UN support helps Gaza mothers give birth amid collapsing health system
05 december 2025 - 07:42:19Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often [...] Full text...
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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often [...] Full text...
Cold, displaced and in darkness, Ukrainian civilians brace for another winter of war
03 december 2025 - 17:30:02Kharkiv city, Ukraine (PANA) - As Ukraine enters its fourth winter under full-scale invasion, millions of civilians face renewed hardship [...] Full text...
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New massacre in eastern DRC raises fears of spiral of violence
22 november 2025 - 06:47:54Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The bodies were discovered in villages at the end of tracks that wind into the hills [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher
11 november 2025 - 14:01:50Geneva, Switzerland, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply [...] Full text...
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Obstetric violence deadly for Sierra Leone women, newborns - HRW
04 november 2025 - 09:24:54Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in the West African state of Sierra Leone face [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC mobilises emergency public-health response after Sudan hospital attack
01 november 2025 - 17:35:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is dispatching critical medical commodities and [...] Full text...
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Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher
31 october 2025 - 18:09:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) = More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of [...] Full text...
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UN rights commission says El Fasher atrocities must be investigated
31 october 2025 - 13:49:24Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) said on Friday that more details are [...] Full text...
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‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls (By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)
30 october 2025 - 19:21:31New York, US (PANA) - El Fasher has “descended into an even darker hell”, senior UN officials warned on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Reported massacre at hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher leaves 460 dead
29 october 2025 - 16:20:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Horrific stories of mass-atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Services (RSF) militia continue to emerge, along [...] Full text...
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Giving birth in the shadow of Sudan’s war (By Esther Bayliss and Sufian Abdul-Mouty, UN News)
27 october 2025 - 11:11:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) As Sudan’s destructive war – now in its third year – grinds on, the challenges to [...] Full text...
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Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead
09 october 2025 - 18:37:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a [...] Full text...
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WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system critical to lasting peace
09 october 2025 - 07:46:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As indirect talks in Egypt seeking to end Gaza’s two-year war continue, the UN World Health [...] Full text...
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Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns
08 october 2025 - 07:24:07Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due [...] Full text...
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From Beijing's promises to Gaza's ruins: women facing war (By UN News)
06 october 2025 - 16:23:35New York, US (PANA) - At the UN on Monday, the scene was ritualistic: solemn speeches, alarming figures, calls to [...] Full text...
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Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
03 october 2025 - 06:47:35Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – [...] Full text...
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Medical charity suspends activities in Mozambique's Mocímboa da Praia
28 september 2025 - 07:40:11Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has temporarily suspended activities in the town and [...] Full text...
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Attacks on Gaza City are destroying health and protection services for pregnant women and survivors of violence
17 september 2025 - 05:29:10Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Intensified bombardment and ground operations in Gaza City are forcing families to flee yet again, [...] Full text...
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Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
24 august 2025 - 06:26:17New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid
19 august 2025 - 07:46:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its [...] Full text...
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Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso (Feature by WHO)
11 august 2025 - 10:02:06Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – "During my first pregnancy three years ago, I had to travel 45 km just to [...] Full text...
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Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns
08 august 2025 - 07:46:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four [...] Full text...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Invest in health systems and policies to benefit mums and babies - WHO
02 august 2025 - 05:32:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Friday, 1 August, marked the start of World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme calls for [...] Full text...
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Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors
29 july 2025 - 21:05:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An attack on a prison in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on Monday reportedly left [...] Full text...
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UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall
26 july 2025 - 16:12:06New York, US (PANA) - Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and [...] Full text...
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'Catastrophic birth outcomes’ in Gaza threaten a whole generation, warns UN agency
24 july 2025 - 06:29:34New York, US (PANA) - Pregnant women and newborns in Gaza face “catastrophic” conditions, including a dysfunctional healthcare system, psychological [...] Full text...
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We need to value women in sport, UN rights chief says
17 july 2025 - 15:16:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Switzerland, Volker Türk, the UN human [...] Full text...
