021 - 05:37:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Early laboratory data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron COVID-19 variant is useful, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.6 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
27 november 2021 - 14:07:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,669,064 people have received a vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken to discuss situation in Horn of Africa with Kenyan president
17 november 2021 - 12:03:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kenya on Wednesday on an official visit to [...] Full text...
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Gambia to begin four days Polio Immunization campaign on November 20
16 november 2021 - 18:48:50Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with UNICEF-Gambia office, will start a four-day massive Polio immunization [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 190 new positive cases
14 november 2021 - 07:45:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Saturday recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement from the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus
10 november 2021 - 05:51:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccine production should be matched by access to the syringes needed to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO approves Indian vaccine
04 november 2021 - 05:11:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday approved an eighth vaccine against COVID-19, which follows a slight uptick [...] Full text...
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Coalition holds workshop on validation of technical documents on vaccine research, manufacturing in Africa
28 october 2021 - 21:17:06Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) Thursday began a two-day workshop to review and validate [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Less than 10% of African countries to hit key vaccination goal
28 october 2021 - 11:16:09Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Just five African countries, less than 10% of Africa’s 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end [...] Full text...
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Former Malian Health Minister elected to the US National Academy of Medicine
23 october 2021 - 19:36:22Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A former Malian Minister of Health and current Director General of the National Institute of Public [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO advisory group recommends booster shot for immunocompromised people
12 october 2021 - 06:52:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 69 new cases
08 october 2021 - 14:36:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded over the last 24 hours 69 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in [...] Full text...
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WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk children
06 october 2021 - 20:30:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: At least 460,000 get Covid-19 jabs in Tanzania
02 october 2021 - 10:16:35Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Within two weeks of a nationwide campaign led by health and government officials, at [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fifteen African countries hit 10% vaccination goal
30 september 2021 - 20:19:07Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Fifteen African countries, nearly a third of the continent’s 54 nations, have fully vaccinated 10% of their [...] Full text...
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WHO launches global road map to defeat meningitis by 2030
27 september 2021 - 13:55:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Tuesday launch Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Road [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana temporarily puts rollout of Sinovac vaccine on hold
13 september 2021 - 12:57:43Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Health authorities in Botswana have announced delayed rollout of the Sinovac vaccine due to the "non-availability [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says increasing number of children killed and recruited by armed groups in Sahel’s tri-border area
13 september 2021 - 05:27:05Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Increasing numbers of children are being killed and targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AU to receive additional 10 million vaccines from French government
30 august 2021 - 18:04:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries will receive 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over [...] Full text...
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African countries commit to ending all forms of polio
27 august 2021 - 05:41:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Governments from the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region have committed to ending all remaining forms of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya goes for multiple vaccines to immunise 10 million in 2021
26 august 2021 - 21:40:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will continue to vaccinate the population with a target of reaching 10 million by December [...] Full text...
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Libya begins administration of second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine
21 august 2021 - 10:33:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The administration of the second dose of AstraZeneca's anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Libya will begin on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic widens routine immunization gaps in Africa
29 july 2021 - 14:51:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Around 7.7 million children in Africa missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New data indicate vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery
22 july 2021 - 15:43:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and [...] Full text...
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Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout
15 july 2021 - 05:37:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children worldwide [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guterres calls for global vaccine plan as pandemic death toll passes 4 million
08 july 2021 - 05:40:55New York, US (PANA - The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million on Wednesday, marking yet [...] Full text...
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IMF calls on Guinean government to control inflation
02 july 2021 - 10:42:02Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In Guinea, inflation should remain above the single-digit target of the country's central bank during the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank props up Benin's vaccination campaign
01 july 2021 - 13:16:25Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Development Association (IDA), the aid arm of the World Bank, has granted Benin US$ [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief expresses concern about Delta variant
26 june 2021 - 06:29:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency expressed concern on Friday over the COVID-19’s delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date. Dr. [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNHCR urges states to remove vaccine barriers for refugees
24 june 2021 - 10:57:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four months since the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Millions of stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs: UNHCR
23 june 2021 - 05:06:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO explains why vaccinating children is not a priority
11 june 2021 - 22:28:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO's Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan Friday shed light on why vaccinating children against the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal
10 june 2021 - 21:02:07Brazzaville, (Congo) - As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, [...] Full text...
