Coronavirus: Survey says incomes of 22 million Ghana households reduced due to pandemic

01 august 2020 - 06:27:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that some 22 million Ghanaians had [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, WHO urge governments to promote skilled breastfeeding counselling

31 july 2020 - 14:18:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are calling on [...] Full text...

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Child trafficking in sport: FIFA backs new initiative to safeguard children

30 july 2020 - 16:23:27
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World Football Governing body, FIFA, is supporting a new initiative to end child trafficking in sport [...] Full text...

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A third of world’s children poisoned by lead, UNICEF analysis finds

30 july 2020 - 04:44:59
New York, US (PANA) - Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a [...] Full text...

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UN-African Union mission condemns recent spate of deadly attacks in Darfur

29 july 2020 - 05:31:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, is calling on the Sudanese Government to arrest [...] Full text...

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Congo receives motorcycles from UNICEF to boost immunization capacity

25 july 2020 - 16:02:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) handed over 50 motorcycles to Congo on Friday to boost [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Airtel Africa Q1 net slumps 57% on-year under pandemic

25 july 2020 - 10:27:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Bharti Airtel’s Africa has reported a 57% on-year drop in net profit to $57 [...] Full text...

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Number of separated children rising fast as Ebola spreads in Equateur Province of DRC

23 july 2020 - 18:02:01
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - More than 32 children have lost or have been separated from one or both parents [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls for greater investment in birth registration in Gambia

22 july 2020 - 14:05:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Despite appreciable progress in birth registration, an overwhelming number of children in The Gambia are without [...] Full text...

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‘Coronavirus: UNICEF chief says pandemic 'is making a global childcare crisis even worse’

22 july 2020 - 04:29:08
New York, US (PANA) - Following the release of a UN study that shows at least 40 million children have missed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi launches week dedicated to mother, child health measures against pandemic

21 july 2020 - 23:38:49
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The week dedicated to mother and child health, coupled with the African Vaccination Week (AVW) was [...] Full text...

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Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

17 july 2020 - 18:50:40
New York, US (PANA) - The 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize, which is awarded every five years and recognises those who [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: World Bank, UNICEF provide essential supplies for Niger's response to pandemic

17 july 2020 - 14:53:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday delivered drugs and equipment worth [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo launches emergency coronavirus response project

15 july 2020 - 16:47:00
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government on Tuesday launched the Coronavirus Emergency Response Project, and the activities of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF warn of decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

15 july 2020 - 16:11:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday of "an alarming [...] Full text...

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Rwanda budgets US$ 5 million for high-speed broadband in public schools

14 july 2020 - 20:27:03
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda plans to increase the Internet coverage rate of public secondary schools to 62% this year [...] Full text...

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UN report sends ‘sobering message’ of deeply entrenched hunger globally

13 july 2020 - 20:36:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Burundi puts subsidized soap on market to check pandemic

11 july 2020 - 12:57:00
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA )- Ten million pieces of soap will be put on the Burundian market monthly, at a price [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Bob Marley's song, One Love, to support children during Covid-19' - UNICEF

10 july 2020 - 18:25:43
New York, US (PANA) - The iconic Bob Marley's song, One Love, is to be re-released with the blessing of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF donates medical equipment to Mali

10 july 2020 - 16:02:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday handed over a large consignment of equipment, materials [...] Full text...

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“One” WASH program improves well-being of Ethiopia's vulnerable communities - Officials

29 june 2020 - 18:28:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s ‘One’ model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH [...] Full text...

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DR Congo's 10th Ebola outbreak over

25 june 2020 - 11:59:09
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The health authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday declared the end of [...] Full text...

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Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi (A UNFPA Feature)

23 june 2020 - 17:37:03
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Isaac Zatha, the headmaster of Chapita Primary School in the Malawian district of Salima, spent years [...] Full text...

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UN spotlights 'power of Yoga practice' to help ease COVID-19 stress

21 june 2020 - 05:53:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is on Sunday celebrating the sixth annual International Day of Yoga, recognising the [...] Full text...

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Africa’s wild polio-free status to be determined in August: WHO

19 june 2020 - 20:40:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in [...] Full text...

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Over 880 children released from Sudan's detention centres to avoid COVID-19

19 june 2020 - 13:58:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- UNICEF on Friday said over 880 children have been released from detention in Sudan and rejoined with [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN says Sudan needs more assistance from the int'l community to combat COVID-19

18 june 2020 - 19:29:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday said despite concerted international assistance for the Sudan to combat COVID-19, [...] Full text...

