US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa
26 august 2025 - 05:55:52Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure [...] Full text...
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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure [...] Full text...
Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
02 august 2025 - 05:34:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced [...] Full text...
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Global health in decline: UN warns of glaring inequalities
19 july 2025 - 08:22:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant progress since the beginning of the century, a new UN assessment indicates that improvements [...] Full text...
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Bill Gates to direct majority of $200 million pledge toward Africa's future
03 june 2025 - 10:40:38Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chair of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, on Monday announced that the majority of [...] Full text...
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Director-General’s Award for Global Health given to Professor Awa Marie Coll Seck and Professor Sir Brian Greenwood
20 may 2025 - 20:25:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In recognition of their lifetime achievements in global health, specifically in malaria elimination and beyond, WHO [...] Full text...
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Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO
18 march 2025 - 05:46:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the [...] Full text...
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'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'
13 march 2025 - 08:28:49Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official
07 march 2025 - 10:34:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns
06 march 2025 - 08:23:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday that severe funding cuts – particularly in [...] Full text...
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US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres
01 march 2025 - 05:29:36New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding [...] Full text...
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US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS
07 february 2025 - 22:17:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu
07 february 2025 - 22:10:48Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering [...] Full text...
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WHO approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB test
05 december 2024 - 17:27:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A potentially “groundbreaking” new test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health [...] Full text...
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WHO identifies 17 pathogens as top priorities for new vaccine development
06 november 2024 - 05:19:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) lists 17 bacteria, viruses and parasites that [...] Full text...
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Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer
29 october 2024 - 22:20:42Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately [...] Full text...
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African road carnage a silent pandemic, warns UN envoy
25 october 2024 - 09:59:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopi (PANA) - While the world remains focused on headline-grabbing crises, a quieter but equally devastating catastrophe unfolds [...] Full text...
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Invest more in vaccines to reduce deaths from drug-resistant superbugs: WHO
11 october 2024 - 06:17:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More investment in vaccines could prevent deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and reduce antibiotic use [...] Full text...
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Global Fund provides nearly $10 million for DRC mpox response
19 september 2024 - 06:00:45Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) is supporting the Government [...] Full text...
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UN continues polio vaccination in northern Gaza
12 september 2024 - 05:20:59New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza [...] Full text...
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US assists DRC, Africa in mpox fight
23 august 2024 - 06:42:23Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it has been supporting the mpox response actions in Africa to fighting [...] Full text...
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José Luis Castro appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases
06 june 2024 - 09:20:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr José Luis Castro as [...] Full text...
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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during 77th World Health Assembly
01 june 2024 - 11:25:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...
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WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health
17 may 2024 - 18:51:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring [...] Full text...
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Pioneering charter to drive up investment in Africa’s health workforce to be launched next month
29 april 2024 - 09:27:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A pioneering health investment charter, a first for the African region, is set to be launched at [...] Full text...
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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines
25 april 2024 - 06:38:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi [...] Full text...
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Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans
18 april 2024 - 11:32:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals, including humans, is a significant public [...] Full text...
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Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report
09 april 2024 - 13:14:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for [...] Full text...
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Scientists progress to Phase III trial for TB vaccine in South Africa
20 march 2024 - 18:42:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Scientists are progressing to the third phase trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Tuberculosis, which [...] Full text...
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Medical charity tackles under-diagnosed TB among children
19 march 2024 - 10:15:55Paris, France (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes [...] Full text...
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WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB
19 march 2024 - 04:47:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) [...] Full text...
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New malaria vaccines will save lives. How can we ensure a sustainable rollout? : World Bank Blog By Chijioke Okoro, Noel Chisaka and Carolina Kern
09 february 2024 - 08:06:34Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Last month, Cameroon became the first country to start rolling out malaria vaccination as part of [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis driving a global public health emergency: World Bank Blog By Vanessa Kerry and Mamta Murthi
05 january 2024 - 08:45:13Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...
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2023 marked by achievements and 'avoidable suffering': WHO chief
27 december 2023 - 06:55:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and [...] Full text...
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World Bank, Global Fund collaborate to tackle impact of climate change on health
22 november 2023 - 16:05:37Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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More action needed to write ‘final chapter’ of TB
07 november 2023 - 17:19:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more effort [...] Full text...
