New influenza variant is surging, but vaccination still our best bet: WHO

16 december 2025 - 13:02:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid an early start to the Northern Hemisphere influenza season a new variant of the virus [...] Full text...

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Meeting on Africa's Forestry and Wildlife opens in Banjul

03 december 2025 - 09:50:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia on Monday reiterated its commitment to protecting its forests and wildlife as it hosts [...] Full text...

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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live

04 november 2025 - 07:44:14
New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...

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Outlook for food trade ‘relatively optimistic’, FAO says

15 june 2025 - 05:31:51
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released their annual Food Outlook report which provides [...] Full text...

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FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action

18 march 2025 - 05:22:19
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, [...] Full text...

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Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO

07 january 2025 - 18:31:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN [...] Full text...

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Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria detected in DRC

27 december 2024 - 20:31:15
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A Disease Outbreak News (DON) has been posted for Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria (previously [...] Full text...

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Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says WHO

18 december 2024 - 05:31:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus [...] Full text...

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WHO infection control experts rush to DR Congo to probe mystery illness

07 december 2024 - 04:19:23
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - UN infection control experts have been deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Democratic Republic of the Congo reinforce efforts to diagnose disease in remote area

06 december 2024 - 18:08:10
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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End ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says WHO

09 october 2024 - 17:03:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Our “collective amnesia” about how bad the COVID-19 pandemic was should not prevent us from protecting [...] Full text...

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WHO announces recommendations for influenza vaccine composition for 2025 southern hemisphere influenza season

28 september 2024 - 18:39:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Saturday announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines [...] Full text...

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WHO updates influenza care guidelines, includes recommendations for viruses with pandemic potential

13 september 2024 - 20:22:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines for the care of patients with influenza. The [...] Full text...

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WHO reports on COVID-19 epidemiological update

13 august 2024 - 20:33:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Tuesday gave a situation report on the SARS-CoV-2 PCR per cent positivity during the [...] Full text...

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Healthcare in Sudan ‘hanging by a thread,’ warns UN agency

30 july 2024 - 05:58:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday strongly denounced the increasing attacks on healthcare facilities [...] Full text...

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No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief

09 may 2024 - 05:41:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human [...] Full text...

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Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans

18 april 2024 - 11:32:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals, including humans, is a significant public [...] Full text...

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US notifies WHO of outbreak of Avian Influenza A(H5N1)

11 april 2024 - 15:42:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The United States has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a laboratory-confirmed case of human infection [...] Full text...

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681,450 poultry killed by bird flu in Burkina Faso

06 march 2024 - 17:31:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has been experiencing an outbreak of avian influenza since 13 January 2022, the [...] Full text...

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681,450 poultry killed by bird flu in Burkina Faso

06 march 2024 - 17:29:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has been experiencing an outbreak of avian influenza since 13 January 2022, the [...] Full text...

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Rainfall gives South African maize growers hope of bumper crop

29 january 2024 - 07:12:59
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Maize production in South Africa is off to a reasonable start in marketing year 2023/24 [...] Full text...

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Health services predict a rise in cases of coronavirus infections in Libya over coming period

26 december 2023 - 18:36:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday that it expected an increase in cases [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

21 december 2023 - 06:46:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...

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WHO requests 'detailed information' from China on spike in respiratory illnesses in children

24 november 2023 - 06:47:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has made an official request to China for detailed information on a [...] Full text...

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Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief

20 july 2023 - 06:23:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing spread [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: No need for more severe health restrictions -(Mauritius Health Minister

02 may 2023 - 13:59:21
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said here Tuesday that there was no need [...] Full text...

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WHO launches new pandemic prevention plan, as COVID deaths fall 95 per cent

26 april 2023 - 17:25:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries’ ability to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches anti-influenza vaccination exercise 2023

05 april 2023 - 11:57:09
Roses-Hill, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo Wednesday launched an [...] Full text...

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Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: WHO chief

30 march 2023 - 05:16:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the agency was [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 remains an international health threat, says WHO chief

31 january 2023 - 05:28:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is [...] Full text...

