15 january 2021 - 12:42:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - There has been a remarkable increase in coronavirus infections in Libya over the past two weeks, [...] Full text...
15 january 2021 - 10:56:30
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea has extended the state of health emergency in the country for one month effective Friday, [...] Full text...
14 january 2021 - 09:26:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African president snf African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday confirmed that [...] Full text...
14 january 2021 - 05:30:54
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world is moving closer to stamping out a highly contagious disease that affects sheep and goats, but [...] Full text...
13 january 2021 - 11:55:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts should be stepped up to quickly identify and study emerging variants of the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 [...] Full text...
12 january 2021 - 21:43:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - As a result of the continuing deterioration of the health situation in the country, Tunisia Tuesday [...] Full text...
12 january 2021 - 16:00:02
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Ministry of Health Director of Infectious Diseases, Lloyd Mulenga, has disclosed that the country will [...] Full text...
12 january 2021 - 07:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners [...] Full text...
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...
12 january 2021 - 06:41:58
New York, US (PANA) - While elections are one-time events, “democracy is a constant process of deliberation and consultation” where [...] Full text...
12 january 2021 - 00:10:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Monday registered a record 3,074 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in twenty-four hours, out of [...] Full text...
11 january 2021 - 08:00:25
London, UK (PANA) - In his first major speech of the year, the UN Secretary-General has underlined the need for [...] Full text...
08 january 2021 - 23:30:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility has secured contracts of 2 billion doses of safe [...] Full text...
08 january 2021 - 06:31:57
Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “tipping point” in the fight against COVID-19, [...] Full text...
07 january 2021 - 18:02:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, on Thursday confirmed that one million doses of a COVID-19 [...] Full text...
06 january 2021 - 07:29:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN [...] Full text...
05 january 2021 - 23:18:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-president of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Ahmed Maitig, Tuesday [...] Full text...
05 january 2021 - 21:31:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, Tuesday deplored the high rate of infection of the [...] Full text...
04 january 2021 - 08:01:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has said that the government will implement a COVID-19 vaccination campaign [...] Full text...
04 january 2021 - 07:02:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - All schools in Ghana are to reopen this month as the government continues to ease restrictions [...] Full text...
01 january 2021 - 14:02:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday underlined the national health context marked by a worrying resurgence of [...] Full text...
01 january 2021 - 10:23:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Malian Transition, Bah NDaw, has urged the government to take adequate measures [...] Full text...
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...
31 december 2020 - 22:33:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Thursday 2020 was a year of trials, tragedies and tears, [...] Full text...
31 december 2020 - 09:54:34
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Speaker of the National Assembly of Guinea, Amadou Damaro Camara, and several ministers agreed on [...] Full text...
30 december 2020 - 13:11:24
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian president Evariste Ndayishimiye said on Wednesday that preventive measures already taken against the coronavirus pandemic [...] Full text...
30 december 2020 - 11:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - With millions forced to work from home this year, offices and shops closing as part [...] Full text...
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...
29 december 2020 - 07:04:55
New York, US (PANA) - As the world enters 2021, after a “year of trials, tragedies and tears”, the United [...] Full text...
25 december 2020 - 10:53:48
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has acquired 65 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccines for which the country has [...] Full text...
22 december 2020 - 12:11:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has made a US$19 million down payment to secure a place in [...] Full text...
21 december 2020 - 06:55:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Ghanaians prepare to mark Christmas, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the public to [...] Full text...
20 december 2020 - 00:10:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be [...] Full text...
19 december 2020 - 08:29:52
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will set up a special fund to mobilise and manage the funds required for implementing [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 11:19:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 79% of the African population would take a coronavirus vaccine with one in [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 10:58:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Friday released its supplementary appeal for 2021 Covid response seeking [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 08:10:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Thursday announced that eight new positive imported cases of Covid-19 were [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 05:23:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – COVID-19 cases in the African region have risen steadily over the past two months, underscoring the need [...] Full text...
17 december 2020 - 05:13:00
New York, US (PANA) - Equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will represent an “acid test” for the international community, the [...] Full text...
16 december 2020 - 23:18:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British American Tobacco, a cigarette manufacturer, said Monday it had secured approval to test a coronavirus [...] Full text...
16 december 2020 - 05:29:56
New York, US (PANA) - Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region [...] Full text...
16 december 2020 - 05:24:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 18:10:17
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria from [...] Full text...
12 december 2020 - 07:05:58
New York, US (PANA) – The Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for global solidarity and greater international cooperation, and [...] Full text...
12 december 2020 - 06:29:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Addressing the financing gap to provide COVID-19 vaccines for everyone, everywhere, is an urgent priority, World [...] Full text...
12 december 2020 - 00:30:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Eswatini, Pakistan and Bolivia, Friday opened a new warfront in the [...] Full text...