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No fuel, no aid, no escape: UN agencies warn of looming collapse in Gaza
13 july 2025 - 04:59:30Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The fuel crisis in Gaza has reached a breaking point, threatening to bring all humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Make midwives universally accessible and save millions of lives, WHO urges
19 june 2025 - 05:26:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded in 2023. What if there was [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care
18 june 2025 - 00:07:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery [...] Full text...
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In a changing world, are people having the number of children they want?
10 june 2025 - 12:38:09Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The United Nations Population Agency (UNFPA) on Tuesday launched ts State of World Population [...] Full text...
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Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections
23 may 2025 - 05:17:24New York, US (PANA) - With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence [...] Full text...
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Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality
07 april 2025 - 07:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies [...] Full text...
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Situation remains critical in Eastern DR Congo, say peacekeepers
06 april 2025 - 05:49:24New York, US (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, continues to implement [...] Full text...
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Global cholera cases surge worldwide
06 april 2025 - 05:18:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls
03 april 2025 - 08:09:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, [...] Full text...
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World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging solidarity at a critical moment for global health
24 february 2025 - 19:22:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy [...] Full text...
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Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator
22 february 2025 - 09:58:23Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by summary executions, attacks
31 january 2025 - 22:12:47Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
28 january 2025 - 04:40:38New York, US (PANA) - As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of [...] Full text...
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Medical charity suspends work in Khartoum hospital following attacks by militia
10 january 2025 - 13:47:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Friday strongly condemned ongoing violent attacks on patients and [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
21 december 2024 - 06:55:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee [...] Full text...
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Heavy rainfall associated with Cyclone Chido forecast in southern Africa
18 december 2024 - 07:48:11Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - According to estimates shared by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre [...] Full text...
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Two billion women without access to social protection
15 october 2024 - 16:16:55New York, US (PANA) - A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions [...] Full text...
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UN: Over 2 million babies born into Sudan's devastating conflict
14 october 2024 - 16:56:29Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – An international charity organisation catering for children has said over 2 million babies are estimated [...] Full text...
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Subdued outlook constrains Eswatini’s ability to respond to social needs: IMF
01 october 2024 - 07:53:37Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – On the back of a post-pandemic rebound and favourable export prices, real GDP growth in Eswatini [...] Full text...
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More support for breastfeeding could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say
01 august 2024 - 05:06:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have called [...] Full text...
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UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages
30 july 2024 - 06:31:44New York, US (PANA) - The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: WHO appalled by horrific attack on El Fasher’s maternity hospital
24 june 2024 - 16:04:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy fighting in Sudan hit a new low over the weekend when a maternity hospital in [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Fighting in El Fasher remains incessant despite Security Council resolution
23 june 2024 - 14:04:33Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Some 10 days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting [...] Full text...
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How can Tanzania build capacity to accelerate women’s economic empowerment? World Bank Blog By Alena Sakhonchik and Tanya D'Lima
19 june 2024 - 09:50:32Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - One key piece of the puzzle in accelerating progress towards gender equality in Tanzania is having [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities
12 june 2024 - 06:48:06El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign on Tuesday to address [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’
31 may 2024 - 06:38:11New York, US (PANA) - With no let-up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN [...] Full text...
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Obstructions, harassment force health charity to suspend essential support in Sudan's Wad Madani
09 may 2024 - 11:57:32Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Health charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has been forced to suspend work and [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Patients in Rafah ‘afraid to seek services’, WHO reports
08 may 2024 - 06:47:52Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli [...] Full text...
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Violations of women’s reproductive health rights trigger rise in preventable deaths
17 april 2024 - 05:31:01New York, US (PANA) - African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications [...] Full text...
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ICJ begins proceedings brought by Nicaragua to halt Germany’s military aid to Israel
08 april 2024 - 16:10:33The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Monday began proceedings brought [...] Full text...
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Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby (A UN News feature)
07 april 2024 - 16:53:05Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO
07 april 2024 - 06:14:50Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital
02 april 2024 - 12:44:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...
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Southern Madagascar - where girls are sold into marriage before they are born: UN News
16 march 2024 - 12:43:39Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City
13 march 2024 - 05:51:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza war: Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN
12 march 2024 - 13:14:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for [...] Full text...