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Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detected on three farms in Reunion Island

08 october 2022 - 09:42:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Saturday activated its preparedness plan following the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) [...] Full text...

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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update

05 october 2022 - 19:23:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...

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Guinea records outbreak of avian influenza

08 june 2022 - 11:41:15
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) has been reported at poultry farms in Guinea's Forécariah [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 3 deaths in a week

18 april 2022 - 07:40:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has reported that three deaths were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 7-13 [...] Full text...

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Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere: Guterres

27 december 2021 - 14:23:01
New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 58 new positive cases Sunday

20 december 2021 - 07:54:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health authorities said here Monday they had recorded 58 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number [...] Full text...

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Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Botswana

10 september 2021 - 22:00:04
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has embarked on a countrywide surveillance to identify poultry houses infected by avian influenza or [...] Full text...

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Botswana reports suspected bird flu outbreak

31 august 2021 - 11:10:55
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Agriculture authorities in Botswana have reported a suspected outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird [...] Full text...

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Bird flu outbreak reported at two poultry farms in southern Benin

26 august 2021 - 11:39:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Gaston Dossouhoui, on Wednesday announced the outbreak of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies

13 august 2021 - 14:54:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed [...] Full text...

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Avian Flu outbreak reported in South Africa

22 may 2021 - 09:58:08
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – An outbreak of Avian Influenza in South Africa will derail export expansion plans by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rising food price inflation in South Africa causes concern for consumers

18 may 2021 - 11:32:42
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Continued sharp increases in food price inflation from 3.4 percent in 2019, to 4.6 percent [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches flu vaccination campaign

22 april 2021 - 07:25:44
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched an influenza vaccination campaign, targeting initially people aged 60 and over. An official [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. destroys 329,556 chickens in 62 farms over bird flu

11 april 2021 - 15:57:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government says it has destroyed over 329,556 birds across 62 farms following the outbreak [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for urgent action to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines for all

06 march 2021 - 04:42:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the [...] Full text...

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Mali's Prime Minister launches 2020-2021 livestock vaccination campaign

25 january 2021 - 12:50:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouané on Sunday launched  in Kati Drall, about 20 km from Bamako, [...] Full text...

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Mali suspends poultry imports from Senegal due to bird flu outbreak

17 january 2021 - 11:48:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has since Thursday suspended importation and marketing of poultry from Senegal due to the outbreak [...] Full text...

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Gambia temporally embargoes chickens and eggs importation

15 january 2021 - 17:11:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian authorities has put a temporal embargo on the importation on live poultry birds of all [...] Full text...

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Gambia moves to prevent outbreak of Bird Flu

13 january 2021 - 18:21:23
Gambia, Banjul (PANA) - The Gambian government is set to take measures to prevent the country from the outbreak of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Avoid ‘nationalistic footrace’ in choosing vaccines, WHO official

20 december 2020 - 00:10:45
Geneva, 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: British American tobacco firm set to begin human trials on potential vaccine

16 december 2020 - 23:18:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British American Tobacco, a cigarette manufacturer, said Monday it had secured approval to test a coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 70 per cent of cases located in just 10 countries, WHO reports

06 october 2020 - 05:53:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While COVID-19 has affected all countries, the pandemic is “uneven”, and it is estimated that 10 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO stresses need for quick action amid reports of fresh outbreaks

22 august 2020 - 14:03:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With several countries experiencing fresh COVID-19 outbreaks after periods of little or no transmission, the World [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO cautions that virus is not just seasonal

28 july 2020 - 16:04:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 virus is likely not impacted by the changing seasons like other respiratory diseases, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: China picks Egypt as future hub to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine in Africa

21 july 2020 - 19:02:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt has been selected by China to serve as a future hub for manufacturing a coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya flags factories, food markets for flouting virus control measures

16 july 2020 - 22:37:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan factories, shoppers at food markets, fruit sellers and factory workers have been listed as high-risk [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Another pandemic looms as China issues alert over highly-infectious bubonic plague

06 july 2020 - 13:59:25
Beijing, China (PANA) - Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Preparations for southern flu season must be a priority: says WHO chief

16 june 2020 - 06:30:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the ongoing global response to COVID-19, the world cannot lose sight of the significant public [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African countries not being used as 'guinea pigs' for COVID-19 drugs: WHO chief

11 june 2020 - 05:29:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has refuted the rumour [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritian official says pandemic situation is 'under control'

30 april 2020 - 07:36:19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Mauritius National Communication Committee on the COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Wednesday said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: De-containment in Mauritius will be phased out from next May, says PM

27 april 2020 - 11:20:46
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, has announced that the process leading to the de-containment [...] Full text...