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Countries failing to prevent violence against children, UN agencies warn

18 june 2020 - 12:02:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Half of the world’s children, or approximately 1 billion children each year are affected by physical, [...] Full text...

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AU, UNICEF campaign for birth registration to stop child exploitation

17 june 2020 - 14:13:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union and UN Children Fund (UNICEF) have launched the “No Name Campaign” to accelerate [...] Full text...

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Gambia: ‘Access to child-friendly justice is not just a child right’- UNICEF representative

16 june 2020 - 14:39:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF country representative to the Gambia, Sandra Lattouf, has said that “access to child-friendly justice is [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: CERF allocates $18.6 million to Niger to support humanitarian aid

12 june 2020 - 18:43:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated more than US$ 18.6 million or 11.2 billion [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to release 603 'repentant' Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists by July

12 june 2020 - 05:29:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Armed Forces wing in charge of rehabilitating repentant terrorists, Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC), will [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: European Humanitarian Air Bridge arrives in Sudan as part of response to tackle coronavirus

11 june 2020 - 13:38:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The first flight of the European Humanitarian Air Bridge to support Sudan in tackling the impact of [...] Full text...

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WHO says 'no link' between two ongoing Ebola outbreaks in DRC

09 june 2020 - 19:48:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - New genetic sequence analysis by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) National Institute of Biomedical Research [...] Full text...

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UNICEF "strongly" condemns acts of violence against children in Niger

09 june 2020 - 15:36:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - "UNICEF has been horrified by the abuses suffered by children in the region of Diffa" and [...] Full text...

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Niger: Media professionals launch competition on Covid-19 crisis

09 june 2020 - 14:22:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's High Council for Communication (CSC), with the support of UNICEF, launched on Tuesday the third [...] Full text...

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UNICEF strongly condemns killing of children in DR Congo

06 june 2020 - 19:59:39
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, denounced on Saturday, an attack that killed 16 people, including five [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic leading to ‘desperately unequal’ learning levels, says UNICEF

05 june 2020 - 05:29:03
New York, US (PANA) - With nearly 1.2 billion children out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, inherent inequalities [...] Full text...

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UNICEF gets US$5 million from CERF to accelerate humanitarian response in Niger

03 june 2020 - 10:38:12
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations Central Fund for Emergency Response (CERF) has allocated more than US$5 million this [...] Full text...

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WHO pledges support to DR Congo as Ebola resurfaces in the northwest

02 june 2020 - 05:16:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) will assist the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as it [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Number of children in household poverty to soar to 86 million by end of 2020

28 may 2020 - 19:39:48
New York, US (PANA) – The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU extends BReST project support to Gambian women, children in response to COVID-19 outbreak

28 may 2020 - 17:18:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is to extend the successful Building Resilience through Social Transfers-(BReST) project being [...] Full text...

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Countries need to do more to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, says UN

28 may 2020 - 05:10:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in [...] Full text...

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Libyan dailies centre on military developments in war for Tripoli, possible scenario

23 may 2020 - 19:09:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the military changes taking place on the ground in recent [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization

23 may 2020 - 06:45:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting [...] Full text...

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80 million children under one at risk of other diseases as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts

22 may 2020 - 18:36:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 250,000 Libyan children at risk of disease due to lack of vaccines - UNICEF and WHO

19 may 2020 - 17:42:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "More than a quarter of a million children under the age of one in Libya are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US gives Congo 150 million CFAF for fight against coronavirus

18 may 2020 - 19:56:03
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The US government has given Congo 150 million CFAF to enable the African country to develop [...] Full text...

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Child vaccinations down in DR Congo and COVID-19 is not helping matters - UNICEF

16 may 2020 - 07:29:31
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 500 health staffs, 200 senior technicians trained on prevention, control measures against infections

15 may 2020 - 20:39:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA)   - The commission of prevention and control against infections (PCI) of the national committee of fight against [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF warns that pandemic ‘quickly becoming a child rights crisis'

13 may 2020 - 06:00:36
New York, US (PANA) - As the coronavirus outbreak enters its fifth month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns

07 may 2020 - 05:12:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 116 million babies have been born since the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic makes universal digital access and cooperation essential, says UN tech agency

06 may 2020 - 07:05:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 (coconavirus) pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go [...] Full text...