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...
11 december 2020 - 13:33:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has come under fire for claiming the “devil” [...] Full text...
11 december 2020 - 13:05:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government is to end, as of next January, free water and electricity supplies to [...] Full text...
11 december 2020 - 07:33:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – As African countries gear up for COVID-19 vaccination, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for increased [...] Full text...
10 december 2020 - 15:20:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday it [...] Full text...
09 december 2020 - 23:24:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A petition calling for universal access to affordable coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines has been delivered virtually by [...] Full text...
09 december 2020 - 17:04:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has set up a National Committee for organising the introduction of the vaccine [...] Full text...
09 december 2020 - 11:47:51
New York, US (PANA) - Corruption has thrived under the coronavirus pandemic and anyone involved in graft must be prevented [...] Full text...
08 december 2020 - 06:03:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, weeks and months, health [...] Full text...
05 december 2020 - 07:28:51
New York, US (PANA) - Scientists developing COVID-19 vaccines are optimistic that by the end of next year, all people [...] Full text...
04 december 2020 - 12:36:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International tourism arrivals in Kenya dropped by 72% to 470,971 between January to October 2020, compared [...] Full text...
04 december 2020 - 05:26:22
New York, US (PANA) - Nations united on Thursday for a special session of the UN General Assembly to survey the [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 18:10:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) --The rate of new coronavirus infections in Kenya has remained unchanged with the country among the top [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 16:44:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched a new alliance, the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA), [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 11:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Donor governments on Wednesday pledged a record US$932 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 10:58:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As world leaders gather virtually at the Special Session of the General Assembly in response to [...] Full text...
02 december 2020 - 18:21:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Minister of Health Faouzi Mehdi announced on Wednesday that his department has initiated contacts with [...] Full text...
02 december 2020 - 15:54:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Ahead of the United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly on COVID-19, on 3-4 December [...] Full text...
01 december 2020 - 05:17:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Last week saw the first global decline in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since September, the [...] Full text...
30 november 2020 - 23:12:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Monday recorded 41 new cases of deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) and 518 new infections, [...] Full text...
30 november 2020 - 09:41:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has contracted with the COVAX Group to supply two million doses of the emerging coronavirus [...] Full text...
28 november 2020 - 18:29:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is discussing with the government of India to acquire one million additional doses of anti-coronavirus [...] Full text...
27 november 2020 - 06:44:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the race to find a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is showing increasing promise, a [...] Full text...
27 november 2020 - 00:01:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said here Thursday it [...] Full text...
25 november 2020 - 21:49:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The regional committee of the World Health Organization for Africa (WHO/Africa) Wednesday called on African countries [...] Full text...
24 november 2020 - 05:32:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Along with other tried and tested public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
23 november 2020 - 11:31:22
New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 logistics partners, including major airlines, [...] Full text...
21 november 2020 - 07:16:54
New York, US (PANA) - When he addresses leaders of the world’s richest countries at the G20 summit on Saturday, [...] Full text...
19 november 2020 - 17:47:20
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN humanitarian coordinator in DR Congo, David McLachlan-Karr, has called on the government to [...] Full text...
18 november 2020 - 11:58:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday announced the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the [...] Full text...
17 november 2020 - 05:00:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines and cautious optimism over potential new tools against the disease, [...] Full text...
17 november 2020 - 04:49:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which [...] Full text...
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...
06 november 2020 - 14:55:17
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - French Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness Minister Franck Riester, who lead a business delegation to [...] Full text...
06 november 2020 - 11:31:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have expressed "extreme concern" [...] Full text...
29 october 2020 - 22:57:00
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The United Nations in Somalia has condemns the murder of two humanitarian workers, who were reportedly killed [...] Full text...
23 october 2020 - 07:22:15
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The rollout of new, World Health Organization (WHO) approved antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus [...] Full text...
22 october 2020 - 07:35:05
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy would witness a significant downturn in 2020 in the wake of the [...] Full text...
19 october 2020 - 12:05:23
New York, US (PANA) – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, [...] Full text...
17 october 2020 - 00:07:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Friday that four vaccines for children were being withdrawn while [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 22:47:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Development Committee of the world’s top financial institutions said Friday the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 22:02:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Economy, Finances and Investment, Ali Kooli, Friday welcomed the positive response by [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 07:37:32
New York, US (PANA) - Rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and managing land and natural [...] Full text...
14 october 2020 - 16:14:03
Washington, US (PANA) - Desperate inequality is being caused by the COVID pandemic and economic shutdowns, World Bank Group (WBG) [...] Full text...
14 october 2020 - 12:55:33
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing [...] Full text...
10 october 2020 - 06:45:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - China is among three additional countries to have signed on to a global initiative that aims [...] Full text...
08 october 2020 - 06:30:43
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of strong public health systems and emergency preparedness [...] Full text...