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AI shows ‘great promise for health’ but regulation is key: WHO chief
19 october 2023 - 16:41:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday issued a call for better regulations over the use [...] Full text...
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New global action pledge to end TB by 2030
23 september 2023 - 05:36:18New York, US (PANA) - Applause rang out in one of the main conference rooms at UN headquarters on Friday [...] Full text...
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Lack of universal healthcare coverage, ‘human rights tragedy on a massive scale’
22 september 2023 - 05:38:51New York, US (PANA) - World leaders on Thursday agreed to boost efforts to provide universal health coverage for all [...] Full text...
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UNGA78: UN chief brushes off absence of key leaders
17 september 2023 - 05:00:47New York, US (PANA) - With several high-profile world leaders opting out of the UN General Assembly’s annual opening session [...] Full text...
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New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets
22 august 2023 - 15:41:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health products [...] Full text...
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WHO releases New Model Essential List of medicines
26 july 2023 - 15:33:28Geneva, Switerland (PANA - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential [...] Full text...
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Close to a million deaths by 2035 if TB prevention is not acted on
20 july 2023 - 06:11:46New York, US (PANA) - UN health innovation initiative, UNITAID, warned on Wednesday that the failure to implement tuberculosis contact [...] Full text...
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WHO and the Global Fund announce commitment for enhanced collaboration
08 june 2023 - 15:57:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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Mpox public health emergency declared over
12 may 2023 - 06:14:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak [...] Full text...
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US expands anti-malaria support to the Gambia
25 april 2023 - 18:28:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - To mark World Malaria Day, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced that the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) will [...] Full text...
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WHO releases largest global collection of health inequality data
25 april 2023 - 16:31:38Geneva, Switzerland PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday launched its Health Inequality Data Repository, the most comprehensive global [...] Full text...
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WHO makes key leadership appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives
18 april 2023 - 08:38:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...
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World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease
24 march 2023 - 05:26:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines, hoping to save millions of lives
18 january 2023 - 05:45:05Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to [...] Full text...
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Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities: WHO
03 december 2022 - 06:40:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections [...] Full text...
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Chad: Emergency declared after floods (WHO)
17 november 2022 - 19:11:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An emergency situation has been declared in Chad because of floods, which have affected 18 [...] Full text...
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Rise in TB deaths another fallout from the pandemic, WHO report reveals
28 october 2022 - 04:55:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) deaths and infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted access to treatment and [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people: WHO chief
20 october 2022 - 05:26:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged the international community and the media on [...] Full text...
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77th UNGA: Africa is doing its part but must do more, says Rwandan President Kagame
22 september 2022 - 06:30:24New York, US (PANA) - Referring to a world in a state of turbulence, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on [...] Full text...
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Japan pledges to mobilise some $30 billion for Africa
27 august 2022 - 18:15:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Saturday that the public and private sectors in his [...] Full text...
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Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years: WHO
04 august 2022 - 17:32:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, [...] Full text...
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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO
13 july 2022 - 05:27:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...
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WHO Director-General Tedros re-elected for second term
24 may 2022 - 16:42:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Member States on Tuesday re-elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a [...] Full text...
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Libya attending the 75th session of the WHO General Assembly in Geneva
23 may 2022 - 19:34:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan delegation is in Geneva, Switzerland, for the 75th session of the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
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First year of COVID-19 pandemic led to 4.5 million excess deaths - WHO
20 may 2022 - 18:20:52-Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated in its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to [...] Full text...
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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief
02 may 2022 - 05:27:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...
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World sees 'significant breakthroughs' in malaria prevention, control
25 april 2022 - 06:03:49Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year has seen “significant breakthroughs in malaria prevention and control”, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana reopens land, sea borders as it eases pandemic restrictions
27 march 2022 - 21:56:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the reopening of the country's land and [...] Full text...
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Low funding, COVID-19 curtail tuberculosis fight in Africa: WHO
25 march 2022 - 06:51:12Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Inadequate investment and funding for tuberculosis (TB) control in Africa is jeopardising the efforts to meet [...] Full text...
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Over 85% of TB patients successfully treated in Gambia
24 march 2022 - 10:50:43Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's minister of health, Dr Ahmadou Samateh, says that over 85% of tuberculosis (TB) patients in [...] Full text...
