Nigeria launches largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history

07 october 2025 - 08:06:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Monday launched the largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history.This is part of its [...] Full text...

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US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa

26 august 2025 - 05:55:52
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure [...] Full text...

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Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children

31 july 2025 - 04:58:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central [...] Full text...

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Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent

13 july 2025 - 05:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease outbreaks by nearly 60 per cent [...] Full text...

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Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF

01 july 2025 - 18:48:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the last two years, more than 12 million children have reportedly been killed, maimed or [...] Full text...

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Cholera, conflict-driven displacement deepen needs in Sudan

30 may 2025 - 11:38:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Humanitarian needs in Sudan continue to grow, driven by the rapid spread of cholera and continued [...] Full text...

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Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics

21 may 2025 - 04:48:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the first ever [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

17 april 2025 - 16:41:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

11 april 2025 - 18:30:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] Full text...

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Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO, WFP

30 march 2025 - 06:41:58
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sharply declining aid could force tens of millions across the globe who rely on food aid [...] Full text...

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WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive

12 march 2025 - 07:17:55
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirms US $500 million commitment to global polio eradication effort

24 february 2025 - 20:53:21
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PANA) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Monday reaffirmed its US $500 million pledge to [...] Full text...

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World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging solidarity at a critical moment for global health

24 february 2025 - 19:22:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy [...] Full text...

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New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

22 february 2025 - 20:32:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young [...] Full text...

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US' order halting foreign aid work puts lives at risk: Human Rights Watch

28 january 2025 - 05:08:44
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk, [...] Full text...

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War reflects negatively on child vaccination in Sudan, UNICEF

25 october 2024 - 18:26:22
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that war in Sudan has hit the children section [...] Full text...

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Gaza School set for polio vaccine campaign hit in deadly strike, says UNRWA

14 october 2024 - 11:49:22
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A second round of polio vaccinations for thousands of children began in central Gaza on [...] Full text...

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Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan

17 september 2024 - 08:01:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and [...] Full text...

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UN continues polio vaccination in northern Gaza

12 september 2024 - 05:20:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza [...] Full text...

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Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class

10 september 2024 - 05:23:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing [...] Full text...

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Polio vaccination campaign in Gaza moves to southern areas

06 september 2024 - 05:34:35
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The second phase of a two-round campaign to vaccinate over half a million young children in [...] Full text...

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Disease and war stalk children in Gaza, despite vaccine success

05 september 2024 - 06:04:22
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned [...] Full text...

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UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians

05 september 2024 - 05:46:57
New York, US (PANA) - Top UN political and humanitarian officials on Wednesday renewed urgent appeals for the unconditional release [...] Full text...

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Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign

02 september 2024 - 19:54:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with [...] Full text...

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UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway

01 september 2024 - 17:06:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations

31 august 2024 - 07:20:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza [...] Full text...

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US assists DRC, Africa in mpox fight

23 august 2024 - 06:42:23
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it has been supporting the mpox response actions in Africa to fighting [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline

21 august 2024 - 19:58:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases

03 august 2024 - 07:25:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warned on Friday of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases [...] Full text...

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Childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023: UN agencies

15 july 2024 - 05:04:12
New York, US (PANA) - Immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection [...] Full text...

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EC adopts recommendation to combat vaccine-preventable cancers

21 june 2024 - 14:30:27
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted a recommendation that aims to combat vaccine-preventable cancers in the EU [...] Full text...

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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

25 april 2024 - 06:38:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister stresses need for availability of vaccines

02 april 2024 - 11:33:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Aldabaiba, has stressed the need to pay attention to the supply [...] Full text...

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Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state

01 april 2024 - 12:48:44
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA funding cuts threaten Palestinian lives in Gaza and region, say NGOs

30 january 2024 - 06:11:13
New York, US (PANA) - Dozens of major aid organisations have expressed deep concern and outrage that some of the [...] Full text...

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MRCG at LSHTM's integral role in the development RTS,S malaria vaccine

24 january 2024 - 20:05:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Researchers at The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN Security Council to meet on situation in Middle East

29 december 2023 - 17:11:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council is set to meet in New York on the situation in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza: UN calls for urgent aid scale-up amid new mass exodus to Rafah

29 december 2023 - 16:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, at least 100,000 displaced people have poured into Rafah in recent days, UN humanitarians [...] Full text...

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‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day

27 december 2023 - 15:56:41
New York, US (PANA) - The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, [...] Full text...