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Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off as COVID-19 threatens immunization gains - WHO

25 april 2020 - 09:44:30
Brazzaville, 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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Coronavirus: Hard-fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO

23 april 2020 - 19:54:46
Geneva, 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: Big pharmaceutical firms give details of vaccine dev't process

20 april 2020 - 13:28:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An agreement between major pharmaceutical companies, Sanofi and the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to produce a vaccine for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 7 new cases detected, brings total to 134 in Rwanda

14 april 2020 - 21:41:43
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwandan Health officials on Tuesday detected seven new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain 'critical information' about virus

12 april 2020 - 07:01:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists at the University of Ghana in Accra say they have obtained "critical information" about the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 100 days on from advent of pandemic, more action is needed: Tedros

10 april 2020 - 06:36:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With Thursday marking 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was first notified about what [...] Full text...

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Nigerien MPs get briefing on the Coronavirus pandemic

08 april 2020 - 16:03:44
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Members of Parliament on Wednesday attended an information day on coronavirus, in the presence of [...] Full text...

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Police enforce coronavirus induced curfew in Kenya, seven new cases confirmed

28 march 2020 - 20:48:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police fired teargas canisters and beat scores of people rushing home on the second day of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya suspends flights as cases rise to 15

22 march 2020 - 21:59:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eight more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya, raising the number of confirmed cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 5 new cases registered in Morocco

18 march 2020 - 19:55:32
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Five new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) were recorded in Morocco, on the night of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records three new confirmed cases

18 march 2020 - 15:14:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three more people have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kenya, raising the confirmed cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya implements travel restrictions after two new confirmed cases

15 march 2020 - 21:37:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two more people in Kenya on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number so [...] Full text...

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Congo's pharmacists' association sets up early warning cell for the response against coronavirus

12 march 2020 - 20:41:34
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Pharmacists' Association (L'Ordre des pharmaciens du Congo) on Thursday set up a cell as [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe doctors call for protection of health personnel against coronavirus

09 march 2020 - 12:12:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association (ZSDA) has called for seriousness in protecting health personnel in dealing [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: ‘Top priority’ must be on containment, insists WHO chief Tedros

03 march 2020 - 05:53:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Containing the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic should still be everyone’s “top priority”, UN health agency chief Dr. [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Supreme Court judge contracts swine flu in India

26 february 2020 - 14:19:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan Supreme Court judge has contracted swine flu while attending a conference of judges in [...] Full text...

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UN chief Guterres warns against stigmatization in coronavirus outbreak

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

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South Africa's Health Department addresses coronavirus concerns

02 february 2020 - 18:22:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of Health on Sunday said South Africa remains free of the deadly [...] Full text...

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Kenyans anxiously waiting for test results of suspected coronavirus case

30 january 2020 - 10:28:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan public is getting ready Thursday for the release of the test results of a [...] Full text...

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Cornonavirus: Two suspected cases of coronavirus, not confirmed yet

29 january 2020 - 20:45:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -  Sudan said here Wednesday two persons coming from China, via Ethiopia and Egypt, had been under [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus disease diagnosis is available in Burkina Faso - says Ministry of Health

29 january 2020 - 15:15:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The diagnosis of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) disease is possible in Burkina Faso at the National Reference [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for more funding to stop the spread of measles in DR Congo

07 january 2020 - 19:24:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - With the death toll from the world’s worst measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches anti-flu vaccination campaign

12 april 2019 - 08:08:51
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Mauritius on Friday launched its annual vaccination campaign against seasonal influenza and health authorities advised [...] Full text...