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WHO appeals for urgent investment in TB fight to save lives
24 march 2022 - 04:16:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent investment in the fight against tuberculosis, “to [...] Full text...
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Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
18 march 2022 - 16:19:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Six countries to be first to receive technology to produce mRNA vaccines in Africa - WHO
20 february 2022 - 11:54:37Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that six African countries will be the first [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists
23 december 2021 - 07:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron 'outpacing' Delta, says WHO chief
21 december 2021 - 07:22:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Licensing agreement for new candidate drug ‘an important first step’
16 november 2021 - 17:15:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to a new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries following a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libyan government to make vaccination against disease mandatory
19 october 2021 - 18:13:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government will make vaccination against the coronavirus compulsory, Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba decided [...] Full text...
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WHO: COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade, gains ‘reversed’
15 october 2021 - 06:02:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world - have increased [...] Full text...
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US congratulates Uganda on 59th independence anniversary
09 october 2021 - 14:22:15Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has congratulated Uganda on its 59th independence anniversary which falls on Saturday saying [...] Full text...
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WHO prioritises access to diabetes, cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
01 october 2021 - 14:25:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to [...] Full text...
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WHO launches global road map to defeat meningitis by 2030
27 september 2021 - 13:55:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Tuesday launch Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Road [...] Full text...
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Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns
11 september 2021 - 05:22:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Suicide prevention must be prioritised after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso faces syringe shortage for TB vaccine administration
01 september 2021 - 11:17:58Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - For several weeks, Burkina Faso has been facing a shortage of syringes for the administration [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO slams 'shocking disparity' in access to vaccines
25 august 2021 - 13:14:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the "shocking disparity" in access to coronavirus [...] Full text...
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
18 june 2021 - 06:55:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of [...] Full text...
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Africa can salvage social, economic fortunes after devastating pandemic - Mo Ibrahim
02 june 2021 - 17:50:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for Africa to reinvent its economic growth plan, a governance think-tank, [...] Full text...
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Schools reopen in South Sudan after 14-month COVID lockdown
05 may 2021 - 05:13:02Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The countrywide reopening of schools in South Sudan is a welcome step on the road [...] Full text...
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800,000 South Sudanese may face reduced access to fife-saving primary health care soon, IOM warns
04 may 2021 - 14:27:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC moves to advance vaccine manufacturing on continent
14 april 2021 - 14:14:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed an agreement with [...] Full text...
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TB, a major public health problem in Guinea, says MSF
31 march 2021 - 11:45:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Guinea, where 2,400 people died in 2019 [...] Full text...
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Armed attacks lead to 'extremely concerning' humanitarian situation in northern Mozambique
30 march 2021 - 11:50:38Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The humanitarian situation in Palma District of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique is [...] Full text...
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Some 1.4 million TB patients lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19
23 march 2021 - 05:46:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared with [...] Full text...
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AUC, UNAIDS sign MoU on better response to HIV/AIDS
18 march 2021 - 15:27:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have [...] Full text...
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Global Fund releases US$ 118 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Burundi
06 march 2021 - 14:02:13Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Global Fund has released US$118 million to help Burundi in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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Conflict puts 1.3 million in urgent humanitarian need in northern Mozambique
23 february 2021 - 18:15:33Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - An estimated 1.3 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection in the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius detects seven cases of tuberculosis
04 february 2021 - 09:35:28Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Thursday indicated that seven cases of tuberculosis were detected on port [...] Full text...
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WHO: Non-communicable diseases killing more people than ever before
10 december 2020 - 12:14:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Non-communicable diseases account for 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, a sharp increase [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New infections fall globally for first time since September; WHO chief
01 december 2020 - 05:17:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Last week saw the first global decline in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since September, the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari calls for urgent international response on tuberculosis cases
19 november 2020 - 15:58:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to act in unison with rededicated [...] Full text...
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UNICEF, WHO concerned about shortage of children's vaccines in Libya
06 november 2020 - 11:31:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have expressed "extreme concern" [...] Full text...
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Progress against tuberculosis ‘at risk’: WHO
15 october 2020 - 06:51:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent action and funding are needed to sustain progress in the global fight against tuberculosis (TB), [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank approves $12 billion for vaccines
14 october 2020 - 12:55:33Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC, FIND partner to build capacity for rapid diagnostic tests in Africa
11 september 2020 - 14:36:49Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO survey says 90% of countries reported disruptions to essential health services since pandemic
01 september 2020 - 04:12:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the coronavirus (COVID-19) caused disruptions to the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries
17 july 2020 - 05:46:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession are set to trigger the first increase in global poverty [...] Full text...