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International Women’s Day: UN chief launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA
27 february 2024 - 05:16:24Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Very little humanitarian aid has entered besieged Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA warns of lack of functioning health centres in Gaza
25 february 2024 - 05:23:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said just seven of its 23 health centres [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lifesaving medical care collapsing under assault in Gaza: WHO
17 february 2024 - 05:41:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'High-risk mission' delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza
24 january 2024 - 06:00:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners have delivered 19,000 litres of fuel to Al-Shifa hospital [...] Full text...
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Education-Employment paradox in Lesotho: Boys at a disadvantage in education, women at a disadvantage in employment: World Bank Blog By Tihtina Zenebe Gebre and Elizabeth Ninan Dulvy
23 january 2024 - 09:05:48Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Liphula (a pseudonym to protect the privacy of the student) is a 21-year-old young man enrolled [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNICEF warns against 'triple threat stalking' children in Gaza
13 january 2024 - 08:01:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned against the “triple threat” of conflict, disease and malnutrition [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO
12 december 2023 - 14:50:33Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World [...] Full text...
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Irsael-Gaza crisis: ‘This must stop,’ UN chief says as deaths, displacement ripple across Gaza
19 november 2023 - 18:07:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Spikes in casualties, attacks on schools and shelters, including the death of a UN worker, and [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza
14 november 2023 - 07:14:10Cairo, Egypt, US (PANA) - Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a [...] Full text...
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Gaza City: 'Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation'
13 november 2023 - 15:58:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Humanitarian pauses’ will need coordination with the UN
10 november 2023 - 06:23:20New York, US (PANA) - Any plans for short-term pauses in the fighting in Gaza must be carried out in [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising
03 november 2023 - 06:45:32Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising - UN
02 november 2023 - 12:20:17Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Local aid workers face hundreds of job losses
04 august 2023 - 12:53:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudan’s conflict has had a devastating impact on local aid workers, even as they take the [...] Full text...
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Breastfeeding rates remain low in Mauritius - Health Minister
03 august 2023 - 07:44:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Breastfeeding rates remain low in Mauritius, the Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailash Jagutpal has observed, [...] Full text...
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‘Let’s make breastfeeding at work, work’, urge UN agencies
01 august 2023 - 18:13:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasising the need for greater breastfeeding [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Togolese authorities to urgently strengthen access to maternal healthcare
31 july 2023 - 08:14:34Lome, Togo (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday urged the Togolese authorities to urgently strengthen access to maternal healthcare and reduce [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Crisis fuels ‘desperate’ situation for civilians
04 june 2023 - 11:25:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the crisis in Sudan rages without an end in sight, UN agencies and partners have [...] Full text...
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Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022 (A UNFP feature)
11 april 2023 - 04:52:43Kigoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Last year, 6,235 women and girls gave birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp. And not one of [...] Full text...
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New data show alarming setbacks for maternal health around the world
23 february 2023 - 16:29:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every two minutes a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released [...] Full text...
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WHO scientist slams ‘big formula milk companies’
09 february 2023 - 06:04:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Calling for a swift crackdown on infant formula corporations’ exploitative marketing tactics, a leading World Health [...] Full text...
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Mauritius extends additional maternity leave to female public officers
08 october 2022 - 09:00:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government announced on Friday the extension of maternity leave without pay to female public [...] Full text...
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UN chief Guterres calls for immediate cessation of bloody Tripoli clashes
28 august 2022 - 10:54:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed "deep concern" about reports of violent clashes in the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to gradually increase percentage of breastfeeding to 50%
10 august 2022 - 08:20:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that an action plan has been [...] Full text...
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Japan provides further support to provide food in Zimbabwe
31 july 2022 - 05:36:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Government of Japan has made an additional contribution of US$500,000 to the World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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All rural workers deserve social protection coverage: New ILO report
07 july 2022 - 20:26:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Gambian women raise concern about access to maternity health facilities
31 march 2022 - 10:00:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has said dozens of women in the West African nation [...] Full text...
