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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Thursday stressed the importance of providing services to citizens, assuring that the wife and children subsidy encompasses all segments without exception

©- - 04 may 2023 - 21:08:14 - thread (228 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, the Association for the Protection of Men and Men in Distress of Burundi (APHD) made a remarkable charge, breaking the taboo of violence directed against the male junta in households of the country

©- - 08 march 2022 - 13:47:58 - thread (407 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship UN family planning programme this year, will have devastating consequences for women and girls and their families across the world, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Thursday

©- - 29 april 2021 - 14:28:30 - thread (391 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the long-serving cameramen at Rwanda Television, Valens Rwamukwaya, retired at the age of 64 after 38 years of experience behind the camera, a senior member of the media fraternity in Rwanda confirmed here Saturday to PANA

©- - 13 june 2020 - 16:31:14 - thread (327 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will host the World Family Summit for the first time from May 12 to 15, 2020, in which 80 countries will participate, coinciding with the celebration of the International Day of the Family, under the theme "Building the future we want"

©- - 28 january 2020 - 16:31:48 - thread (155 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   Cotonou will host the eighth meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership from 3-5 December  to accelerate progress in the use of family planning services in nine French-speaking countries in West Africa, official sources told PANA here Thursday

©- - 14 november 2019 - 23:44:35 - thread (157 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana government is finalising preparation for introducing free DNA test in hospitals across the country, the Office of the President indicated on Monday

©- - 11 november 2019 - 14:54:36 - thread (143 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  Niger has made much progress in the use of contraceptive methods since the adoption of a family planning (FP) policy in 1985 to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates, reports the government weekly ‘Sahel Dimanche’

©- - 28 april 2019 - 20:21:31 - thread (415 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) – A regional family planning project has been launched in the Nigerien capital, Niger, with the objective of improving access to and use of quality family planning services in the West African sub-region

©- - 05 april 2019 - 10:51:59 - thread (456 words)


Bagatelle, Mauritius (PANA) – To improve the quality of life of its people, the Mauritian government plans to reposition its family planning strategy and promote increased contraceptive use
©- - 11 july 2018 - 18:18:48 - thread (527 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN population fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem has said family planning is not only a matter of human rights but also central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development
©- - 11 july 2018 - 06:41:38 - thread (336 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A visiting team of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) for the African Region led by its chairperson, Kweku Brenu, on Tuesday met with Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth to discuss matters relating to reproductive health and family planning
©- - 10 november 2015 - 12:42:47 - thread (236 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - More than 400 policymakers, private-sector stakeholders and civil-society representatives Tuesday observed the first International Day of Family Remittances at the opening of the fifth Global Forum on Remittances and Development in Milan, Italy
©- - 16 june 2015 - 11:30:25 - thread (495 words)


Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – A five-year family planning project was launched Thursday in Abidjan with financial support from the US Government to support access to services provided under Côte d’Ivoire's national family planning programme
©- - 13 november 2014 - 20:00:53 - thread (176 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is among the ten countries having the highest population density in the world with 653 persons per square kilometre in 2013 for a mid-year total population of 1,217,341, PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 12 november 2014 - 08:29:24 - thread (423 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is among the 10 countries having the highest population density in the world with 672 persons per square kilometre in 2012, according to the Family Planning and Demographic Yearbook 2012, published Friday by the Health Ministry in Port-Louis
©- - 24 january 2014 - 15:58:32 - thread (488 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Participants at the ongoing third International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) here have underscored the importance of sustained political will to ensure increased access to family planning information and tools
©- - 13 november 2013 - 10:51:15 - thread (402 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ensuring availability of family planning services and their acceptability to every woman, man and to young people, would improve the health of mothers and children in Africa, besides saving health care systems unnecessary expenditure, according to Dr
©- - 28 january 2013 - 08:24:04 - thread (505 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday committed to fast-tracking its assessment of new and existing quality contraceptives so that more women in low- and middle-income countries can obtain and use a broader range of safe and effective contraceptive products
©- - 11 july 2012 - 11:18:31 - thread (411 words)