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Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 - WHO
07 july 2020 - 17:46:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) [...] Full text...
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Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months
22 june 2020 - 13:35:39New York, US (PANA) - Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO hails early results on use of dexamethasone in most sick patients but warns it’s ‘no cure-all’
18 june 2020 - 05:31:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a [...] Full text...
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U.S. agency announces additional US$234.5 million development assistance to Nigeria
05 june 2020 - 16:20:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on Friday announced the notification of an additional US$ [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 may 2020 - 13:00:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells
21 may 2020 - 20:50:31Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic threatens to undo global health progress, WHO warns
14 may 2020 - 05:41:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While more people are living longer and healthier lives, the rate of progress is too slow [...] Full text...
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UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis
12 may 2020 - 06:09:36New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus, decades of advances made in the [...] Full text...
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WHO says COVID-19-related service disruptions likely to cause thousands of extra deaths from HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
11 may 2020 - 19:04:30Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS has estimated that if [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Up to 190,000 people could die of pandemic in Africa if not controlled - WHO
08 may 2020 - 05:29:17Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and 29 million to 44 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Migrants stranded ‘all over the world’ and at risk from virus - IOM
08 may 2020 - 05:17:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of migrants have been stranded “all over the world” where they face a heightened risk [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambia’s bilateral, multilateral partners provide K2.7 billion to fight COVID – 19
30 april 2020 - 15:35:00Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The United States, United Kingdom, the African Development Bank, and the World Bank will provide financial [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC issues guidelines for vaccine trials in Africa
10 april 2020 - 23:38:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a four-point guideline for the conduct [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Civil society organizations call for release of journalists imprisoned in 10 African countries
08 april 2020 - 07:57:13Paris, France (PANA) - Eighty-one civil society organizations grouped in a coalition on Tuesday sent a letter to 10 African [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC handles shortage of medical supplies threatening coronavirus response
04 april 2020 - 18:58:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A global shortage of key medical supplies required to sustain the onslaught on the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Despite caution about Coronavirus in Burundi, it’s business as usual
03 april 2020 - 16:02:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A widespread fear has reached Burundians following the first reported cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), without however [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records third case of COVID-19 infection
02 april 2020 - 21:35:10Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A 26-year-old Burundian lady tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to three the number of [...] Full text...
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WHO sets guidelines for maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
31 march 2020 - 18:31:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic strains health systems worldwide,. the rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and [...] Full text...
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TB treatment in Niger improves from year to year - Minister
24 march 2020 - 21:23:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - About 11,728 cases of tuberculosis were registered in 2019 in Niger, the Nigerien Minister of Health, [...] Full text...
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WHO makes recommendations to prevent TB to save millions of lives
24 march 2020 - 14:51:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that its new guidance will help countries accelerate [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt clears two travellers suspected of having coronavirus
12 march 2020 - 12:28:54Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has cleared two new cases of travellers suspected of having the deadly coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Malian appointed WHO Special Envoy to French-speaking Africa in Coronavirus fight
02 march 2020 - 12:47:26Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Malian Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Prof. Samba Ousmane Sow, was appointed on Friday [...] Full text...
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French FM to visit 3 African countries
20 february 2020 - 16:48:35Paris, France (PANA) - Starting from Thursday, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will visit [...] Full text...
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Global Fund offers 650 million USD for fight against malaria, TB and AIDS in DRC
06 february 2020 - 21:48:46Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Global Fund has offered a 650 million US dollars for the fight against malaria, tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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Annual meeting of West African network for TB, AIDS and malaria opens in Mali
05 february 2020 - 21:10:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of the West African network for Tuberculosis, AIDS and malaria (WANETAM) Wednesday began their annual [...] Full text...
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Congo urged to redouble efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS
28 january 2020 - 10:07:02Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government was urged on Monday by UNAIDS Country Representative, Baruani Yuma Kilundu, to redouble efforts [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections
18 january 2020 - 09:39:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World [...] Full text...
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Sao Tome and Principe gets 11.6 million euros to fight diseases
14 january 2020 - 10:59:28Sao Tomé, Sao Tomé and Principe (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis will provide Sao [...] Full text...