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Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks- WHO
09 june 2021 - 23:48:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) will Thursday launch the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022 titled "Delivering on [...] Full text...
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​WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
01 june 2021 - 22:24:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization Tuesday validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Beijing-based pharmaceutical company [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AU health ministers urge member countries to step up vaccination against the disease
18 may 2021 - 07:48:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Health Ministers have called upon all AU Member States to intensify their efforts for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO gives emergency listing to Sinopharm vaccine
07 may 2021 - 21:55:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Friday gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Bejing's COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth [...] Full text...
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Institutional mistrust retards child vaccination progress in Africa, new study
01 may 2021 - 10:07:02Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child [...] Full text...
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New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives
27 april 2021 - 05:15:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues to disrupt health services in 90 pct of countries -WHO
23 april 2021 - 21:52:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The second round of a World Health Organization “pulse survey“ reveals that over one year into the [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of risk of major measles outbreaks as countries delay vaccination drives
23 april 2021 - 05:14:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of risk of major [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia secures more funds for vaccines
18 april 2021 - 11:03:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has secured financing for its COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness and Response Project to strengthen immunisation [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic witnessing seven weeks of increasing cases, deaths -Tedros
13 april 2021 - 00:08:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday briefed the media on the state of the coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Morocco receives first allocation of Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX mechanism
09 april 2021 - 10:38:52Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has benefited from a first allocation of the Covid-19 vaccine under the COVAX mechanism, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘Plausible’ link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots - WHO committee
08 april 2021 - 06:51:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNHCR calls for equitable access to vaccines for refugees
07 april 2021 - 11:02:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, the UN Refugee Agency is calling for concerted international action and solidarity [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine given emergency use authorisation in Kenya
24 march 2021 - 18:08:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's pharmaceutical products regulator said on Wednesday it had authorised the use of two vaccines for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WB assessment shows gaps in countries’ readiness to deploy vaccines
18 march 2021 - 14:04:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As countries undertake the largest vaccination campaign in history, results of a World Bank [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Health experts give green light to Janssen jab, allay clotting concerns
18 march 2021 - 05:18:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by the board of UN [...] Full text...
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WHO reacts to suspension by some EU countries of COVID-19 vaccine, says safe to use
17 march 2021 - 21:31:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Wednesday that some countries in the European Union had [...] Full text...
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Countries gear-up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all
15 march 2021 - 09:49:21Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in African countries, a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO adds Janssen vaccine to list of safe, effective emergency tools against pandemic
13 march 2021 - 09:27:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine Ad26.COV2.S for emergency use in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia receives first consignment of vaccines under COVAX initiative
03 march 2021 - 09:47:35Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia has received its first shipment of 36,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COCAX Facility, [...] Full text...
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UN agencies support South Sudan's nationwide polio vaccination campaign
26 february 2021 - 05:17:30Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from [...] Full text...
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Ebola vaccination starts in Guinea to curb new outbreak
24 february 2021 - 06:20:40Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off on Tuesday in Guinea as the emergency response [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana to receive compensation for COVAX vaccine side effects
23 february 2021 - 21:57:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is to receive a no-fault compensation claim of serious side effects for people vaccinated with [...] Full text...
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Guinea launches vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis
20 february 2021 - 10:37:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A four-day national immunization campaign against polio in Guinea was launched on Friday in Upper Guinea, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief decries ‘wildly uneven and unfair’ vaccination
18 february 2021 - 05:15:10New York, US (PANA) - International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines appealed on Wednesday for the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank announces its first support for vaccine rollout in Africa
12 february 2021 - 10:26:15Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank approved on Thursday an additional financing of $5 million from the International Development [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone, says WHO
11 february 2021 - 06:10:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel countered concerns over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine on Wednesday, insisting that “it’s the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New variants raise questions around vaccines, WHO says
09 february 2021 - 07:02:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVAX expects to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
04 february 2021 - 22:27:34Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVAX has notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: King Mohamed VI to launch national vaccination campaign
27 january 2021 - 23:21:30Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - King Mohamed VI will Thursday launch the national anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, a statement issued by [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UNICEF expresses concern for children in Tigray’s conflict
27 january 2021 - 17:07:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Three months since fighting began in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, there’s grave concern for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO panel issues key guidance on second vaccine doses
27 january 2021 - 05:28:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO clears BioNTech’s vaccine for emergency use
01 january 2021 - 06:43:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To speed up access to COVID-19 vaccinations in the developing world, on the eve of the new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Avoid ‘nationalistic footrace’ in choosing vaccines, WHO official
20 december 2020 - 00:10:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Stronger action needed as African countries see steady rise in cases - WHO
18 december 2020 - 05:23:33Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – COVID-19 cases in the African region have risen steadily over the past two months, underscoring the need [...] Full text...