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WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth
30 march 2022 - 14:53:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and [...] Full text...
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Kenya launches mandatory public healthcare insurance
07 february 2022 - 22:33:58Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched Kenya's national scale-up of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Kenyan president [...] Full text...
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Social protection of workers sought to cushion employees from income losses
01 september 2021 - 20:35:34More than 4 billion people still lack any social protection, ILO report finds The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated the [...] Full text...
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Healthcare practitioners battle to restore maternal services after drastic disruption
31 august 2021 - 22:06:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthcare professionals across the African continent have been investing in the restoration of maternal healthcare services [...] Full text...
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Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: WHO, UNICEF chiefs
03 august 2021 - 05:56:03New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials are urging Governments to make breastfeeding-friendly environments a priority, in line [...] Full text...
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Ensure reproductive health rights for all: UN chief urges on World Population Day
11 july 2021 - 05:59:51New York, US (PANA) - Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN [...] Full text...
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Senegalese football star Sadio Mane donates 500,000 pounds to help build hospital in his hometown
22 june 2021 - 07:36:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal and Liverpool superstar, Sadio Mane, has donated 500,000 pounds (about US$694,000) to help in building [...] Full text...
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UNFPA chief urges more international support for stability in Sudan
21 march 2021 - 14:43:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for increased international support for [...] Full text...
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Pregnant women join ‘Women’s Lives Matter’ protest in The Gambia
23 september 2020 - 22:09:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A large number of pregnant women Wednesday joined other women in a protest tagged ‘Women’s Lives [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan slums get new hospitals amid coronavirus spread
10 august 2020 - 20:56:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The construction of new hospitals and health centres offering treatment for injuries, maternity care and other [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: IOM strengthens, equips health centres in northern Niger
21 july 2020 - 12:39:01Niger, Niamey (PANA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, many remote communities in Niger struggle with access to basic services [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC seeks radical measures to slow down pandemic spread
17 july 2020 - 02:00:34Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries have developed strong community response to combat the coronavirus (COID-19) pandemic, an official [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Societies need ‘a new dynamic’ to overcome negative impacts of pandemic – UN official
08 july 2020 - 03:43:45New York, US (PANA) - The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and [...] 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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Covid-19 threatening fight against obstetric fistula
22 may 2020 - 19:32:52New York, US (PANA) - The fight to end obstetric fistula, one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can [...] Full text...
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Coronavitus: UNFPA gives 10 million CFA Francs for midwifery protection equipment in Congo
06 may 2020 - 10:14:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday donated protective equipment to midwives in Congo's various [...] Full text...
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EU calls for an end to attacks on medical facilities in Libya
09 april 2020 - 16:29:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has denounced the bombing of al-Khadra Hospital in Tripoli for two successive [...] 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: Four more COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos, bringing total to 24
03 april 2020 - 18:04:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Lagos State Government, the epicentre of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria, on Friday discharged four more [...] Full text...
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Govt. Programme 2020-2024 focuses on an inclusive, high income and greener Mauritius
25 january 2020 - 09:55:36Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President Mr Prithvirajsing Roopun, on Friday presented the Government Programme for the period 2020-2024 that focuses [...] Full text...
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Global health professionals seek ways to address "harassment" of women in the workplace in Africa
26 november 2019 - 20:27:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Despite women playing a predominant role in the global economy, there is a pressing need for [...] Full text...
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Mauritius goes to the polls on Thursday
04 november 2019 - 17:47:58Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 941,719 registered voters will Thursday, 7 November, 2019, go to the polls to [...] Full text...
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WHO says alarming number of women mistreated during childbirth
09 october 2019 - 04:11:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than a third of women surveyed across four lower-income countries, reported being mistreated during childbirth, a new study led by [...] Full text...
thread Health
African countries urged to ratify treaty establishing African drug agency
19 august 2019 - 19:35:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Opening the 69th session of the regional committee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Govt. to introduce Workers Rights Bill Tuesday in Parliament
10 august 2019 - 06:54:58Port- Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Labour and Industrial Minister, Soodesh Callichurn, will Tuesday introduce for the second reading, [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN agencies, partners reiterate importance of breastfeeding
01 august 2019 - 05:57:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world celebrates this year's World Breastfeeding Week from Thursday, two UN agencies and partners [...] Full text...
thread Health
Côte d'Ivoire establishes two social security schemes for self-employed workers
17 july 2019 - 20:54:25Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Self-employed workers in Côte d'Ivoire will benefit from two social security schemes, following the adoption [...] Full text...