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Niger First Lady encourages public to use long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets
20 december 2019 - 16:36:51Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Malaria is a major public health problem in Niger, accounting for 28% of illnesses and 50% [...] Full text...
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Congo: Call for urgent and comprehensive evaluation of all free health services in 2019
18 december 2019 - 00:02:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso Tuesday invited his government to carry out an urgent and comprehensive assessment [...] Full text...
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Archbishop Tutu readmitted to hospital
05 december 2019 - 09:10:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated for an unidentified infection [...] Full text...
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"HIV free Africa" is achievable if conditions are met - Official
02 december 2019 - 20:48:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan minister of State for Public Health and Primary Health Care, Dr Patrick Ndimubanzi, on Monday [...] Full text...
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Kaberuka calls for strong mobilization of domestic funding, resources to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa
02 december 2019 - 13:31:05Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Domestic resource mobilization in fighting against HIV/AIDS is not just a technical issue but it is [...] Full text...
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UN calls for action to tackle ‘ubiquitous but invisible’ global road safety crisis
17 november 2019 - 10:54:25New York, US (PANA) - Saving lives by improving road safety is “one of the many objectives of the 2013 [...] Full text...
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WHO warns against TB threat spread by migrants in Libya
04 november 2019 - 23:08:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against the threat of spread of tuberculosis (TB) in [...] Full text...
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Some 400,000 doses of TB vaccines distributed in Libya
30 october 2019 - 11:25:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A first batch of 400,000 doses of BCG vaccines for the prevention of the tuberculosis virus, [...] Full text...
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TB infections declining, but not fast enough among poor, marginalised: WHO
18 october 2019 - 07:16:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 1.5 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) last year, the UN health agency said [...] Full text...
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Niger president appeals for solidarity to fight AIDS, malaria, TB epidemics
11 october 2019 - 13:15:36Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's head of state Issoufou Mahamadou on Thursday in Lyon, France, appealed for solidarity with the [...] Full text...
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Global community pledges $14 billion to step up fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
11 october 2019 - 05:49:58Lyon, France (PANA) - Donors have pledged just over $14 billion for the next three years to save 16 million [...] Full text...
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Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's replenishment conference to open in Lyon
09 october 2019 - 10:14:36Paris, France (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's 6th replenishment conference opens on Wednesday in [...] Full text...
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Burkina president to take part in conference on funding fight against AIDS, malaria in France
08 october 2019 - 21:20:31Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will from 9-11 October take part in the [...] Full text...
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Medical charity raises red flags on international funding decline for HIV, TB
08 october 2019 - 05:18:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After a decade of strong commitments to fight the twin epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), a [...] Full text...
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French president Macron to host conference for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
25 september 2019 - 07:01:02Lyon, France (PANA) - The Sixth Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will be [...] Full text...
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UN welcomes ‘most comprehensive agreement ever’ on global health
23 september 2019 - 16:37:34New York, US (PANA) - Describing it as an “important landmark” on "our journey to health for all”, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday [...] Full text...
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'Health situation in Zimbabwe's prisons pose a threat to inmates' - Report
21 september 2019 - 05:04:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights and governance think tank, Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), has said that the [...] Full text...
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Despite progress in childbirth safety, one woman or baby dies every 11 seconds: Health experts
19 september 2019 - 20:44:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Childbirth survival rates are now a “staggering success” compared with the year 2000, but one pregnant [...] Full text...
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Congo: CSOs call for registration to appropriate insecticide-treated mosquito nets
18 september 2019 - 21:45:48Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Platform of Non-Governmental Organizations and Associations Against Malaria in Congo Tuesday called on heads of [...] Full text...
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Burundi holds national conference on ‘’universal health cover’’ challenges
16 september 2019 - 15:20:29Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – A three-day national conference, for the different actors in Burundi's health sector opened Monday in Bujumbura, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius PM reiterates zero-tolerance for drug trafficking
16 september 2019 - 13:29:18Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday said he is as determined as ever to step up [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
16 september 2019 - 11:01:47Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
13 september 2019 - 13:48:04Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to roll out landmark malaria vaccine pilot programme
13 september 2019 - 11:30:34Homa Bay, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya on Friday joined two other African countries to introduce the first malaria vaccine to reduce [...] Full text...