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UNICEF reports record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019

05 may 2020 - 05:16:09
New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced within their own [...] Full text...

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UNICEF vows to support Sudan’s new law banning female genital mutilation

03 may 2020 - 08:38:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the landmark move by Sudan’s transitional government this week [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Sweden donates 400,000 dollars to UNICEF-Tunisia

01 may 2020 - 22:11:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Sweden Friday donated 400,000 US dollars to UNICEF-Tunisia as aid to fight against the Coronavirus, particularly [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: UN agencies, World Bank issue guidelines on roadmap for safe reopening of schools

30 april 2020 - 13:53:39
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO, UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP) and World Bank on Thursday issued new guidelines on the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN agencies call for action to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’ for millions missing out on school meals

30 april 2020 - 05:27:33
New York, US (PANA) - With classrooms closed due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, two UN agencies are urging governments [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN leads bid to help 135 countries get vital COVID-19 medical kits

29 april 2020 - 05:32:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major UN-led initiative is under way to secure supplies of key medical equipment for 135 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU scales up financial support to Gambian women, children in response to COVID 19 outbreak

27 april 2020 - 18:38:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - In light of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its unavoidable socio-economic consequences, the European [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US supports Tunisia with extra 25 million dollars

24 april 2020 - 23:24:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -  The US government Friday released an extra 25 million dollarsto Tunisia to support its efforts in [...] Full text...

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The EU’s global response to coronavirus: "supporting our partner countries – The Gambia included" - Ambassador Lajos

23 april 2020 - 23:18:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - European Union Ambassador to The Gambia Attila Lajos Thursday called for global cooperation to fight the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases rise to 28

21 april 2020 - 21:23:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has recorded three new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, increasing the total to 28 as [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN agencies pledge scaled-up efforts to protect uprooted children

21 april 2020 - 05:09:41
New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agency chiefs are pledging to accelerate work to expand refugee children’s access to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis

16 april 2020 - 19:34:01
New York, US (PANA) - The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...

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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger

16 april 2020 - 16:14:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Online predators put millions of children at risk during lockdown

15 april 2020 - 06:20:58
New York, US (PANA) - Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 (cononavirus) pandemic, [...] Full text...

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EU donate €50 million for Nigeria's COVID-19 fight

14 april 2020 - 15:22:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja commended the European Union (EU) for donating €50 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting virus, warns UNICEF chief

14 april 2020 - 06:22:18
New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus isolation threatens life-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally

14 april 2020 - 05:56:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe records two new cases, pushing total to 13

11 april 2020 - 13:30:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s positive COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases have risen to 13 after the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory announced [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19 - UNICEF

08 april 2020 - 19:45:19
New 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: EU, Denmark donate medical supplies to UNICEF in Mali

08 april 2020 - 11:54:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union and Denmark have donated 7.5 tonnes of essential medical supplies for UNICEF-Mali, a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, Global Citizen support healthcare workers in fight against the pandemic

06 april 2020 - 18:40:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced the "One [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DRC health system needs urgent help, says UNICEF

02 april 2020 - 16:36:46
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The DRC's health system needs urgent help to cope with measles and cholera epidemics that [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus poses latest threat to battered health system in DR Congo, says UNICEF

01 april 2020 - 05:40:56
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The looming threat of the new coronavirus disease COVID-19 is just the latest challenge to [...] Full text...

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Libyan health official highlights strong surveillance networks to fight Covid-19

30 march 2020 - 16:26:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Director General of the Libyan National Center for Disease Control, Dr Badreddine Al-Najjar, has revealed that [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Life-saving vaccinations must not ‘fall victim’ pandemic – UNICEF chief

27 march 2020 - 06:09:46
New York, US (PANA) - Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is overstretching health services, medical goods are in short [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN launches major humanitarian appeal to keep COVID-19 from ‘circling back around the globe’

25 march 2020 - 22:58:38
New York, US (PANA) - To confront the unprecedented worldwide challenge posed by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, top UN officials [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia's First Lady, UNICEF, artists release COVID-19 songs

21 march 2020 - 19:26:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Office of Gambia's First Lady and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the country have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: First vaccine trial begins, says UN health chief

19 march 2020 - 05:38:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Just 60 days after the genetic sequence of COVID-19 (coronavirus) was shared by China, the first [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition party says the country is unprepared to deal with coronavirus

13 march 2020 - 10:22:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), says the country was not prepared [...] Full text...