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Benin to improve surveillance on maternal deaths
02 july 2019 - 18:21:33Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has pledges to improve surveillance on maternal deaths and response, following the evaluation and validation [...] Full text...
thread Health
Injured Warriors paying for their own medical bills in Egypt; govt says not aware
21 june 2019 - 18:53:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s participation in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) got off to a nightmare as sources [...] Full text...
thread Sports
UN expresses concern about humanitarian situation in Sudan
17 june 2019 - 16:07:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN office in Sudan has expressed deep concern over what it terms as the “deteriorating [...] Full text...
thread Society
Hospital group reverses hike on hospital stay fees in Zimbabwe
16 june 2019 - 17:17:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH) has reversed its decision to nearly double hospital stay prices per [...] Full text...
thread Health
Hospital stay charges nearly double in Zimbabwe
13 june 2019 - 05:14:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Hospital stay charges per night has nearly doubled at a time the value of incomes of [...] Full text...
thread Health
Mauritius to ratify ILO’s Maternity Protection Convention 2000
08 june 2019 - 06:35:39Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will ratify the Maternity Protection Convention 2000 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that [...] Full text...
thread Society
NGO deplores low representation of women in science
30 may 2019 - 21:05:04Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The president of the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research (FCRM), Professor Francine Ntoumi, on Thursday deplored [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Tropical Cyclone Kenneth causes death, destruction in Comoros and Mozambique
29 april 2019 - 09:05:53Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Kenneth, which impacted the Comoros on 24 April and made landfall in Mozambique on [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Cyclone Idai: 'Race against time’ to help women who bore the brunt
28 march 2019 - 06:54:07Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As the full extent of destruction caused by Cyclone Idai across southern Africa continues to be [...] Full text...
thread Society
Workshop on reproductive health for Libyan medical personnel ends
15 march 2019 - 11:08:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A training workshop for Libyan medics on interventions in maternal and reproductive health, in accordance with [...] Full text...
thread Health
Rwanda fosters high-quality teaching to tackle challenges in basic education system (A feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)
20 february 2019 - 22:12:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Margaret Mukarutabana, a female resident of Gikondo, one of the suburbs of Kigali, began her teaching [...] Full text...
thread Society
Oxfam says billionaire fortunes grew by US$2.5 billion a day last year; poorest see wealth fall
21 january 2019 - 10:53:21Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or US$2.5 billion a day - while [...] Full text...
thread Society
At least 100 maternal deaths reported in first half of 2018 in Burkina Faso
12 december 2018 - 12:18:08Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 100 maternal deaths were reported in the first half of 2018 in Burkina [...] Full text...
thread Health
12 dead newborns uncovered at Kenyan maternity hospital
17 september 2018 - 15:42:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The bodies of 12 newborn babies have been uncovered stuffed in carton boxes, disguised as fresh [...] Full text...
thread Society
Health expert says Sierra Leone regions see progress in water and sanitation
23 august 2018 - 06:32:57Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A water and sanitation (WATSAN) expert of the medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says [...] Full text...
thread Health
‘Global care crisis’ set to affect 2.3 billion people warns UN labour agency
28 june 2018 - 20:42:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “global care crisis” is looming which could affect 2.3 billion people by 2030, United Nations [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave
14 june 2018 - 05:42:36New York, US (PANA) - Almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one live in countries where [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNICEF calls for narrowing of 'breastfeeding gaps' between rich and poor
10 may 2018 - 05:51:46New York, UN (PANA) – As the world celebrates Mother's Day this weekend, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) is calling [...] Full text...
