Gaza: Israeli strikes delay polio vaccine campaign in the north

24 october 2024 - 05:45:25

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza have forced the postponement of a polio vaccination campaign, the [...] Full text...

WHO supports polio vaccination campaign in Angola

02 july 2024 - 06:09:29

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The authorities in Angola, supported by UN agencies, have initiated a vaccination campaign to curb the spread of polio and protect [...] Full text...

Step up child protection efforts UNICEF urges Nigeria, on 10th anniversary of Chibok abductions

16 april 2024 - 06:21:36

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called on Nigeria to intensify child protection efforts, 10 years on from the mass [...] Full text...

2023 World Immunization Week to be celebrated 24 to 30 April

23 april 2023 - 06:52:32

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action needed to protect people from [...] Full text...

African leaders call for urgent action to revitalise routine immunization

21 february 2023 - 06:18:11

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ‒ African heads of state have agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent following massive disruptions by the [...] Full text...

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 of this year, against polio, [...] Full text...

Mauritius to extend HPV vaccination to boys aged 9 to 15 years old

16 january 2023 - 10:42:40

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that for the first time the national Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination campaign, will target [...] Full text...

African countries renew commitment to improved nutrition

15 december 2022 - 12:59:36

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Member States renewed their commitments towards nutrition on the continent at a high-level event of the 2022 African [...] Full text...

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 Organization (WHO) said here Friday. In [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches 2022 National Nutrition Survey

21 july 2022 - 10:54:25

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Thursday launched the 2022 National Nutrition Survey with the objective to study food [...] Full text...

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 in approximately 30 years, with [...] Full text...

ECOWAS to launch mass vaccination campaign against ovine rinderpest

09 june 2022 - 11:24:03

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission will on Friday launch the mass vaccination campaign against ovine rinderpest (PPR) [...] Full text...

Mauritius to conduct Nutrition Survey

14 may 2022 - 06:31:58

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness will conduct the fourth Mauritius Nutrition Survey this year. It will be in collaboration with [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Ghana Health Service warns it will not hesitate to make vaccination mandatory

22 november 2021 - 22:18:37

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS), worried by fears that some Ghanaian are hesitating to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, has warned [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: South Africa vaccination campaign covers third of adult population

11 october 2021 - 20:24:47

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - About a third of all adults in South Africa have received at least one Covid-19 vaccination dose, according to the [...] Full text...

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 against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Celebrating the [...] Full text...

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 – that is about 45% [...] Full text...

Botswana warned against mandatory vaccination

15 september 2021 - 20:13:27

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botyswana Network on Ethic, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), a human rights organization in Botswana, Wednesday kicked against making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, [...] Full text...

Healthcare practitioners battle to restore maternal services after drastic disruption

31 august 2021 - 22:06:10

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthcare professionals across the African continent have been investing in the restoration of maternal healthcare services after an initial disruption caused [...] Full text...

Botswana announces plans to vaccinate teachers

16 august 2021 - 19:12:01

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s Ministry of Basic Education has announced intentions to vaccinate all teachers ahead of opening of schools end of August. Fidelis Molao, [...] Full text...

5.2 million children, 270,000 pregnant women expected at Burundi's Mother and Child Health Week

16 june 2021 - 19:15:35

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Wednesday launched the 2021 edition of the Week dedicated to maternal and child health, for the benefit of 5.2 [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: EU High Representative says 'vaccination gap must be closed’

31 may 2021 - 15:48:21

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union High Representative has stressed the need to close the vaccination gap between advanced economies and developing countries to [...] Full text...

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 have missed lifesaving jabs against [...] Full text...

UN agencies support South Sudan's nationwide polio vaccination campaign

26 february 2021 - 05:17:30

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from polio is underway in South [...] Full text...

Mauritius to improve maternal, new-born and child health

25 february 2021 - 07:02:45

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday launched a Maternal and Child Health Handbook, aiming at empowering women to make informed decisions about [...] Full text...

UNICEF puts forward a ‘six point plan to protect our children’

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 2020, UNICEF and other child [...] Full text...

UNICEF, WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemic

07 november 2020 - 00:06:47

GENEVA, Switzerland  (PANA) - The UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for an urgent action to avert major measles and polio epidemics [...] Full text...