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Military releases 223 children cleared of alleged ties with Boko Haram/ISWAP

05 march 2020 - 08:01:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said that 223 children, including 10 [...] Full text...

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UN releases emergency funds to help vulnerable countries fight coronavirus

02 march 2020 - 05:13:08
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has announced that $15 million dollars has been released from the its [...] Full text...

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UNICEF donates equipment for care of newborns to Bamako hospital

29 february 2020 - 12:57:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday donated a batch of equipment worth US$200,000 to the [...] Full text...

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International community mobilizes US$ 11 million to fight the Congo floods

28 february 2020 - 17:39:41
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Humanitarian, technical and financial partners have been able to mobilize nearly US$ 11 million or 26 [...] Full text...

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Botswana rolls out new school management programme

27 february 2020 - 13:03:50
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Ministry of Basic Education has announced intentions to revive the country’s elementary learning in public [...] Full text...

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2020 humanitarian response plan to be launched Friday

26 february 2020 - 23:01:11
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the humanitarian community will Friday launch the 2020 humanitarian response plan [...] Full text...

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Congo, UN agencies launch joint programme for social protection of indigenous people

25 february 2020 - 17:33:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and United Nations agencies on Monday launched a joint programme for the social [...] Full text...

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UNICEF equips more than 40,000 Libyan students in conflict area

24 february 2020 - 13:02:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided school supplies to more than 40,000 students in different [...] Full text...

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Millions of children, families in Niger struggle as humanitarian needs mount – UNICEF

20 february 2020 - 05:51:55
Niamey, Miger (PANA) - Malnutrition, disease, floods, droughts and displacement in Niger have put nearly three million people, more than [...] Full text...

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Experts press for radical rethink on child health

19 february 2020 - 10:20:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A landmark report released on Wednesday by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts [...] Full text...

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Uncertain demobilization for 900 children in South Sudan due to lack of funding, says UNICEF

13 february 2020 - 21:39:11
Paris, France (PANA)  -  Essential programs to support 900 children already registered to be released from armed forces and groups [...] Full text...

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Gambia makes landmark commitment to end open defecation by 2020

13 february 2020 - 17:24:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian Vice President, Dr Isatou Touray, has declared that the government was determined to end open [...] Full text...

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Nearly two million Zimbabweans need safe drinking water

12 february 2020 - 13:13:52
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - UNICEF in Zimbabwe has said 1.9 million people need  safe drinking water, sanitation and good hygiene [...] Full text...

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UN draws attention to plight of Madagascar’s children, asks for assistance

12 february 2020 - 07:42:50
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Since 2012, the plight of children in Madagascar has not improved and is in many cases [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Girls' clubs launch movement to end female genital mutilation

08 february 2020 - 00:05:12
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)  -  A movement called “99 -05” was launched by young girls here Thursday in Kolda, in the [...] Full text...

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WHO says Female Genital Mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually

06 february 2020 - 06:03:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) not only poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it also exacts [...] Full text...

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Gambia: UNICEF calls on government for stronger measures to protect children from violence

03 february 2020 - 16:52:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF Gambia has called on The Gambia government to take stronger measures to protect children from [...] Full text...

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DFID provides UNICEF with new funding to fight child malnutrition in Niger

31 january 2020 - 19:20:28
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is supporting UNICEF's nutrition programme in Niger with an [...] Full text...

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Stepped-up efforts needed to combat pneumonia, says WHO

30 january 2020 - 07:40:37
New York, US (PANA) - Scaling up pneumonia-related interventions could save the lives of nearly nine million children during the [...] Full text...

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Nearly 5 million children in need due to rising violence in central Sahel: UNICEF

28 january 2020 - 08:42:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A surge in violence in the central Sahel region in Africa means nearly five million children [...] Full text...

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Number is projected to rise as attacks against children increase in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

27 january 2020 - 17:42:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Close to 5 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will need humanitarian assistance over [...] Full text...

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The drive for quality education worldwide, faces ‘mammoth challenges’ - Top UN Official

25 january 2020 - 06:31:24
New York, US (PANA) - Aligning inclusive, quality education with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was centre-stage on Friday, as [...] Full text...

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Niger needs some €77.3 million for education sector financing

20 january 2020 - 19:47:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger needs some 77.3 million euros from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the period [...] Full text...