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New type of bird flu found in Egypt

04 march 2019 - 13:33:49
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of a new type of avian influenza  H5 N2, which [...] Full text...

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Gastroenteritis, seasonal flu on the rise in Mauritius

21 february 2019 - 08:19:01
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health has raised concern about rising cases of gastro-entritis and seasonal influenza [...] Full text...

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Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines

28 november 2018 - 03:04:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to [...] Full text...

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Medical charity raises raises red flag on children missing vaccinations in CAR

22 july 2018 - 05:40:47
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - A medical charity is warning that children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are missing out [...] Full text...

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Dangers of poor quality health care revealed ‘in all countries’: WHO report

05 july 2018 - 19:24:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations experts said on Thursday that ineffective health care is a global phenomenon which increases [...] Full text...

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International partnership to address human-animal-environment health risks gets boost

30 may 2018 - 19:20:34
Divvonne-les-Bains, France (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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World Health Assembly delegates agree new five-year strategic plan

23 may 2018 - 16:20:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Assembly delegates on Wednesday agreed an ambitious new strategic plan for the next five [...] Full text...

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Stopping Avian Influenza in Togo (A feature by FAO)

06 may 2018 - 03:55:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Imagine an outbreak of a disease that wipes out your livestock and livelihood in a matter [...] Full text...

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USAID, FAO working together to pre-empt the next global pandemic

09 march 2018 - 10:51:24
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A United States-FAO partnership working to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of [...] Full text...

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Swine flu outbreak reported in Kenya’s Laikipia region

07 march 2018 - 14:48:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An outbreak of H1N1 virus, also known as Swine influenza, has been reported in Laikipia in [...] Full text...

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WHO promotes one-health approach in response to zoonotic diseases in South Sudan

26 january 2018 - 18:21:19
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday it is promoting the one-health approach to [...] Full text...

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FAO points the way for low-carbon animal products to support nutrition, rural livelihoods (FAO feature)

22 january 2018 - 10:16:15
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The livestock sector is a mainstay for food security and rural livelihoods and the international community [...] Full text...

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Up to 650,000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year - Health partners

14 december 2017 - 10:22:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Up to 650,000 deaths annually are associated with respiratory diseases from seasonal influenza, according to new [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa recovers from El Niño-induced drought – OCHA report

27 november 2017 - 17:01:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Southern Africa continues to recover from the disastrous 2015/2016 El Niño-induced drought, which by [...] Full text...

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FAO tells G7 that 'urgent action needed to curb malnutrition globally'

06 november 2017 - 09:43:21
Milan, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has stressed the critical need to transform food systems to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Poultry industry stakeholders in Africa seek to upgrade productivity

04 october 2017 - 19:28:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A high-level international conference and exhibition, dubbed 'Poultry Africa', ended in Kigali on Wednesday after challenging [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Poultry industry stakeholders set for Africa's largest conference in Kigali

28 september 2017 - 15:49:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Poultry industry stakeholders, including producers, egg suppliers, veterinarians and decision makers from across Africa and [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa: Zimbabwe, South Africa lose 1m chickens to Bird Flu

08 august 2017 - 16:16:09
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Zimbabwe and South Africa have lost over one million chickens to the Highly Pathogenic Avian [...] Full text...

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Botswana: South Africa poultry products banned in Botswana

28 june 2017 - 11:27:53
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has banned the import of poultry and products from South Africa following the outbreak Avian [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana bans poultry imports from Zimbabwe

06 june 2017 - 13:07:04
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has banned the importation of poultry products from Zimbabwe following an outbreak of Avian Influenza. The [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO delegates commend efforts to end polio transmission in 3 endemic States

26 may 2017 - 16:06:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At its 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, delegates on Thursday paid tribute to ongoing [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Southern, Eastern African nations agree on urgent actions to tackle armyworm

16 february 2017 - 15:46:10
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Sixteen East and Southern African countries agreed Thursday on urgent plans of action aimed at boosting [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan health officials warn against Bird Flu in humans

18 january 2017 - 15:28:01
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Health officials on Wednesday warned against bird flu in humans in the wake of detection [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF, partners begin mass measles' vaccinations in Somalia

19 december 2016 - 17:28:42
New York, US (PANA) - Following a major measles outbreak in Somalia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners [...] Full text...