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

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

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Sudan sees major surge in cholera cases

05 december 2023 - 06:17:46
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians and partners are scaling up response to the outbreak of cholera across war-torn Sudan, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer

25 october 2023 - 06:05:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to [...] Full text...

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Training more nurses to bring quality health care to hard-to-reach communities in Kenya- World Bank Blog (By Dr. Leah Chebet Bii)

12 october 2023 - 16:10:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Health workers are the backbone of health systems that meet the needs of their communities. In remote [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: More than two million children displaced as violence spreads to new areas

24 august 2023 - 11:51:21
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Nearly 14 million children in Sudan need humanitarian support: UNICEF

05 august 2023 - 05:55:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two senior UN humanitarian officials have called for more funding and less bureaucratic impediments to support [...] Full text...

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Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide (Embargoed until 00:01 GMT / 02:01 CEST 18 July 2023)

17 july 2023 - 18:48:47
Geneva/New York (PANA) -  Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as [...] Full text...

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Eid Al-Adha sacrificial lamb more expensive this year in Libya

22 june 2023 - 18:33:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In the run-up to Eid Al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice of the sheep, the first [...] Full text...

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FIFA, WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football

25 may 2023 - 12:46:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, have signed [...] Full text...

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FIFA and WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football

24 may 2023 - 19:04:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and WHO have agreed to extend their collaboration and to continue to use the power [...] Full text...

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African Vaccination Week, World Immunization Week kick off

24 april 2023 - 07:12:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...

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New data show alarming setbacks for maternal health around the world

23 february 2023 - 16:29:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every two minutes a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released [...] Full text...

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COVID-19’s impact on young people risks a lost generation: World Bank report

16 february 2023 - 13:03:36
EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 2:00 PM UTC/GMT Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The [...] Full text...

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More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential

09 february 2023 - 05:28:45
New York, US (PANA) - Although investing in school health and nutrition has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, [...] Full text...

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Libya launches preparations for vaccination campaign against polio, measles and rubella

08 february 2023 - 13:20:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Preparations for a vaccination campaign in Libya targeting children aged 0-5 years, scheduled for the middle [...] Full text...

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Global growth remains weak: IMF

04 february 2023 - 10:43:30
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Growth remains weak by historical standards, but the global economy may be at a turning [...] Full text...

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A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report (EMBARGOED until 00.01 GMT 10 January 2023 )

06 january 2023 - 12:04:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and [...] Full text...

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A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report (EMBARGOED until 00.01 GMT 10 January 2023 )

05 january 2023 - 14:20:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge

05 january 2023 - 05:18:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General, Dr. Tedros [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions

31 december 2022 - 05:19:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners on Friday kicked off a nationwide integrated measles [...] Full text...

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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat

25 november 2022 - 14:45:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health [...] Full text...

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Nearly 40 million children susceptible to measles due to COVID-19 disruptions - Report

24 november 2022 - 05:07:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 40 million children are at risk of getting measles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 2 new cases in one week

23 november 2022 - 15:50:15
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded within one week, 14-20 November, two deaths and 192 new confirmed infections of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO

03 november 2022 - 20:57:58
Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres

24 september 2022 - 11:52:32
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk

15 july 2022 - 19:47:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...

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Stagflation risk rises amid sharp slowdown in growth – WB report

07 june 2022 - 11:47:32
(EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL TUESDAY, 7 JUNE, 2022 AT 1:30 PM UTC) Washington, DC, US (PANA) - [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO forecasts dramatic drop in deaths, but warns no time to ‘sit back and relax’

03 june 2022 - 05:21:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief warns World Health Assembly: 'COVID-19 is not over”

23 may 2022 - 05:25:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) told global health Ministers on Sunday that although [...] Full text...

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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique

18 may 2022 - 15:52:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor

05 may 2022 - 06:04:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in [...] Full text...

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WHO releases more than US$8 million for Sahel’s humanitarian response

30 april 2022 - 16:04:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released US$8.3 million from its Contingency Funding for Emergencies to assist [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Vaccine access in conflict areas remains critical'

12 april 2022 - 05:26:08
New York, US (PANA) - Although safe and effective COVID-19 vaccinations are available, the pandemic is still far from over, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for caution as African governments open up their countries

25 march 2022 - 06:13:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is cautioning African countries as they curtail COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s vaccine uptake increases by 15% - WHO

22 march 2022 - 06:43:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake rose by 15% between January and February as several countries embarked on [...] Full text...