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Kenya grants citizenship to stateless Zimbabweans at Independence Day fete
13 december 2020 - 12:16:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has taken an extraordinary step of granting citizenship to 1,600 stateless Zimbabweans from the Shona [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges stronger community role in vaccine rollout
11 december 2020 - 07:33:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – As African countries gear up for COVID-19 vaccination, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for increased [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Prioritise health workers, at-risk groups, for vaccines: WHO chief
08 december 2020 - 06:03:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, weeks and months, health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges African countries to ramp up readiness for vaccination drive
27 november 2020 - 06:44:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the race to find a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is showing increasing promise, a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver vaccines
23 november 2020 - 11:31:22New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 logistics partners, including major airlines, [...] Full text...
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UNICEF, WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemic
07 november 2020 - 00:06:47GENEVA, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for an urgent action to avert [...] Full text...
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‘Emergency action’ needed to prevent major polio, measles epidemics: UN agencies
06 november 2020 - 17:10:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Globally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles – dangerous but [...] Full text...
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UNICEF, WHO concerned about shortage of children's vaccines in Libya
06 november 2020 - 11:31:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have expressed "extreme concern" [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end
19 october 2020 - 12:05:23New York, US (PANA) – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic and violence contribute to rising humanitarian needs in the Sahel
17 october 2020 - 06:00:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A surge in armed violence, coupled with the economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank approves $12 billion for vaccines
14 october 2020 - 12:55:33Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing [...] Full text...
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Babies now vaccinated against hepatitis B from birth in Benin
06 october 2020 - 18:13:09Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Babies born in Benin will now be vaccinated against hepatitis B within 24 hours of birth, [...] Full text...
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Conflict, climate crisis, threaten fragile gains to advance women, children’s health
26 september 2020 - 09:35:15New York, US (PANA) - Fragile gains made over the past decade to advance women and children’s health are threatened [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Countries urged to act against pandemic ‘infodemic’
24 september 2020 - 06:34:43New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they [...] Full text...
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How Africa’s health systems gain from polio eradication experience
23 september 2020 - 10:38:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The polio response has brought many skilled technicians into Africa’s health systems as the Global Polio [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, UN agencies warn
09 september 2020 - 16:35:54New York, US (PANA) - The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of COVID vaccines
04 september 2020 - 18:22:02New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure [...] Full text...
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UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world
03 september 2020 - 20:53:06Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - UNICEF is leading efforts to procure and supply coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in what could possibly be the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African countries engaging in ground-breaking vaccine initiative
03 september 2020 - 15:16:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO survey says 90% of countries reported disruptions to essential health services since pandemic​
01 september 2020 - 04:12:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the coronavirus (COVID-19) caused disruptions to the [...] Full text...
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Polio cases reported in Sudan despite announcement of its eradication in Africa
29 august 2020 - 17:50:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported cases of [...] Full text...
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Africa declared wild polio-free after four years without a case
25 august 2020 - 18:03:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief reiterates warning against pandemic ‘vaccine nationalism’
19 august 2020 - 04:33:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning against “vaccine nationalism” in the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘No silver bullet’ to combat virus, says UN health agency chief
03 august 2020 - 19:57:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is “no silver bullet” to combat COVID-19, and there might never be”, the head of [...] Full text...
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Spread of hepatitis B in children under five, lowest in decades: WHO
28 july 2020 - 05:06:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five, dropped to under one [...] Full text...
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WHO aims at hepatitis-free world by 2030
26 july 2020 - 10:24:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on all countries to work together to [...] Full text...
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Congo receives motorcycles from UNICEF to boost immunization capacity
25 july 2020 - 16:02:32Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) handed over 50 motorcycles to Congo on Friday to boost [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: World Bank, UNICEF provide essential supplies for Niger's response to pandemic
17 july 2020 - 14:53:05Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday delivered drugs and equipment worth [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congo launches emergency coronavirus response project
15 july 2020 - 16:47:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government on Tuesday launched the Coronavirus Emergency Response Project, and the activities of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF warn of decline in vaccinations during COVID-19
15 july 2020 - 16:11:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday of "an alarming [...] Full text...