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UN: FAO urges increased vigilance, as poultry virus spreads in West, Central Africa

13 july 2016 - 14:55:40
New York, US (PANA) - Countries across West and Central Africa are on alert as the highly pathogenic avian influenza [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritians above 60 get anti-influenza vaccine

04 april 2016 - 11:54:26
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritians above 60, children with disabilities attending specialised schools and inmates of charitable institutions and private [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO to provide expertise to help curb spread of Zika virus

10 february 2016 - 06:09:20
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Under the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations system, including the UN [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO focuses on animal-borne diseases

29 january 2016 - 11:30:21
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Infectious animal-borne disease threats such as Ebola and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are [...] Full text...

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US: Ban names Nabarro Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

04 december 2015 - 08:56:18
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has announced the appointment of David Nabarro of the [...] Full text...

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Italy: US gives US$87m to combat global animal disease threats

20 october 2015 - 11:41:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is backing efforts of the UN Food and [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IAEA helps control avian flu in West Africa

03 july 2015 - 19:37:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following the recent outbreak of avian flu in Cote d’Ivoire, the International Atomic Energy [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritians vaccinated against flu as winter season starts

23 april 2015 - 09:26:13
Rose-Hill, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the 2015 anti-influenza vaccination programme for persons aged 60 and above, children [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says global vaccination targets 'far off track'

23 april 2015 - 06:51:28
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: USAID trains Veterinary Doctors, others on combating Bird Flu in Nigeria

23 march 2015 - 15:39:02
Ibadan, Nigeria (PANA) - A capacity building programme, organised by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on effective [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO, SIB team up to develop high tech tools to fight bird flu, other infectious diseases

10 february 2015 - 12:09:43
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has chosen the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) as a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria minister says bird flu outbreak 'under control'

22 january 2015 - 22:43:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Agriculture minister, Dr. Akinwumi Adeshina, says the government is working to prevent further spread of [...] Full text...

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Libya: Avian influenza kills 4 in Libya

27 december 2014 - 15:52:57
Beidha, Libya (PANA) - Four persons have died from Avian Influenza in Libya, even though the country has not recorded [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban says non-communicable diseases threat to human health

14 november 2014 - 17:53:12
New York, US (PANA) - As the world copes with infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria and the Ebola virus, [...] Full text...

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What we know about transmission of Ebola virus among humans - WHO

06 october 2014 - 13:16:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Assessing the Ebola situation, following the outbreak of the virus across West Africa, the World Health [...] Full text...

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US: Powell appointed head of Ebola Coordinating Unit

25 september 2014 - 09:12:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has named Ambassador Nancy Powell to lead the Ebola [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO requests exit screening of travellers leaving affected countries

18 august 2014 - 22:42:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said any persons with an illness consistent [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: WHO moves to reduce effect of Ebola on travel, tourism

18 august 2014 - 14:39:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In order to support the global efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO allays fears on Ebola infection on air travel

14 august 2014 - 19:22:36
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) Thursday allayed fears amid reports that airlines are suspending [...] Full text...

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Kenya: FAO, OIE boost collaboration on animal health

26 may 2014 - 08:33:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Old people get vaccinated against flu

06 april 2014 - 14:24:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry will start a vaccination campaign against seasonal flu for people aged 60 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, US officials work out modalities for disaster response

14 november 2013 - 20:32:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Officials of Nigeria and United States met on Thursday in Abuja to work out modalities for [...] Full text...

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China reports new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza

12 august 2013 - 01:04:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - China has reported the first new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) [...] Full text...

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WFP joint report says hunger, poverty rates in Egypt rise

21 may 2013 - 21:49:50
New York, US (PANA) - A joint report released on Tuesday by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian [...] Full text...