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Congo distributes insecticide treated mosquito nets to households
31 august 2019 - 12:40:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Coordinator of the National Programme against Malaria (PNLP),Jean Mermoz Youndouka, announced on Saturday in Brazzaville [...] Full text...
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G7 Summit: EU chief announces concrete proposals for Africa
24 august 2019 - 13:59:36Biarritz, France (PANA) – The European Union has concrete proposals for Africa, European Commission (EC) President Donald Tusk told the [...] Full text...
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Congo to strengthen partnership on clinical trials
22 august 2019 - 20:25:25Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Programme (EDCTP) plans to strengthen its partnership on clinical [...] Full text...
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'Everyone needs to help achieve the 2030 vision in Zimbabwe' - says Health Minister
07 august 2019 - 14:08:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - "Everyone has a role to play in helping Zimbabwe achieve the vision of becoming a middle [...] Full text...
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Mali launches national seasonal malaria chemo-prevention campaign
23 july 2019 - 11:50:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Monday launched the 9th national seasonal malaria chemo-prevention campaign in Kadiolo, in the southern [...] Full text...
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African governments urged to devote 15% of budgets to fight AIDS
14 july 2019 - 18:04:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Participants at a high level summit on AIDS funding in Africa on 11-12 July here urged [...] Full text...
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African parliamentarian summit on search for solutions to funding of health, AIDS opens in Congo
11 july 2019 - 22:20:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A high level summit of African parliamentarians in search for solutions to the funding of health [...] Full text...
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African 1st Ladies meet in Niger on Reducing the Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
08 july 2019 - 18:37:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Neglected tropical diseases threaten the lives of more than 1.5 billion people around the world, and [...] Full text...
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Major breakthrough in fighting TB burden amongst miners in Southern Africa
05 july 2019 - 18:44:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A regional programme to improve the testing of Tuberculosis (TB), which remains a major public [...] Full text...
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WHO launches plan to improve quality, safety of health products
02 july 2019 - 06:19:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a five-year plan to improve the quality [...] Full text...
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US completes TB eradication programme in Ethiopia
02 july 2019 - 00:29:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States has completed its five-year Challenge TB project which aimed to eradicate tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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USAID announces $243 million in additional assistance to support Nigeria's development goals
26 june 2019 - 18:45:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday announced a $243 million package in additional [...] Full text...
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Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres
07 june 2019 - 20:26:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention [...] Full text...
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OHCHR says migrants and refugees detained ghastly conditions in Libya
07 june 2019 - 13:04:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday said it was [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for 'faster action' from govt's to tackle smoking deaths
30 may 2019 - 05:49:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tobacco use continues to claim around eight million lives a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Dozens of African migrants roam at Brussels North Station
09 may 2019 - 18:03:13Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - African migrants, mainly teenagers wandering in the northern station of Brussels, have transformed the vast concrete [...] Full text...
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Diagnosis and treatment of severe malaria cases in Togo now free
07 may 2019 - 22:07:36Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo’s minister of Health and Social Protection Mustapha Mijiyawa says malaria diagnosis and treatment is now [...] Full text...
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Belgian transport company drivers avoid Brussels bus stop because of African migrants
06 may 2019 - 11:39:44Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Bus drivers of Belgian public transport company, De Ljin, are avoiding a Brussels bus station effective [...] Full text...
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President Magufuli pardons 3,500 inmates as Tanzania marks 55th Union anniversary
26 april 2019 - 17:53:47Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President Dr John Pombe Magufuli Friday pardoned 3,540 inmates as the country marked [...] Full text...
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Ugandan medic awarded Japan’s Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for distinguished service
25 april 2019 - 12:44:12Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A Ugandan professor of medicine has been awarded a top prize by the Japanese government for [...] Full text...
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Malawi launches landmark malaria vaccine pilot programme
23 april 2019 - 11:59:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (ealth Health HWHO) has welcomes the Government of Malawi’s launch of the [...] Full text...
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The major problem in fight against HIV AIDS in DR Congo is dependency – UNAIDS
03 april 2019 - 22:23:25Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The major problem in the fight against HIV/AIDS in DR Congo is dependency, said UNAIDS [...] Full text...
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It’s ‘time to #EndTB’, says UN on World Tuberculosis Day
24 march 2019 - 18:28:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis, or TB, is not only the world's top infectious killer, it is also the leading [...] Full text...