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World leaders must address ‘shameful’ disparities in education spending: UNICEF

20 january 2020 - 06:00:13
New York, US (PANA) - A new report from the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) shows that one-third of adolescent girls [...] Full text...

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UNICEF flags ‘dire and untenable’ situation for tens of thousands of children in Libyan conflict

18 january 2020 - 10:20:02
New York, US (PANA) - The world should not accept the “dire and untenable” situation facing children in war-torn Libya, [...] Full text...

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Seven African Presidents expected in Lomé to sign agreement to criminalise counterfeit drugs

17 january 2020 - 08:53:41
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Brazzaville Foundation (BF) chief executive officer David Richmond says seven African leaders will sign an agreement for [...] Full text...

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African presidents expected in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs

16 january 2020 - 23:46:02
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - African heads of state are expected here Friday to attend the summit on counterfeit drugs, official [...] Full text...

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World Food Programme has been with Burundi for 52 years

14 january 2020 - 15:11:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Muldrow Beasley, on Tuesday wound up [...] Full text...

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China provides US$2 million in aid to Cyclone Idai-affected families in Zimbabwe

10 january 2020 - 16:38:35
Beijing, China (PANA) - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced an agreement with the China International Development and Cooperation [...] Full text...

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UN-govt. delegation says people displaced around Genaina need protection, humanitarian assistance

08 january 2020 - 22:33:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A joint United Nations and Sudanese government delegation which paid a visit to West Darfur on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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915 newborns registered in Togo on New Year's Day

08 january 2020 - 15:50:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - At least 915 newborns were registered in Togo on New Year's Day a week ago, PANA [...] Full text...

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210 schools closed in Tripoli, 115,000 students deprived of education due to violence, says UNICEF

07 january 2020 - 17:00:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The recent escalation of violence in and around Tripoli has had a devastating impact on children's [...] Full text...

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UNICEF reports three-fold rise in verified attacks on children since 2010

31 december 2019 - 05:56:19
New York, US (PANA) - Conflicts around the world are lasting longer and claiming more young lives, UN Children's Fund (UNCEF) Executive Director Henrietta [...] Full text...

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Budget for education to rise in Guinea

23 december 2019 - 21:00:14
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  For the next nine years (2020-2029), the budget for education in Guinea will rise to 20 [...] Full text...

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Armed Clashes deprive 4,000 children of education in Greater Tripoli, says UNICEF

23 december 2019 - 13:04:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 4,000 children are without education in Greater Tripoli due to escalating violence in the [...] Full text...

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Benin to build classrooms with plastic waste bricks

19 december 2019 - 19:48:54
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  - The government of Benin says it plans to build classrooms with bricks made from plastic waste, [...] Full text...

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Despite increase in birth registration, half of Gambian children remain ‘invisible’ – UNICEF

10 december 2019 - 16:20:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Registered births increased almost five per cent over past decade in The Gambia, yet tens of [...] Full text...

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UN calls for urgent support to address rising humanitarian needs in Angola

09 december 2019 - 18:22:18
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Angola, Paolo Balladelli, on Monday called on the international community [...] Full text...

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Measles claims more than 5,000 lives in DRC this year - UNICEF

28 november 2019 - 05:54:34
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2019, measles has claimed more than 5,000 lives in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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World Bank funds fight against poverty in Sao Tomé and Principe

27 november 2019 - 09:56:03
Sao Tomé and Principe (PANA) - Sao Tomé and Principe has launched a three million euro poverty eradication programme for [...] Full text...

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Empowering people living with HIV ‘will end the epidemic’, says AIDS agency chief

27 november 2019 - 05:50:31
New York, US (PANA) - When people living with HIV actively participate in their own care, new infections decline and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria launches national sex offenders register

26 november 2019 - 05:54:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday launched the first national sexual offenders register and called for [...] Full text...

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UN agencies ramp up Somalia measles, polio campaign

25 november 2019 - 06:05:37
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A campaign to vaccinate some 1.7 million children in Somalia was launched on Sunday by the [...] Full text...

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Mauritania hosts National Conference on Childhood

21 november 2019 - 06:39:28
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania on Wednesday hosted a ceremony marking the kick-off of the National Conference on Childhood (NSA), [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, Gambia commemorate 30th anniversary of CRC

20 november 2019 - 23:28:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with The Gambia Ministry of Women, Children and [...] Full text...