thread Health
Gomez elected IAAF Athletes' Commission Chair
07 march 2018 - 18:50:43Birmingham, UK (PANA) - Iñaki Gomez of Canada has been elected Chair of the IAAF Athletes' Commission by Commission [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Four billion people have no social security protection - ILO
30 november 2017 - 05:28:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – More than half of the global population – some four billion people – have no social [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN report outlines path towards closing gender gap, realizing reproductive health rights
17 october 2017 - 20:27:37New York, USA (PANA) – Vast inequalities threaten economies, communities and nations, trapping people in a cycle of poverty and [...] Full text...
thread Gender
US: ‘Only 15 countries have 3 essential policies that support families with young children’
21 september 2017 - 09:33:08New York, US (PANA) - Only 15 countries worldwide have three basic national policies that help guarantee the time and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Kenyan Presidential candidates make final pitch for votes before polls open
05 august 2017 - 08:51:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The final campaigns for the Kenyan Presidential elections took place on Saturday before a 48-hour official [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Switzerland: All countries fail to meet breastfeeding standards - New report
01 august 2017 - 09:11:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report [...] Full text...
thread Health
South Sudan: MSF warns malaria preparedness vital as rains begin in S. Sudan
13 july 2017 - 09:53:55Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan are at risk of contracting malaria in [...] Full text...
thread Health
Kenya: UN Chief joins International Women Day celebrations in Kenya
08 march 2017 - 18:58:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined celebrations to mark the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, with a [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Large gender gaps remain across global labour market - ILO
08 march 2016 - 07:12:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite some modest gains in some regions in the world, millions of women are losing ground [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Switzerland: Increasing breastfeeding could save 800,000 children a year
29 january 2016 - 11:59:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major new Series on breastfeeding, published in medical journal, “The Lancet”, finds that despite strong [...] Full text...
thread Health
Kenya: Kenyan preacher Deya embroiled in another scam
25 january 2016 - 15:39:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UK-based controversial Kenyan preacher, Gilbert Deya, whose extradition Kenya sought unsuccessfully over the alleged 'miracle baby' [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: 'Valuing women’s work key to achieving SDG on gender equality' – ILO official
27 october 2015 - 13:53:03New York, US (PANA) - Applauding the decision by UN member states to include gender equality as a key plank [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Ethiopia: Ethiopian runners win Frankfurt Marathon, as German sets record
25 october 2015 - 13:29:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian runners won the men's and women's titles at the 2015 Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday, [...] Full text...
thread Sports
UN: UN launches US$25 billion strategy to end preventable deaths of mothers, children
26 september 2015 - 18:33:53New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable deaths of women, [...] Full text...
thread Health
Nigeria: Kenyan youngster wins Mattoni Usti nad Labem Half Marathon in Czech Republic
12 september 2015 - 18:42:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Kenyan youngster Peres Jepchirchir on Saturday set a course record and her personal best time of [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Mauritius: High Caesarean Section rate to be investigated in Mauritius
04 august 2015 - 13:09:01Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will conduct a study to identify the reasons behind the high Caesarean sections (CS) rate [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN: UN officials call for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothers
03 august 2015 - 19:25:17New York, US (PANA) - The UN is marking the annual World Breastfeeding Week by highlighting the vital importance of [...] Full text...
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UN: ILO, World Bank urge govts on social protection as primary development tool
30 june 2015 - 22:31:58New York, US (PANA) - The heads of the UN International Labour Organization and the World Bank on Tuesday said [...] Full text...
thread Social
UN: ILO chief urges global debate on the future of work
01 june 2015 - 21:08:32New York, US (PANA) - Addressing some 4,000 government, worker and employer representatives at the 104th International Labour Conference in [...] Full text...
thread Social
UN: UN chief urges boosting women, children health for sustainable development
15 may 2015 - 05:38:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the need to improve women’s and children’s health, in [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN: Governments, UN officials hold retreat to improve women's, children's health
14 may 2015 - 18:31:16New York, US (PANA) - Responding to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to action, senior leaders from over 30 countries [...] Full text...