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WHO targets children under-5 in southern Africa in mass polio vaccination drives after Malawi outbreak

22 march 2022 - 06:30:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A vaccination drive against wild polio type 1 has kicked off in five southern African countries [...] Full text...

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USAID gives Nigeria $10.6 million aid

11 march 2022 - 04:45:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Agency for International Development  (USAID) has announced an additional $10.6 million in development assistance to Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN General Assembly holds debate to boost momentum for universal vaccination

26 february 2022 - 05:14:09
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Friday for greater global solidarity to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 2.1 million people vaccinated in Libya

19 february 2022 - 18:41:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,122,203 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Libya since the launch of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World leaders call for US$23 billion to end pandemic this year

09 february 2022 - 20:18:38
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic could be defeated this year but only if vaccines, tests and treatments [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth wave ebbs: WHO

21 january 2022 - 05:37:45
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s fourth wave flattens out after six-week surge

14 january 2022 - 05:52:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron, says WHO

05 january 2022 - 06:00:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency [...] Full text...

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Ghana's land borders will remain closed – Akufo-Addo

16 december 2021 - 11:08:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo declared here Wednesday the country's land borders would remain closed, as [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's land borders to remain closed to reduce importation of virus

16 december 2021 - 04:58:21
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's lands borders, which were  closed in March last year following the outbreak of COVID-19, are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: HRW says Kenya's vaccine requirement to access gov't services undermines basic rights

14 december 2021 - 08:57:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights watchdog is asking the Kenyan authorities to amend measures requiring everyone seeking government services [...] Full text...

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African Union sets in motion plan to manufacture 60 percent of vaccines in Africa

07 december 2021 - 20:18:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a roadmap towards manufacturing at least 60 percent of all [...] Full text...

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Africa being left behind amid 'extreme vaccine discrimination': report

06 december 2021 - 09:51:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa has little chance of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming year due to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 1.7 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya

04 december 2021 - 12:20:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,732,259 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief 'deeply concerned' about isolation of southern Africa after detection of Omicron variant

30 november 2021 - 11:20:38
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is deeply concerned about the isolation of southern African [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could cost global tourism $2 trillion this year

30 november 2021 - 05:15:50
New York, US (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector $2 trillion in lost revenue [...] Full text...

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U.S. to curb travel from eight southern African countries over new COVID-19 variant

26 november 2021 - 21:55:38
Washington-US (PANA) - United States President Joe Biden said here Friday the US would bar entry to most travellers from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US sends first batch of additional 5 million vaccine consignment to Kenya

29 october 2021 - 20:16:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya on Friday received a further 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to boost its ongoing [...] Full text...

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ILO calls for protection of vulnerable frontline labourers

28 october 2021 - 00:12:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for the protection of workers in the frontline sector [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan government to make vaccination against disease mandatory

19 october 2021 - 18:13:49
Tripoli, 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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Coronavirus: Pandemic deaths at lowest level in nearly a year, WHO reports

13 october 2021 - 19:06:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 845 new cases

10 october 2021 - 19:32:29
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Benin has recorded 845 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, statistics from the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...

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WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk children

06 october 2021 - 20:30:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 13 deaths, 2,440 new cases

30 september 2021 - 17:11:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded 13 new deaths and 24,440 new infections of Covid-19, official sources said on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana reaches WHO vaccination target

30 september 2021 - 14:27:18
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has announced that the country has vaccinated ten percent of its population [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nearly half of South Africa's mineworkers vaccinated

23 september 2021 - 13:55:25
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The mining industry has vaccinated, or partially vaccinated, 203 007 employees and contractors in South Africa [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany supports Ethiopia with 271,200 vaccine doses

18 september 2021 - 02:05:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Health Friday received 271,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Germany to [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic

16 september 2021 - 10:38:33
New York, US (PANA) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 5 deaths, 2344 new infections

14 september 2021 - 22:48:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded five new deaths and 2,344 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, official sources said here [...] Full text...

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Health leaders call for acceleration of vaccination globally, particularly in Africa

14 september 2021 - 21:26:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders Tuesday issued an urgent call [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave

10 september 2021 - 05:27:03
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20% — the sharpest seven-day decline in two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records four new deaths, 1,014 new infections

05 september 2021 - 18:24:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin recorded between 29-31 August four deaths and 1,014 new infections from coronavirus (COVID-19), official sources [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO warns Africa could miss goal to vaccinate millions by month’s end

03 september 2021 - 05:47:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa could miss the goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10 per cent of its population [...] Full text...