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Buhari signs Presidential Order to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025

20 november 2019 - 16:49:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed the Executive Order 009 which is titled ‘The Open [...] Full text...

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UNICEF hosts 30th commemoration of the Convention on child rights in Botswana

20 november 2019 - 15:39:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - UNICEF in collaboration with Botswana's Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development on Wednesday hosted the [...] Full text...

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UN stresses need to end open defecation

19 november 2019 - 06:52:18
New York, US (PANA) - Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have [...] Full text...

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Joint local, int’l team tours Lassa Fever-affected regions of Liberia

18 november 2019 - 15:45:01
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Amidst an outbreak of Lassa Fever in certain parts of rural Liberia in recent times, a [...] Full text...

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HCR has only 57 pct of 150 million USD needed for this year

14 november 2019 - 00:03:49
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  - The High commission for Refugees (HCR) has for now only 57 percent of the 150 [...] Full text...

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'Child labour and human trafficking remain concern for global supply chains '

13 november 2019 - 06:25:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the first-ever report of its kind, new data from the UN and partners indicates that a significant share of child labour and [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says Nigeria had world's highest death figure from pneumonia in 2018

12 november 2019 - 07:24:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says that Nigeria recorded the highest global deaths of 162,000 [...] Full text...

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Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds - UNICEF

11 november 2019 - 18:57:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Pneumonia, a preventable disease, kills more children than any other infection, claiming the lives of more [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria has 2nd highest number of child brides at 23 million girls

10 november 2019 - 09:27:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the world’s second-largest number of child brides [...] Full text...

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60,000 young refugees, migrants in Italy lack support

09 november 2019 - 07:54:53
Rome, Italy (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Friday highlighted the dire needs of thousands of unaccompanied and separated children [...] Full text...

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Food shortages, sharp price increases reported in Kenya’s flooded counties

07 november 2019 - 13:30:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Over 144,000 people in 25 counties across Kenya are estimated to be affected by riverine and [...] Full text...

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About 200,000 children burdened by heavy flooding in Somalia

06 november 2019 - 05:08:48
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Approximately 200,000 children in Somalia have been affected by heavy flooding, making them more vulnerable to [...] Full text...

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Nearly two million Cameroonians face humanitarian emergency: UNICEF

06 november 2019 - 05:01:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing violence in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest has created a fast-growing humanitarian emergency now affecting some [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: National demographic and health survey says Nigeria has made progress in promoting wellbeing of citizens

05 november 2019 - 19:07:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), released on Tuesday in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, said [...] Full text...

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Some 400,000 doses of TB vaccines distributed in Libya

30 october 2019 - 11:25:07
Tripoli, 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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EU avails €53 million aid package to Zimbabwe's health sector

28 october 2019 - 19:38:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has announced a €53 million aid package to Zimbabwe for health and [...] Full text...

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Libyans criticize int'l community for keeping quiet as Haftar continues to attack Tripoli

25 october 2019 - 17:26:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The military onslaught by the forces of the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...

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World is closer than ever to seeing polio disappear for good

24 october 2019 - 19:40:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a “historic achievement for humanity”, two of three wild poliovirus strains have been eliminated worldwide, [...] Full text...

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Millions of young lives at risk due to humanitarian funding shortfall: UNICEF

22 october 2019 - 21:02:25
New York, US (PANA)   - Substantial shortfalls in humanitarian funding are placing the lives of millions of children in areas [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Central African countries agree to increase national immunization coverage rates to average of 90 pct.

18 october 2019 - 22:49:26
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -   Ten Central African countries agreed here Friday to increase their current immunization coverage rate from an [...] Full text...

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Over 80% of Tunisian children are victims of violence within their families

18 october 2019 - 08:56:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Underlining the unacceptability of violence under all circumstances, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Mali celebrated Global Handwashing Day on Tuesday

16 october 2019 - 13:30:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Tuesday celebrated the 12th edition of Global Handwashing Day, established on 15 October each [...] Full text...

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Africa urged to harness digital technology for legal identity

15 october 2019 - 23:30:53
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA)   -   A senior Zambian government official said here Monday that advances in technology presented Africa with an [...] Full text...

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UNICEF warns 'alarmingly high' number of children malnourished worldwide

15 october 2019 - 19:37:44
New York, US (PANA) - Across the globe, at least one-in-three children under-five are malnourished and not developing properly, UNICEF revealed [...] Full text...