African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery

15 september 2020 - 18:19:52

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and Government to [...] Full text...

South Sudan urged to address barriers to girl-child education

15 september 2020 - 17:12:17

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The government and other education actors in South Sudan should intensify the fight against sexual violence and child marriages as [...] Full text...

Congo receives motorcycles from UNICEF to boost immunization capacity

25 july 2020 - 16:02:32

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) handed over 50 motorcycles to Congo on Friday to boost the capacities of health districts [...] Full text...

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 decline" in the number of [...] Full text...

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

23 may 2020 - 06:45:07

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting access to routine immunization services [...] Full text...

Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off as COVID-19 threatens immunization gains - WHO

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 vaccination efforts and to the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: WHO urges countries not to let virus eclipse other health issues

23 april 2020 - 16:18:24

Brazzaville, Congo PANA) – Public health systems in Africa are coming under severe strain as the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic persists, the the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

Some 3 million children vaccinated against measles, rubella in Burkina Faso

13 february 2020 - 16:52:21

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 3,254,425 Burkinabé children, between the ages of 9 and 59 months, were vaccinated during a campaign against [...] Full text...

Thousands of children vaccinated against measles in western Mali

08 january 2020 - 16:02:38

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several thousand children aged 15 to 23 months in Kayes town, capital of Kayes region in western Mali, will receive the [...] Full text...

Niger officially launches national campaign for free vaccination of livestock

30 december 2019 - 23:25:31

Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  Nigerien minister in charge of Livestock, Mohamed Boucha Monday launched the national campaign of free vaccination of livestock 2019-2020 edition in [...] Full text...

WHO launches measles vaccination drive DRC's North Kivu

05 december 2019 - 13:18:59

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to launch measles vaccination campaign in North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

UN agencies ramp up Somalia measles, polio campaign

25 november 2019 - 06:05:37

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A campaign to vaccinate some 1.7 million children in Somalia was launched on Sunday by the country’s government, in partnership with [...] Full text...

UN envoy on children and armed conflict commends AMISOM on child protection efforts

01 november 2019 - 09:49:47

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Some of the child protection approaches used by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) could be adopted as best practices [...] Full text...

Some 400,000 doses of TB vaccines distributed in Libya

30 october 2019 - 11:25:07

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A first batch of 400,000 doses of BCG vaccines for the prevention of the tuberculosis virus, aimed at newborns, was distributed [...] Full text...

Congo: Brazzaville to host forum of ECCAS parliamentarians on nutrition in November

17 october 2019 - 21:24:13

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   The Speaker of the Congolese Parliament, Isidore Mvouba, at the opening of its seventh ordinary session here Thursday announced that Congo [...] Full text...

Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

15 october 2019 - 14:01:53

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An alarmingly high number of children sufferer the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF [...] Full text...

More than 100 pct of children under five vaccinated in Niger – Ministry of Public Health

29 september 2019 - 19:10:31

Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  More than 100 percent of children from zero to five months have been vaccinated in a campaign in Niger, the immunization [...] Full text...

Some 3.7 million lives could be saved by 2025 if health services ramp up nutrition actions: WHO

04 september 2019 - 20:28:03

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) has said in its latest guidelines on improving nutrition that if governments boost their focus [...] Full text...

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

22 july 2019 - 18:48:33

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, has restated his commitment to make vaccination a major force for the universal health coverage [...] Full text...

WHO pushes to achieve universal access to immunization by 2030

20 july 2019 - 07:41:26

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GAVP 2011-2020) nears its conclusion, a regional consultation has been held this week in Brazzaville by [...] Full text...

WHO mobilises to help Burkina Faso cope with humanitarian crisis

16 july 2019 - 11:59:19

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently mobilising experts to step up its response in Burkina Faso to help the country [...] Full text...

Nearly 8 million women and children in Burundi expected at immunization days

26 june 2019 - 23:26:41

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -  About 800,000 pregnant and lactating women, 2 million children under 5 and 5 million boys and girls under the age of [...] Full text...

Eleven out of 100 children are not vaccinated in Benin

18 june 2019 - 12:57:42

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -  Eleven out of 100 children are not vaccinated in Benin, according to the results of the Fifth demographic and health survey [...] Full text...