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AU shrugs off hesitancy debate, warns vaccine ‘famine’ more acute in Africa

03 september 2021 - 00:05:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has played down fears of emerging vaccine hesitance, pandemic fatigue and [...] Full text...

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Vaccination becomes compulsory for health sector personnel in Benin

02 september 2021 - 22:17:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to make vaccination against the coronavirus (COVID-19) compulsory for health sector [...] Full text...

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Ensuring the right to a nationality, eradicating statelessness is achievable: UNHCR

30 august 2021 - 05:17:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya goes for multiple vaccines to immunise 10 million in 2021

26 august 2021 - 21:40:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will continue to vaccinate the population with a target of reaching 10 million by December [...] Full text...

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Festive and cultural events banned in Benin to limit spread of Covid-19

25 august 2021 - 19:58:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Interministerial Committee for the management of the COVID-19 health crisis has decided to suspend all [...] Full text...

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Ebola vaccination campaign launched in Middle Guinea

21 august 2021 - 19:30:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A vaccination campaign against the Ebola virus began here Thursday in the prefecture of Labe, central [...] Full text...

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Botswana optimistic of COVID-19 vaccination rollout

19 august 2021 - 18:48:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane, has reassured the nation of government’s commitment to COVID-19 vaccination. “It is [...] Full text...

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Kenya receives 407,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donation from Britain

18 august 2021 - 22:29:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has received 407,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, donated by the United Kingdom to bolster [...] Full text...

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Nurses in Botswana want priority in vaccination

18 august 2021 - 18:32:30
 Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) has raised the alarm on the low percentages of vaccinations for its [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Only 0.2% of Beninese vaccinated against Covid- 19

15 august 2021 - 20:00:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Only 0.2% of the Beninese population has already been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to figures published [...] Full text...

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MSF collaborating on urgent measles vaccination in South Darfur, Sudan

10 august 2021 - 18:15:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The international charity organziations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), said it was launching an urgent measles vaccination [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for moratorium on booster jabs

05 august 2021 - 05:26:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine [...] Full text...

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UN chief welcomes 'historic' IMF liquidity boost for governments in need

04 august 2021 - 05:40:10
New York, US (PANA) - As the COVID-19 crisis continues to exacerbate restrictions on government spending throughout the world, the UN chief on Tuesday welcomed the decision by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic widens routine immunization gaps in Africa

29 july 2021 - 14:51:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – Around 7.7 million children in Africa missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New cases in Africa have slowed down amid sharp drop in S. Africa

22 july 2021 - 21:08:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After eight consecutive weeks of a fast-moving surge, new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa have slowed [...] Full text...

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Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout

15 july 2021 - 05:37:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children worldwide [...] Full text...

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Countries urged to reopen classrooms, assess pandemic-related learning loss

14 july 2021 - 05:43:51
New York, US (PANA) - Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch [...] Full text...

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Benin records one coronavirus-related death, 57 new cases

10 july 2021 - 13:44:11
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded one new coronavirus (COVID-19)-related death and 57 new infections, an official source said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 189 new deaths

10 july 2021 - 10:13:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 189 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total number to 16,050 since the beginning of [...] Full text...

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AfDB supports creation of agricultural value chains in Côte d'Ivoire – President Adesina

08 july 2021 - 12:48:02
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank will support Côte d'Ivoire in creating agricultural value chains to create [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia records highest number of daily deaths since pandemic outbreak

01 july 2021 - 14:56:18
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded 72 COVID-19-related deaths, the highest toll in a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Sub-Saharan Africa must act now to stop surge of new Delta variant'

29 june 2021 - 06:26:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The only way for Sub-Saharan Africa to break free from the new vicious COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius’ 2021 growth put at 5% if tourism flows resume in second half

25 june 2021 - 10:18:22
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will begin to recover in 2021, with its economic growth forecast at about 5 [...] Full text...

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IMF approves Kenyan authorities’ commitment to reform agenda

24 june 2021 - 11:43:36
Washington, DC, US  (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on Wednesday the first reviews [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR urges states to remove vaccine barriers for refugees

24 june 2021 - 10:57:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four months since the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Millions of stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs: UNHCR

23 june 2021 - 05:06:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack [...] Full text...

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African Union backs local production of vaccines in Africa (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

22 june 2021 - 10:59:44
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African Union has voiced support for efforts to establish a continent-wide vaccine research and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

21 june 2021 - 13:39:49
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...