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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

15 october 2019 - 14:01:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An alarmingly high number of children sufferer the consequences of poor diets and a food system [...] Full text...

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Mali launches national annual children schooling campaign

14 october 2019 - 23:44:46
The campaign is in response to the high rate of non-schooled children and for their access to special education needs, [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire reaches one million users of UNICEF's U-Report platform

14 october 2019 - 11:49:06
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire is the first French-speaking country in the world to reach the one million [...] Full text...

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Community-led enforcement shows the way to end child marriage in Ethiopia (A UNFPA feature)

11 october 2019 - 19:39:21
Kola, Tembein, Ethiopia (PANA) – Earlier this year, Haderu Gebray, 15, and her parents were arrested for planning her wedding [...] Full text...

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Sudan launches cholera vaccination campaign in Blue Nile, Sinnar states

11 october 2019 - 15:11:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday launched an “oral cholera vaccination campaign” in response to the ongoing outbreak of [...] Full text...

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Young girls leaders forum opens in Niger

10 october 2019 - 18:27:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The first Young Girls Leaders Forum, organized by the NGO New Challenge, in partnership with the [...] Full text...

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World Mental Health Day throws light on worrying rates of youth suicide

10 october 2019 - 13:55:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worldwide, 800,000 people die by suicide each year - one every 40 seconds - making it the second [...] Full text...

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UNICEF to use crypto currencies

09 october 2019 - 23:14:31
New York, USA (PANA)  -  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched a cryptocurrency fund which will be able [...] Full text...

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African ministers to discuss innovative ways to close identity gap

08 october 2019 - 14:58:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African ministers responsible for Civil Registration will gather in Lusaka, Zambia, from 14-18 October for [...] Full text...

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Saturday, 5 October, is World Teachers' Day 2019

05 october 2019 - 06:51:03
Paris, France (PANA) - The World Teachers' Day (WTD), held annually on 5 October since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of [...] Full text...

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UN highlights milestone of 1,000 Ebola survivors in DR Congo

04 october 2019 - 19:50:46
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - One thousand people have survived the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...

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23 boys, two girls cleared of ties to Boko Haram released by Nigerian Army

03 october 2019 - 14:20:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – UNICEF on Thursday confirmed that 23 boys and two girls were released from the Nigerian Army [...] Full text...

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Countries urged to make ‘digital world’ safer for children

02 october 2019 - 05:35:25
New York, US (PANA) - Rising Internet connectivity has the potential to transform children’s lives for the better, but also [...] Full text...

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WHO, UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera

02 october 2019 - 05:26:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN agencies are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people [...] Full text...

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WHO, partners launch emergency vaccination campaign to contain world’s largest measles outbreak

26 september 2019 - 10:27:57
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – With the world’s largest and fastest-moving measles epidemic continuing to expand throughout the Democratic Republic of 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 - 20:44:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Childbirth survival rates are now a “staggering success” compared with the year 2000, but one pregnant [...] Full text...

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One million facing food shortages, nutrition crisis after Mozambique cyclones: UNICEF

17 september 2019 - 07:35:39
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The UN children's fund (UNICEF) has painted a bleak picture of the the extent of devastation [...] Full text...

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Niger launches anti-measles vaccination campaign

15 september 2019 - 15:41:44
Niamey, Niger (PANA) –  Nigerien health authorities have launched a national measles vaccination campaign to protect children of up to [...] Full text...

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UNICEF supports Beninese school children

15 september 2019 - 12:37:05
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting Beninese schoolchildren as part of the 2019 -20120 school [...] Full text...

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Brussels hosts Global Vaccination Summit

10 september 2019 - 13:04:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) will co-host a Global Vaccination Summit on [...] Full text...

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Back to school campaign kicks off in Burundi

09 september 2019 - 21:59:40
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -  The Burundian minister of  education, Janvière Ndirahisha, Monday opened the 2019-2020 academic year with the launch of [...] Full text...

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South Korea supports UN to build resilient communities in Blue Nile State

07 september 2019 - 08:06:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The South Korean government has signed an agreement with UN agencies operating in the Sudan to [...] Full text...