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Mauritius vaccinates its elderly against flu

13 may 2013 - 16:09:29
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry Monday began an anti-influenza vaccination campaign for the elderly and the disabled, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius reinforces vigilance against bird flu

18 april 2013 - 16:48:54
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian authorities have strengthened vigilance at their entry points following the outbreak of the Avian Influenza [...] Full text...

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3 of 10 African children not yet vaccinated to date, says WHO

18 april 2013 - 11:35:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Three out of 10 African children have not received vaccination for the first time in their [...] Full text...

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Key public health milestones reached in 2012 - WHO

28 december 2012 - 16:03:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Key public health milestones, including the end of polio transmission in India and meeting of the [...] Full text...

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US increases funding to combat influenza, emerging disease threats

29 october 2012 - 13:38:12
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The commitment of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to fight emerging disease threats in "hot [...] Full text...

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Tackling pneumonia, diarrhoea can improve child survival - UNICEF

08 june 2012 - 07:37:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The potential for saving children’s lives is huge if proven, cost-effective interventions for pneumonia [...] Full text...

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WHO member states call for awareness on challenges of early marriage

27 may 2012 - 08:43:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Delegates to the just-ended 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva have requested that World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

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Chan gets second term as WHO DG

24 may 2012 - 07:46:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Assembly has appointed Dr Margaret Chan for a second five-year term as Director-General [...] Full text...

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Appointment of WHO DG highlights agenda of 65th World Health Assembly

18 may 2012 - 14:52:14
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The appointment of the World Health Organization's Director-General and the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases [...] Full text...

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First-ever World Immunization Week rolls out in 180 countries

24 april 2012 - 08:38:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first-ever World Health Organization’s World Immunization Week (WIW) has kicked off with activities in [...] Full text...

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New book showcases ways to safeguard medications

09 march 2012 - 14:04:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new book, "The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for action", launched by the [...] Full text...

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WHO warns on dangers of bird flu research

31 december 2011 - 16:38:02
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that scientific research on whether changes to the [...] Full text...

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WHO DG Margaret Chan unopposed for second term

21 november 2011 - 12:11:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - WHO Director-General Margaret Chan is the only candidate proposed for the post at the expiration of [...] Full text...

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'Rising global meat consumption threatens personal, environmental health'

12 october 2011 - 07:55:39
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Global meat production and consumption have increased rapidly in recent decades, with harmful effects on [...] Full text...

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FAO alerts on re-emergence of bird flu virus

29 august 2011 - 15:16:28
New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Monday called for heightened preparedness and surveillance amid signs [...] Full text...

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WHO to review global action plan for influenza vaccines

11 july 2011 - 13:57:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) will host the second Consultation on the Global Action Plan for [...] Full text...

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WHO Assembly adopts major global health priorities

24 may 2011 - 18:05:47
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Assembly on Tuesday wrapped up its annual policy session by [...] Full text...

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WHO says 180 nations on immunization drive against diseases

26 april 2011 - 14:33:45
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said about 180 countries and territories were for the first [...] Full text...

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WHO: Landmark agreement improves global preparedness for influenza pandemics

17 april 2011 - 18:01:50
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have agreed a framework that ensures that in [...] Full text...

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Zambia hosts five-nation meeting to tackle cross-border disease threats

14 march 2011 - 18:52:50
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A five-day cross-border meeting involving Angola, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Zambia [...] Full text...

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Livestock boom in developing countries risks aggravating animal plagues (News feature)

11 february 2011 - 14:17:24
New Delhi, India (PANA) – A research released Friday at an international conference on agriculture, taking place in New Delhi, [...] Full text...

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WTO says global tourism recovered `strongly in 2010

18 january 2011 - 17:45:23
New York, US (PANA) - The World Tourism Organization (WTO) said Tuesday that international tourism recovered strongly in 2010, following [...] Full text...

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Polio-like epidemic kills 8 in Congolese city

02 november 2010 - 15:20:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- An epidemic, similar to poliomyelitis, which has bee n ravaging Pointe-Noire, Congo's major economic and industrial [...] Full text...