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Togo seeks IMF support for reforms focused on sustainable private sector-led growth

19 june 2021 - 06:33:02
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Discussions between the authorities in Togo and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are expected to continue [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal

10 june 2021 - 21:02:07
Brazzaville, (Congo) - As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Campaigners slam 'self-interest' of G7 countries in vaccine challenges

10 june 2021 - 11:00:40
London, UK (PANA) - The self-interest of G7 countries is the biggest obstacle to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, a group [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF, celebrities appeal to G7 countries to donate COVID vaccinations

08 june 2021 - 20:56:27
New York, US (PANA) - From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe has enough Covid-19 second doses

06 june 2021 - 20:03:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe Government has said it is carrying out a redistribution exercise of Covid-19 vaccines from areas [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU to increase global vaccine production capacities

25 may 2021 - 15:13:48
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The pace of vaccinations has accelerated across the EU and should be sustained, the European Council [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 74th World Health Assembly kicks off with bold ambition to end pandemic

24 may 2021 - 14:07:12
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a tsunami of suffering, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa CDC criticises destruction of vaccines in Malawi

20 may 2021 - 17:42:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged countries to act rapidly [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegal records 29 new cases

19 may 2021 - 15:42:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 29 new cases of coronavirus from tests carried out on 1,358 samples, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyan secures resources for critical development - IMF

18 may 2021 - 13:46:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will have access to US$410 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if the Fund’s [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: PCR testing now subject to medical prescription in Benin

15 may 2021 - 12:19:09
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The "PCR" (polymerase chain reaction) or "virological" test to detect positivity to COVID-19 is now subject to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief calls on wealthier nations to donate vaccines to poorer nations

15 may 2021 - 00:04:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, against the vastly uneven international distribution of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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UN highlights Islamic social financing to help economic recovery, pandemic response

12 may 2021 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the health and economic crisis sparked by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine inequity posing ‘significant risk’ to global economic recovery: UN report

12 may 2021 - 05:15:25
New York, US (PANA) - Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF mission hails Mauritius’ efforts in containing COVID-19 pandemic

08 may 2021 - 09:18:04
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Announcing the success of Mauritius in containing the Covid-19 virus thanks to strict health measures, [...] Full text...

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Institutional mistrust retards child vaccination progress in Africa, new study

01 may 2021 - 10:07:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child [...] Full text...

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New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives

27 april 2021 - 05:15:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues to disrupt health services in 90 pct of countries -WHO

23 april 2021 - 21:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The second round of a World Health Organization “pulse survey“ reveals that over one year into the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records five new deaths

14 april 2021 - 23:31:10
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin between 22 March and 12 April recorded five new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...

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Great Lakes Region ‘on the right track’ to tackling political and other challenges: UN Envoy

13 april 2021 - 05:33:20
New York, US (PANA) - Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region are “on [...] Full text...

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UN chief Guterres calls for ‘paradigm shift’ to recover from COVID setbacks

12 april 2021 - 17:34:02
New York, US (PANA) - A “paradigm shift” aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Less than 2% of world’s vaccines administered in Africa - WHO

11 april 2021 - 11:32:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally is in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR calls for equitable access to vaccines for refugees

07 april 2021 - 11:02:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, the UN Refugee Agency is calling for concerted international action and solidarity [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African official opposition slams "tardy" vaccine roll-out

06 april 2021 - 14:47:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday approached the South African Human Rights [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank grants $100 million to Tunisia to fight pandemic

27 march 2021 - 15:51:50
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank has made available US$100 million to Tunisia in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19). According [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: International equitable vaccine effort ships 32 million shots to 61 countries

27 march 2021 - 05:52:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday told journalists that the UN-backed vaccine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges equitable vaccine access to widen reach in Africa

26 march 2021 - 08:54:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa urgently needs more COVID-19 vaccine supplies as deliveries begin to slow down and initial batches are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin to commence vaccination on Monday

25 march 2021 - 17:27:47
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The first vaccinations in Benin against COVID-19 will start on 29 March, according to a decision [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s vaccination gains pace, nearly seven million doses given

19 march 2021 - 05:57:06
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Nearly seven million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Africa, where after months of waiting on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Health experts give green light to Janssen jab, allay clotting concerns

18 march 2021 - 05:18:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by the board of UN [...] Full text...