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Niger floods claim 42 lives, affect 66,434 others

04 september 2019 - 15:44:07
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A total of 42 people were killed and 66,434 more affected by floods in Niger in [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says alarming number of Ebola deaths in DRC a ‘rallying cry’ to scale up treatment

31 august 2019 - 09:48:13
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says since the Ebola epidemic struck in the northeast of [...] Full text...

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School closures triple in Central, Western Africa as education comes under fire

24 august 2019 - 09:47:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 1.9 million children have been forced out of school in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...

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Bamako hosts 5th African Scout Integration Camp

21 august 2019 - 12:01:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  About 500 young Africans, including 300 Malians, will participate from 21 to 30 August in Bamako [...] Full text...

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Innovating education in Africa expo kicks off in Botswana

20 august 2019 - 20:44:26
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Basic Education is hosting several education ministers and officials from different African countries [...] Full text...

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Mali reconciliation efforts must be supported, says UN exper

19 august 2019 - 15:53:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, has welcomed reconciliation [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says children’s lives in Mediterranean Sea must take priority over politics

15 august 2019 - 21:26:43
New York, US (PANA)   -   The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said here Thursday the fate of 130 children on board [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire celebrates 2nd edition of African Day of civil registry

14 august 2019 - 19:42:31
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Although the 2nd African Day of civil registry is officially scheduled to be celebrated on [...] Full text...

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UN warns of increase in grave violations against children in Mali

14 august 2019 - 05:49:39
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners on Tuesday voiced great concern over a sharp [...] Full text...

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UN agencies, partners reiterate importance of breastfeeding

01 august 2019 - 05:57:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world celebrates this year's World Breastfeeding Week from Thursday, two UN agencies and partners [...] Full text...

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UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola in eastern DR Congo

31 july 2019 - 19:34:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior UN officials tasked with controlling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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'Complex' Ebola outbreak in DRC impacting 'unprecedented number of children' - UNICEF

31 july 2019 - 08:30:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With an unprecedented number of children affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Ivorian factory to turn plastic waste into bricks

29 july 2019 - 12:28:39
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the Colombian social enterprise, Conceptos Plásticos, [...] Full text...

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AI says latest Mediterranean drowning 'a new low for European leaders'

27 july 2019 - 08:16:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) says the latest Mediterranean drowning is a new low for [...] Full text...

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Senior UN officials call for return to sea rescues, after ‘the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year’

26 july 2019 - 21:36:48
New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with the heads of a number of UN agencies, have expressed [...] Full text...

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Mali launches national seasonal malaria chemo-prevention campaign

23 july 2019 - 11:50:30
Bamako, 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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Congolese president pledges commitment to make immunization major pillar of Universal Health Coverage

22 july 2019 - 22:23:56
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday pledged to make immunization a major pillar of the [...] Full text...

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President Tshisekedi vows to make vaccination key in universal health coverage in DRC

22 july 2019 - 18:48:33
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, has restated his commitment to make vaccination a major force [...] Full text...

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Ebola emergency meeting to go ahead as UNICEF warns of higher risk to very youngest children

16 july 2019 - 20:36:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of a key expert meeting convened by the United Nations to decide whether to declare the [...] Full text...

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‘Complacency’ a factor in stagnating global vaccination rates, warn UN health chiefs

16 july 2019 - 05:57:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in 10 children –almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, the UN said on Monday, citing obstacles including conflict, cost and complacency.  According [...] Full text...

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Over 820 million people suffering from hunger, new UN report reveals

15 july 2019 - 20:00:17
New York, US (PANA) - After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has [...] Full text...

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UN Chief pledges UN support during visit to cyclone-hit areas in Mozambique

13 july 2019 - 08:19:18
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Determined children learning in classes without roofs, resilient women farming without tools or much land, and [...] Full text...

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Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province

11 july 2019 - 15:41:03
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Botswana Ministry of Health launches early childhood dev't programme

11 july 2019 - 12:23:04
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness on Thursday launched an early childhood development programme aimed [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Bulk of 17 million global children IDPs live in SSA - UN reports

09 july 2019 - 16:32:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The bulk  of the over 17 million children, estimated to be living in internal displacement as [...] Full text...

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WHO launches plan to improve quality, safety of health products

02 july 2019 - 06:19:04
Geneva, 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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UNICEF chief warns of effects of misinformation on vaccines

29 june 2019 - 05:41:13
New York, US (PANA) - Vaccines save millions of lives, and yet misinformation, limited availability and inadequate access to services [...] Full text...

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