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Polio: 'Africa records progress in immunisation coverage'

01 september 2010 - 13:42:00
Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- Significant progress has been made in immunization coverage and efforts to eradicate polio in the [...] Full text...

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'How to deal with recurring epidemics in Africa'

01 september 2010 - 13:31:00
Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- Africa's top health expert has proposed measu res for tackling epidemics which are recurrent in [...] Full text...

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Swine Flu vaccination campaign targets 10% of Gambians

28 july 2010 - 19:29:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The country representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in The Gambia, Dr. Thomas Sukwa, [...] Full text...

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UN agency adopts new strategy to combat animal diseases

27 july 2010 - 18:34:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announc ed a new strategy to "more [...] Full text...

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Mauritius declares war against influenza

13 july 2010 - 15:25:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister May a Hanoomanjee, briefed Parliament Tuesday of an on-going [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 124 cases of influenza

12 july 2010 - 16:42:00
Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has registered 124 cases of Influenza A (H1N1) since the beginning of the year, [...] Full text...

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UN, WHO, African ministers meet in Morocco on swine flu

03 june 2010 - 19:17:00
New York- US (PANA) -- African health ministers and representatives of international agencies Thursday gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, at a [...] Full text...

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'AH1N1 activity in Africa low, worst is over globally'

03 june 2010 - 14:38:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The pandemic influenza activity across the African conti nent is low or sporadic, WHO Director-General Margaret [...] Full text...

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Mills' surprise visits, H1N1 spread get front-page treatment in Ghanaian n/paper

10 april 2010 - 09:04:00
s Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" One of the most visible -scenes in Ghanaian churches when members dance is to wave [...] Full text...

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Nigeria records first confirmed flu death

19 january 2010 - 07:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria has recorded its first confirmed case of death f rom the pandemic H1N1 flu, according [...] Full text...

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Mali records 8 confirmed AH1N1 cases

12 january 2010 - 11:57:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian Health Minister Oumar Ibrahima Tourأ© has confirmed eight cases of human influenza in the country. [...] Full text...

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Gambia Red Cross raises alarm on Influenza Pandemic

07 january 2010 - 18:41:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Mr. Mamodou Bah, the Secretary General of the Gambia Red Cross (GRCS), here Thursday urged [...] Full text...

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WHO says swine flu death toll hits 11,516

24 december 2009 - 20:44:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) said 11,516 people wor ldwide have been killed by swine [...] Full text...

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'No swine flu among Mauritanian pilgrims'

08 december 2009 - 18:58:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Ministry of Health Tuesday denie d the existence of any case of swine flu [...] Full text...

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'Rinderpest to be eradicated soon'

30 november 2009 - 17:10:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- For the first time in history, humankind will succeed in killing off an animal disease when [...] Full text...

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Ghana swine flu cases continue to climb

26 november 2009 - 21:10:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Thursday that con firmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 have [...] Full text...

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Ghana records major swine flu outbreak school

20 november 2009 - 22:43:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday announced a maj or outbreak of pandemic influenza H1N1 [...] Full text...

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Low-price vaccine for children in developing world

18 november 2009 - 15:08:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- GAVI Alliance, a Geneva-based public-private partnership aimed at improving health in the worldâ?s poorest countries, has [...] Full text...

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WHO, Glaxo sign pact for donation of 50m doses of H1N1 vaccines

10 november 2009 - 09:33:00
Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) is to d onate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the [...] Full text...

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Deregulation, confirmed swine flu case in Nigeria made headline news

07 november 2009 - 09:34:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second week running, the deregulation of the dow nstream oil sector and reactions from [...] Full text...

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Ugandan education authorities ban school movements due to swine flu

07 october 2009 - 12:37:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- In a bid to check the spread of Swine Flu, Ugandan educ ation authorities have banned [...] Full text...

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Swine flu cases increase in Zambia

01 october 2009 - 08:31:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia has recorded more than 400 confirmed cases of Swi ne Flu countrywide, acting Health Minister [...] Full text...

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300 suspected swine flu cases recorded in Zambia

25 september 2009 - 09:46:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia has recorded 300 cases of suspected Swine Flu sin ce July this year, acting Health [...] Full text...