06 october 2020 - 05:53:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While COVID-19 has affected all countries, the pandemic is “uneven”, and it is estimated that 10 [...] Full text...
03 october 2020 - 05:21:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With strong leadership and comprehensive strategies it’s never too late for countries to change the trendlines [...] Full text...
01 october 2020 - 06:24:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds [...] Full text...
30 september 2020 - 08:07:48
New York, US (PANA) - The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic “are as bad as we feared”, [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 06:34:43
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they [...] Full text...
22 september 2020 - 06:02:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 is an “unprecedented global crisis that demands an unprecedented global response”, the chief of the [...] Full text...
20 september 2020 - 14:06:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19, formed by the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
18 september 2020 - 05:28:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries which have not signed on to a global mechanism that has pledged to provide fair [...] Full text...
17 september 2020 - 22:29:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A South African scientist, studying the genetic charectaristics of the new coronavirus disease, has warned [...] Full text...
17 september 2020 - 04:41:00
New York, US (PANA) - The continuing COVID-19 pandemic continues to top a long list of global concerns, the UN chief told journalists on Wednesday, noting that “the grimmest of [...] Full text...
15 september 2020 - 20:14:11
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The coronavirus pandemic has affected economic development and stalled poverty reduction efforts by 20 years, [...] Full text...
14 september 2020 - 13:29:04
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 8,762 Mauritians who were stranded in different countries following the global coronavirus [...] Full text...
11 september 2020 - 03:11:00
New York, US (PANA) - Global leaders, including more than 30 Heads of State and Ministers, have underlined their commitment [...] Full text...
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...
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...
03 september 2020 - 20:53:06
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - UNICEF is leading efforts to procure and supply coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in what could possibly be the [...] Full text...
03 september 2020 - 15:16:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to [...] Full text...
01 september 2020 - 17:40:34
Beijing, China (PANA) - China is keen to promote cooperation with Morocco on the development and production of vaccines against [...] Full text...
01 september 2020 - 04:34:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, countries want to “get their economies going again”, the head of [...] Full text...
27 august 2020 - 21:05:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for the [...] Full text...
26 august 2020 - 16:19:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health Ministers and representatives from African countries gathered this week for the annual World Health Organization [...] Full text...
26 august 2020 - 05:38:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with COVID-19, the UN health [...] Full text...
25 august 2020 - 18:03:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after [...] Full text...
24 august 2020 - 18:54:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Investing in a mechanism that will guarantee all countries have fair and timely access to a [...] Full text...
22 august 2020 - 14:58:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres Saturday deplored the negative impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on African economies [...] Full text...
22 august 2020 - 14:03:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With several countries experiencing fresh COVID-19 outbreaks after periods of little or no transmission, the World [...] Full text...
21 august 2020 - 01:33:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The mRNA vaccine under development and targeting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) should be procured when it [...] Full text...
19 august 2020 - 04:33:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning against “vaccine nationalism” in the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
19 august 2020 - 00:03:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday outlined key logistical hurdles in fight [...] Full text...
14 august 2020 - 05:46:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that six months after first sounding the international [...] Full text...
11 august 2020 - 18:28:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya said on Tuesday it will engage Russia in seeking the newly-developed coronavirus vaccine as virus [...] Full text...
07 august 2020 - 05:15:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than 18.5 million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide as of Thursday, and 700,000 deaths, [...] Full text...
03 august 2020 - 19:57:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is “no silver bullet” to combat COVID-19, and there might never be”, the head of [...] Full text...
02 august 2020 - 05:21:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Expressing “appreciation for WHO and partners’ COVID-19 pandemic response efforts”, the emergency committee convened by the UN [...] Full text...
23 july 2020 - 15:03:54
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a joint effort to enhance research and development of traditional medicines for COVID-19 in Africa, [...] Full text...
22 july 2020 - 18:50:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Launched on Wednesday, 22 July, 2020, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathered and shared legal documents [...] Full text...
22 july 2020 - 14:55:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Launched on Wednesday, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 [...] Full text...
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...
21 july 2020 - 19:22:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it is facing a "serious funding gap'' to [...] Full text...
21 july 2020 - 19:02:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt has been selected by China to serve as a future hub for manufacturing a coronavirus [...] Full text...
21 july 2020 - 12:39:01
Niger, Niamey (PANA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, many remote communities in Niger struggle with access to basic services [...] Full text...
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...
16 july 2020 - 21:26:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials underway in South Africa is expected to generate results much [...] Full text...
15 july 2020 - 16:25:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Seventy-five countries have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through [...] Full text...
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...
12 july 2020 - 16:11:06
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seventeen persons have died recently from a measles epidemic that hit Guinea for several months, reliable [...] Full text...
10 july 2020 - 22:25:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Security chaos, suffering and impoverishment of Libyans remain among the most visible characteristics of life in [...] Full text...