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WHO reacts to suspension by some EU countries of COVID-19 vaccine, says safe to use

17 march 2021 - 21:31:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Wednesday that some countries in the European Union had [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, European Medicines Agency to meet on AstraZeneca vaccine

16 march 2021 - 07:24:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Health worker death toll rises to at least 17,000'

07 march 2021 - 11:30:38
London, UK (PANA) - At least 17,000 health workers have died from COVID-19 over the last year, said Amnesty International, [...] Full text...

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1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed - WHO

06 march 2021 - 04:58:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Equitable access to vaccines should leave no migrant behind - IOM

04 march 2021 - 09:28:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As vaccine roll-outs are bringing back hope that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic might be in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More African countries receive vaccines under COVAX facility

04 march 2021 - 05:47:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More African countries have continued to receive lifesaving COVD-19 vaccines through the UN-led COVAX facility with [...] Full text...

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West African health ministers in joint fight against Ebola

03 march 2021 - 16:33:58
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Ministers of Health from Guinea – which is combating a new Ebola outbreak – and neighbouring countries [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO pushes for more action to speed up inoculations as UN demands ceasefires

27 february 2021 - 06:34:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all Member States to [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Coronavirus: Ghana becomes recipient of first COVAX vaccine shipment

24 february 2021 - 13:09:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Wednesday became recipient of first shipment of COVAX vaccine when it took delivery of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 10 pandemic-related deaths

23 february 2021 - 15:51:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths which raised the country's fatalities to 1,837 on Tuesday. In its daily [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief decries ‘wildly uneven and unfair’ vaccination

18 february 2021 - 05:15:10
New York, US (PANA) - International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines appealed on Wednesday for the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone, says WHO

11 february 2021 - 06:10:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel countered concerns over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine on Wednesday, insisting that “it’s the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Number of vaccinations overtakes that of reported infections – WHO

05 february 2021 - 22:48:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Friday that, globally, the number of vaccinations had now [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief receives jab in New York

29 january 2021 - 05:29:42
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, [...] Full text...

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MTN partners with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa

28 january 2021 - 16:23:30
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief calls for vaccinations for ‘high-risk’ populations to begin within 100 days

12 january 2021 - 06:51:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There needs to be a “collective commitment” to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO clears BioNTech’s vaccine for emergency use

01 january 2021 - 06:43:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To speed up access to COVID-19 vaccinations in the developing world, on the eve of the new [...] Full text...

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The virus that shut down the world: Education in crisis

29 december 2020 - 07:27:55
Paris, France (PANA) - Children all over the world have had their education severely disrupted this year, as schools struggle [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication: WHO officials

29 december 2020 - 07:15:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have warned that the COVID-19 virus is "not necessarily the [...] Full text...

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World must be ready for the next pandemic, UN says on first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

27 december 2020 - 19:45:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations commemorated the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus:. Africa's efforts to obtain vaccine funding promising - Africa CDC

11 december 2020 - 20:26:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said the prospects for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fund COVAX to reduce vaccination distribution inequity – UN chief

10 december 2020 - 08:12:43
New York, US (PANA) - With so-called vaccine nationalism spreading “with full speed”, the UN Secretary-General has told journalists, following [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: King of Morocco announces free vaccinations against pandemic for Moroccans

08 december 2020 - 19:58:46
Rabat Morocco (PANA) - The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has instructed the Moroccan government to adopt free coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Measles cases hit 23-year high last year, killing 200,000 as vaccination stalls, WHO says

12 november 2020 - 21:29:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Measles killed an estimated 207,500 people last year after a decade-long failure to reach optimal vaccination [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic threatens human capital gains of the past decade - New WB report

16 september 2020 - 17:57:39
Washington, US (PANA) – The COVID-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, UN agencies warn

09 september 2020 - 16:35:54
New York, US (PANA) - The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of vaccines

05 september 2020 - 06:04:03
New York, US (PANNA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of COVID vaccines

04 september 2020 - 18:22:02
New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU moves to prevent deaths, save lives and prevent unnecessary harm to African economies

04 august 2020 - 14:01:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For providing effective online press briefings for the World Health Organization (WHO), the African Union [...] Full text...

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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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WHO expresses concern about growing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

17 july 2020 - 05:35:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are concerned about the growing Ebola outbreak in 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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Senior UN official warns South Sudan peace process 'faltering'

24 june 2020 - 05:09:21
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official has warned that the peace process in South Sudan is “faltering” [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Global solidarity’ needed to find affordable, accessible virus vaccine, says Guterres

05 june 2020 - 05:51:57
New York, US (PANA) - In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical [...] 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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