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Swine Flu: 500 confined, 9 new cases confirmed in western Uganda

24 september 2009 - 20:02:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Over 500 people, mainly students in two secondary schoo ls, are being quarantined for treatment following [...] Full text...

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Swine Flu: 500 confined, 9 news cases confirmed in western Uganda

24 september 2009 - 19:45:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Over 500 people, mainly students in two secondary scho ols, are being quarantined for treatment following [...] Full text...

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Ghana swine flu cases rise to 13

18 september 2009 - 20:26:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The total number of confirmed H1N1 2009 virus (swine flu) in Ghana now stands at 13, [...] Full text...

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WHO hails swine flu vaccine donations for the developing world

18 september 2009 - 09:22:00
Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed the announcement of donations of Swine Flu vaccine by [...] Full text...

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Swine flu killed over 3,000 worldwide, says WHO

12 september 2009 - 18:01:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A total of 3,205 people worldwide have been killed by the swine flu, also known [...] Full text...

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Ghana swine flu cases rise again

03 september 2009 - 20:37:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" Confirmed cases of the pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine fl u) in Ghana have risen to 10, [...] Full text...

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Kagame calls for strong leadership, accountability to improve health in Africa

31 august 2009 - 15:47:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Afric a opened here Monday, with a [...] Full text...

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Ghana swine flu cases climb to eight

28 august 2009 - 20:23:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" Ghana's health authorities announced on Friday that a to tal of eight cases of the pandemic [...] Full text...

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Mauritius closes schools for 10 days to fight swine flu

20 august 2009 - 20:06:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) â" The Mauritian gove-rnment on Thursday decided to close all schools from 21-31 August, because of the [...] Full text...

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Ghanaâ?s swine flu cases jump to six

20 august 2009 - 16:05:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" Confirmed positive cases of the pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine flu) in Ghana have jumped to six [...] Full text...

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Ghana confirms two new cases of swine flu

20 august 2009 - 09:43:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The West African state of Ghana Thursday confirmed two new cases of the H1N1 virus (swine [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlight swine flu, flouting of political parties law

08 august 2009 - 08:34:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The Ghanaian media this wee-k highlighted the first case of swine flu in the country and [...] Full text...

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Six cases of influenza virus A reported in Mauritius

07 august 2009 - 21:32:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Six persons have been diagnosed with influenza vi rus A on the Mauritius Island, according to [...] Full text...

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Ghana announces first swine flu cases

06 august 2009 - 20:30:00
Accra- Ghana (Ghana)- â" PANA â" Ghana on Thursday announced its first swine fl u cases when two siblings tested [...] Full text...

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WHO says swine flu claims 1,154 lives worldwide

05 august 2009 - 22:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A total of 1,154 people have died worldwide from swine flu, also known as H1N1 [...] Full text...

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175 cases of H1N1 influenza reported in Africa

24 july 2009 - 21:33:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – At least 175 laboratories -have confirmed human cases of H1N1 influenza in 12 African countries. [...] Full text...

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WHO says global swine flu death toll exceeds 700

21 july 2009 - 17:45:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that t he swine flu death toll [...] Full text...

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Egypt reports first H1N1 death

20 july 2009 - 08:11:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt has reported its first death from Swine Flu, with th e country's health ministry reporting [...] Full text...

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Egypt reports new H1N1 cases, now totalling 74 nationwide

04 july 2009 - 15:47:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian health authorities on Saturday reported two more cases of the H1N1 influenza in the country, [...] Full text...

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East African states confirm more cases of swine flu

03 july 2009 - 18:11:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The East Afrrican Community (EAC) said Friday that Afric an states must step up public health [...] Full text...

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Mauritius moves to contain menace of Swine Flu

30 june 2009 - 18:12:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah, told Par liament on Tuesday that appropriate surveillance had been mounted [...] Full text...

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Kenya’s first suspected swine flu case turns negative, tests continue

27 june 2009 - 11:20:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s public health officials have returned a negative result for the dreaded H1N1 influenza, commonly known [...] Full text...

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