10 july 2020 - 09:08:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa has joined immunization experts in [...] Full text...
27 june 2020 - 06:23:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Over $31 billion is needed during the next 12 months to develop medicines that will be [...] Full text...
25 june 2020 - 21:33:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Top scientists, researchers and ministers of health rose from a two-day virtual conference on Thursday [...] Full text...
25 june 2020 - 16:23:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA ) - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday the end of the 10th Ebola outbreak [...] Full text...
25 june 2020 - 14:35:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the African Union to work with countries, [...] Full text...
25 june 2020 - 04:45:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is on track to reach 10 million coronavirus cases within the next week, the [...] Full text...
23 june 2020 - 05:28:21
New York, US (PANA) - The expectations and views of each of the world’s regional groups and its members “will [...] Full text...
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...
18 june 2020 - 05:31:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a [...] Full text...
16 june 2020 - 06:30:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the ongoing global response to COVID-19, the world cannot lose sight of the significant public [...] Full text...
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...
11 june 2020 - 05:29:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has refuted the rumour [...] Full text...
07 june 2020 - 19:01:07
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The national multi-sectoral committee for response to the Ebola disease said here on Sunday that, [...] Full text...
06 june 2020 - 18:57:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - High-level discussions to fight coronavirus including the latest conversation between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Indian [...] Full text...
05 june 2020 - 14:34:40
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on Thursday stressed the need for a global union for mobilization of [...] Full text...
05 june 2020 - 05:17:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the [...] Full text...
30 may 2020 - 07:05:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other [...] Full text...
29 may 2020 - 21:50:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Vaccine developers around the world must make African countries and scientists at the centre of [...] Full text...
27 may 2020 - 13:00:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...
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...
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...
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...
21 may 2020 - 04:56:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With “unprecedented solidarity”, the World Health Assembly adopted a “landmark resolution” on Tuesday, which sets out [...] Full text...
20 may 2020 - 13:38:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights [...] Full text...
20 may 2020 - 04:54:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded the annual World Health Assembly on Tuesday, adopting a resolution [...] Full text...
18 may 2020 - 21:11:57
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kaïs Saied, and his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, Monday stressed the need to [...] Full text...
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...
15 may 2020 - 05:27:28
New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...
14 may 2020 - 15:24:25
Paris, France (PANA) - The cost of vaccinating the poorest half of humanity, 3.7 billion people, against the coronavirus could [...] Full text...
12 may 2020 - 10:47:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...
10 may 2020 - 20:56:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthy people between 65-85 years of age will be injected with a potential vaccine for the [...] Full text...
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...
04 may 2020 - 20:08:52
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned here Monday the “most massive public health effort in history” is [...] Full text...
02 may 2020 - 09:33:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International experts have advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to work to identify animal origins of [...] Full text...
01 may 2020 - 05:47:41
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations chief has expressed concern over [...] Full text...
28 april 2020 - 22:55:23
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The national multi-sectoral committee for response to the Ebola disease said here Tuesday that, for [...] Full text...
26 april 2020 - 07:25:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who [...] Full text...
25 april 2020 - 09:44:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – This year’s Africa Vaccination Week started on Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to [...] Full text...
25 april 2020 - 06:25:31
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders, scientists, humanitarians and private sector partners united on Friday in “a landmark collaboration” [...] Full text...
23 april 2020 - 19:54:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can [...] Full text...
22 april 2020 - 08:03:49
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha, said on [...] Full text...
21 april 2020 - 11:31:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - National regulatory authorities and national ethics committees from across Africa have agreed to combine their expertise to [...] Full text...
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...
20 april 2020 - 13:28:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An agreement between major pharmaceutical companies, Sanofi and the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to produce a vaccine for [...] Full text...
17 april 2020 - 09:09:38
Seattle, US (PANA) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced an expansion of its funding for the global [...] Full text...
16 april 2020 - 05:51:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the importance of international solidarity [...] Full text...
14 april 2020 - 17:11:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - "Our response now far surpasses that initial pledge. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the U.S. government [...] Full text...
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...
12 april 2020 - 07:01:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists at the University of Ghana in Accra say they have obtained "critical information" about the [...] Full text...
10 april 2020 - 23:38:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a four-point guideline for the conduct [...] Full text...
10 april 2020 - 06:36:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With Thursday marking 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was first notified about what [...] Full text...
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...
03 april 2020 - 17:30:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United Kingdom-based cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company, British American Tobacco (BAT) plc, says it’s developing a [...] Full text...
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...
11 march 2020 - 20:35:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia, Wang Wenbin, has confirmed that following the appearance of the coronavirus, [...] Full text...
04 march 2020 - 07:38:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A shortage of protective equipment is endangering health workers worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) has [...] Full text...