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Tuberculosis is priority public health concern in Burkina Faso
24 march 2019 - 12:33:12Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Tuberculosis is a priority public health concern in Burkina Faso, the health ministry said on [...] Full text...
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TB kills at least 70 people in Tanzania daily – health minister
24 march 2019 - 12:21:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Prevalence of tuberculosis is still high in Tanzania, with new statistics indicating that at [...] Full text...
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TB deaths due to HIV on the increase in Zambia
27 february 2019 - 09:08:22Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that 72 per cent of people who die because [...] Full text...
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Kenya's first Olympian passes on
25 february 2019 - 12:00:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's first ever Olympian, Nyantika Maiyoro, passed away on Sunday night, aged 88. He was the [...] Full text...
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INTERVIEW: Technology investments should plug health sector gap in Africa
21 february 2019 - 15:49:00By Kennedy Abwao Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The private sector should join charitable organisations such as the Rockefeller Foundation to [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of spread of infectious diseases in several Libya cities
21 february 2019 - 10:54:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Office of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) in Tripoli on Thursday warned about the [...] Full text...
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'Spending on health increases faster than rest of global economy' - WHO
21 february 2019 - 05:51:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Spending on health is outpacing the rest of the global economy, particularly in low- and middle-income [...] Full text...
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US unveils new health financing scheme for Ethiopia
14 february 2019 - 09:51:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United States has launched a new US$40 million Health Financing Improvement Programme to invest in [...] Full text...
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Botswana winning fight against HIV/AIDS and TB (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)
12 february 2019 - 11:18:12Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The fight against diseases in Botswana has not only been with malaria but also all diseases [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta calls for enhanced private sector role in healthcare services in Africa
09 february 2019 - 19:45:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta Saturday called for increased partnerships between national governments and the private sector [...] Full text...
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Global Funds provides $29 million for fight against tuberculosis in Nigeria
30 january 2019 - 21:47:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) on Wednesday said that the Global Funds has provided [...] Full text...
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High blood pressure, a serious public health concern in Guinea
29 january 2019 - 14:59:33Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Health authorities are repeatedly sounding the alarm in Guinea where they consider that non-communicable diseases, such [...] Full text...
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Kenya advocacy group raises red flag on high TB deaths
26 january 2019 - 14:23:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 60 people in Kenya die of Tuberculosis (TB) everyday, an advocacy group said on [...] Full text...
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Senegal to eradicate polio 'in three or four years'
18 december 2018 - 13:28:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal is on the road to completely eradicate polio in three or four years, the director [...] Full text...
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WHO holds global health management planning conference in Kenya
10 december 2018 - 17:14:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the pending launch of a universal healthcare programme [...] Full text...
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Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines
28 november 2018 - 03:04:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to [...] Full text...
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Ethnic violence in Oromia-Somali region displaces 200,000 people in Ethiopia
20 november 2018 - 09:13:10Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethnic conflict along the Oromia-Somali region provincial boundaries in Ethiopia, has displaced over 200,000 [...] Full text...
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HIV, TB treatment at risk as countries gradually lose Global Fund support - MSF
14 november 2018 - 08:58:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on the Board of the Global Fund to [...] Full text...
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Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report
07 november 2018 - 19:56:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued [...] Full text...
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High prices restrict access to best drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment - MSF
24 october 2018 - 09:07:03The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part [...] Full text...
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Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact
17 october 2018 - 05:27:09Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations on Tuesday signed a landmark commitment [...] Full text...
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Fight against ‘vicious’ TB epidemic drastically underfunded: UN deputy chief
26 september 2018 - 18:57:09New York, US (PANA) - The fight against tuberculosis (TB) is drastically under-funded, with a gap of around $13 billion [...] Full text...
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Global leaders urged to make bold commitments at first-ever UN tuberculosis summit
26 september 2018 - 07:48:32New York, US (PANA) - As global leaders gather for the first-ever United Nations tuberculosis (TB) Summit in New York [...] Full text...
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Countries not doing enough to end TB by 2030, WHO warns
19 september 2018 - 04:58:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries are not doing enough to end tuberculosis – the world’s deadliest infectious disease – by [...] Full text...
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MSF applauds WHO's recommendation of improved TB treatment options
18 august 2018 - 05:49:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical charity, has welcomed the new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations [...] Full text...
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