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Guinea hit by measles epidemic
12 july 2020 - 16:11:06Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seventeen persons have died recently from a measles epidemic that hit Guinea for several months, reliable [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
10 july 2020 - 09:08:33Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa has joined immunization experts in [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso resumes polio vaccination campaigns under strict COVID-19 prevention measures
07 july 2020 - 10:16:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Monday concluded a four-day mass polio immunization campaign, vaccinating 174,304 children under five [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari praises world leaders, Osinbajo, others for Polio-free Nigeria
03 july 2020 - 21:08:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Friday commended world leaders and partners for supporting Nigeria to attain a Wild [...] Full text...
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Libya-Germany trade rises by 16 per cent in 2019
30 june 2020 - 10:17:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The volume of trade between Libya and Germany increased by 16 percent in the year 2019, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO decries ‘negligent’ safety planning for African frontline health workers
25 june 2020 - 20:03:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has decried the lack of proper [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO reports largest single day increase in cases
22 june 2020 - 19:24:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases over the course [...] Full text...
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Africa’s wild polio-free status to be determined in August: WHO
19 june 2020 - 20:40:47Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Nigerien President calls for accelerated production of vaccines
05 june 2020 - 14:34:40Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on Thursday stressed the need for a global union for mobilization of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘Global solidarity’ needed to find affordable, accessible virus vaccine, says Guterres
05 june 2020 - 05:51:57New York, US (PANA) - In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical [...] Full text...
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $1.6 billion to Vaccine Alliance
05 june 2020 - 05:17:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the [...] Full text...
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WHO sends team to DRC on Ebola outbreak
04 june 2020 - 06:51:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 50 staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners arrived in Mbandaka in [...] Full text...
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Libyan dailies centre on military developments in war for Tripoli, possible scenario
23 may 2020 - 19:09:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the military changes taking place on the ground in recent [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization
23 may 2020 - 06:45:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting [...] Full text...
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80 million children under one at risk of other diseases as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts
22 may 2020 - 18:36:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief hails 'landmark resolution’ to accelerate virus response
21 may 2020 - 04:56:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With “unprecedented solidarity”, the World Health Assembly adopted a “landmark resolution” on Tuesday, which sets out [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 250,000 Libyan children at risk of disease due to lack of vaccines - UNICEF and WHO
19 may 2020 - 17:42:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "More than a quarter of a million children under the age of one in Libya are [...] Full text...
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Child vaccinations down in DR Congo and COVID-19 is not helping matters - UNICEF
16 may 2020 - 07:29:31Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF warns that pandemic ‘quickly becoming a child rights crisis'
13 may 2020 - 06:00:36New York, US (PANA) - As the coronavirus outbreak enters its fifth month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns
07 may 2020 - 05:12:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 116 million babies have been born since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN leads bid to help 135 countries get vital COVID-19 medical kits
29 april 2020 - 05:32:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major UN-led initiative is under way to secure supplies of key medical equipment for 135 [...] Full text...
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Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off as COVID-19 threatens immunization gains - WHO
25 april 2020 - 09:44:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – This year’s Africa Vaccination Week started on Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to [...] Full text...
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Niger reports new polio outbreak
25 april 2020 - 09:30:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Niger has reported a new polio outbreak that has affected two children in Niamey and Tillaberi region, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Hard-fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO
23 april 2020 - 19:54:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries not to let virus eclipse other health issues
23 april 2020 - 16:18:24Brazzaville, Congo PANA) – Public health systems in Africa are coming under severe strain as the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic persists, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
16 april 2020 - 19:34:01New York, US (PANA) - The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus isolation threatens life-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally
14 april 2020 - 05:56:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19 - UNICEF
08 april 2020 - 19:45:19New 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: Restrictions hamper aid access for Sudanese in need
04 april 2020 - 11:21:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations and its partners are putting in place alternative plans to ensure the continuity [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DRC health system needs urgent help, says UNICEF
02 april 2020 - 16:36:46Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The DRC's health system needs urgent help to cope with measles and cholera epidemics that [...] Full text...
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