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UN: ILO says mothers, children need more social protection
11 may 2015 - 20:40:43New York, US (PANA) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) on Monday called for greater social protection for women and [...] Full text...
thread Gender
UN: 'UN partnership saves millions of women, children’s lives'
10 march 2015 - 20:47:57New York, US (PANA) - Since 2010, 2.4 million lives of women and children have been saved in the 49 [...] Full text...
thread Health
UAE: Ethiopians make clean sweep of titles at Dubai marathon
23 january 2015 - 12:49:07Dubai, UAE (PANA) - It was yet another day of dominance for Ethiopian athletes at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Society: UN study finds increase in women managers, urges greater workforce equality
12 january 2015 - 17:34:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The last 20 years has seen a surge in the number of women [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO says Ebola transmission still persists in western Sierra Leone
31 december 2014 - 22:06:56New York, US (PANA) - The number of Ebola cases is fluctuating in Guinea, decreasing in Liberia, but still showing [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Politicians make promises to woo voters in Mauritius (Feature by Nasseem Ackbarally, PANA correspondent)
29 november 2014 - 13:56:24Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The two main political alliances contesting the next legislative elections scheduled for 10 December in Mauritius [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mauritius: Health ministry launches breastfeeding week campaign
04 august 2014 - 19:02:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' Health Ministry on Monday launched the 'World Breastfeeding Week' in a bid to promote, [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN: Ban urges focus on adolescent girls to reduce maternal mortality
29 june 2014 - 08:01:35New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said initiatives must focus on adolescent girls by allowing them [...] Full text...
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US: UN urges more global efforts end to obstetric fistula
23 may 2014 - 16:20:04New York, US (PANA) - UN officials on Friday called for concerted efforts to eradicate the obstetric fistula, a consequence [...] Full text...
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UN: ILO says 830 million women workers lack protection
14 may 2014 - 19:56:10New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) says about 830 million women workers still do not [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Ghana: Doctors at teaching hospital threaten to attend to only 3 patients daily
01 march 2014 - 11:25:19Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Doctors at Ghana's second biggest teaching hospital have threatened to attend to only three patients per [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Seven charged with missing 'stillborn' baby
27 february 2014 - 22:06:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Police have charged seven people for the disappearance of a "stillborn" baby at Ghana's second biggest [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ghana: Media report strike over missing stillborn baby, challenges in water, power supply
22 february 2014 - 07:42:12Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A week-long strike by the doctors and nurses at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Sudan: Insecurity forces MSF doctors to treat patients in the bush
31 january 2014 - 14:53:28Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Friday said ongoing insecurity in Unity State has forced thousands of [...] Full text...
thread Health
New African magazine releases list of 100 Most Influential Africans
22 november 2013 - 15:05:57London, UK (PANA) - The New African Magazine, the world's biggest-selling, English-language pan-African magazine, Friday released a list of those [...] Full text...
thread Social
WB report says many societies gradually moving to dismantle gender discrimination
24 september 2013 - 11:27:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) report has found that legal [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Abe opens TICAD V with US$32 bln package pledge
01 june 2013 - 11:28:19Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on Saturday opened the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development [...] Full text...
thread Economy
'No end in sight to Ghana doctors, pharmacists strike'
09 april 2013 - 15:08:09Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The strike by doctors and pharmacists in government health facilities in Ghana, to demand more money, [...] Full text...
thread Health
African leaders to mobilise internal resources to reduce maternal/infant mortality
27 january 2013 - 14:42:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries need to mobilise enough domestic resources and speed up their efforts to reduce [...] Full text...
thread Health
Congolese gives birth to septuplets in Goma
02 january 2013 - 20:24:56Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A 38-year-old Congolese woman has given birth to septuplets at the general hospital of Goma, the [...] Full text...
thread Health
Percentage of pregnant women testing positive to HIV drops in Angola
30 october 2012 - 13:58:39Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The percentage of pregnant women who test positive to HIV in Angola fell from 9.8 in [...] Full text...
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BADEA signs loan agreements with IMF, World Bank for 6 African countries
15 october 2012 - 16:11:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - On behalf of six African countries, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has [...] Full text...
thread Economy
EU gives 80m euros to Zimbabwe to reduce maternal mortality during child birth
23 august 2012 - 20:42:10Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is to give 80 million euros to the Zimbabwean government for a [...] Full text...
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'Investment in infrastructure is key to Nigeria's growth'
25 april 2012 - 20:49:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Participants rose from the sixth Lagos Economic Summit Wednesday, emphasising the need to invest more in [...] Full text...
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IFJ, partners call for an end to “gender pay gap in journalism”
07 march 2012 - 15:26:08Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A new report, jointly published by the global media rights body, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Zambia’s First Lady calls for reproductive health, rights
02 november 2011 - 18:29:53Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As Zambia joins in the population explosion issues, First Lady Christine Kaseba has stressed the need [...] Full text...
thread Society
Population boom constrains key services in Kenya (News feature)
01 november 2011 - 15:38:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Teresia Atanasi, 25, the mother of the presumptive seven billionth child of the world was pleasantly [...] Full text...
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UN report urges better legal access for women
06 july 2011 - 19:07:12New York, US (PANA) - A report by UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Tunisian midwives feel short-changed
22 june 2011 - 21:16:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Midwives in Tunisia feel they are being short-changed by the authorities. And they believe they have every [...] Full text...
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Moroccan midwives call for more attention
21 june 2011 - 14:26:22Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Reeling under the burden of underpayment, the lack of respect for their profession, the non-provision of [...] Full text...
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9 African countries, 7 others pledge to reduce maternal mortality
20 may 2011 - 15:03:35New York, US (PANA) - Nine African countries and seven other nations have announced concrete commitments aimed at drastically reducing [...] Full text...
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Pregnant woman kills self at Angolan hospital
21 february 2011 - 18:39:31Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A 24-year-old woman, apparently mentally deranged, plunged to her death Monday from the fifth floor of [...] Full text...
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Mali acquires research, training unit in maternal and child health
18 january 2011 - 13:09:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has established a research and training unit in maternal and child health (URFOSAME), Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Benin launches campaign to reduce maternal mortality
27 september 2010 - 22:16:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- A campaign aimed at accelerating the reduction of matern al mortality in Benin was launched on [...] Full text...
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African campaign to reduce maternal mortality launched in Togo
15 september 2010 - 13:09:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The Togolese head of State, Faure Gnassingbe, on Tuesday lau nched activities marking the campaign to [...] Full text...
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Mauritian hospitals to set up breastfeeding committees
04 august 2010 - 20:53:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian hospitals will set up breastfeeding com mittees comprising a paediatrician, a gynaecologist, a midwife, a [...] Full text...
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Breastfeeding key to saving children's lives - WHO
30 july 2010 - 09:46:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- On the occasion of the World Breastfeeding Week, marked 1-7 August annually in more than 170 [...] Full text...
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Malawi's enigmatic founding father dominates headlines
17 july 2010 - 11:43:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's founding father, Hastings Kamuzu Banda may be long dead but 13 years after, his enigmatic [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Baby-swap case yet to be resolved in Angola
15 june 2010 - 09:58:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan authorities are continuing with their efforts to resolve the case of baby swapping at Luanda's [...] Full text...
thread Society
Patients share beds in overcrowded Tanzanian hospital (Corrected)
06 april 2010 - 13:06:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Up to four patients share a single bed in a gov ernment-run hospital in [...] Full text...
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International bodies kick off discussion on gender parity in Africa
04 march 2010 - 07:37:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The UN Millennium Campaign, Femnet and Oxfam GB announce d here Thursday the commencement of a [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Free maternal care extended to chronic diseases in Burundi
16 february 2010 - 20:56:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- High blood pressure and diabetes among pregnant wome n will be among diseases to be managed [...] Full text...
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ONUCI grants Cأ´te-d'Ivoire CFA F 6.9m to renovate health district
29 january 2010 - 18:30:00Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The United Nations Mission in Cأ´te-d'Ivoire (O NUCI) granted CFAF 6. 9 million to renovate [...] Full text...
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