Humanitarian aid reaches children in Blue Nile first time in almost two years
27 november 2024 - 18:45:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...
Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO chief stresses
16 november 2024 - 07:25:08Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level [...] Full text...
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Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
16 october 2024 - 21:28:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter [...] Full text...
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Invest more in vaccines to reduce deaths from drug-resistant superbugs: WHO
11 october 2024 - 06:17:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More investment in vaccines could prevent deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and reduce antibiotic use [...] Full text...
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New WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
03 september 2024 - 16:50:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution [...] Full text...
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Libyan Health Minister pledges to facilitate establishment of pharmaceutical industries
07 july 2024 - 14:34:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ramadan Boujnah, Libya's deputy prime minister and acting health minister, said on Saturday that technical, financial [...] Full text...
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WHO releases report on state of development of antibacterials
15 june 2024 - 08:53:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released its latest report on antibacterial agents, including antibiotics, [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Situation deteriorating in Sudan's El Fasher - UN
26 may 2024 - 05:42:30New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian situation for some 800,000 civilians in El Fasher, Sudan, and surrounding areas in [...] Full text...
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Malawi moves to fight antibiotics resistance
24 may 2024 - 15:40:01Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – The Malawi Ministry of Health, bioMérieux, and Pfizer will collaborate to advance Malawi’s efforts to fight [...] Full text...
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WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health
17 may 2024 - 18:51:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring [...] Full text...
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Antibiotics 'overused' among hospitalised COVID-19 patients - WHO
26 april 2024 - 11:11:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in Gaza, urges UN chief, on first day of Ramadan
11 march 2024 - 15:34:24New York, US (PANA) - A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza
29 february 2024 - 05:51:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital
27 february 2024 - 15:26:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Death toll in Gaza soars to 21,110
29 december 2023 - 05:59:26Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In Gaza, the latest death toll as of midnight on Thursday stood at 21,110 according to [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down: WHO
21 december 2023 - 15:18:25Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza and injured patients who need surgery [...] Full text...
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Five African countries report anthrax outbreaks, over 1,100 cases recorded
11 december 2023 - 11:44:24Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five countries in East and Southern Africa are experiencing anthrax outbreaks, with more than 1,100 suspected [...] Full text...
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WHO scales up response following Sudan declaration of cholera outbreak
29 september 2023 - 20:20:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA)– Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref State, where 264 suspected cholera cases, 4 confirmed cases [...] Full text...
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New global action pledge to end TB by 2030
23 september 2023 - 05:36:18New York, US (PANA) - Applause rang out in one of the main conference rooms at UN headquarters on Friday [...] Full text...
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Kenyan doctors infuse blood into unborn baby in medical breakthrough
01 august 2023 - 11:40:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Medics at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) are celebrating yet another milestone in foetal medicine after they [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Togolese authorities to urgently strengthen access to maternal healthcare
31 july 2023 - 08:14:34Lome, Togo (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday urged the Togolese authorities to urgently strengthen access to maternal healthcare and reduce [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicine (By UN News)
27 may 2023 - 14:14:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the summer of 2022, 70 Gambian babies and young children died from kidney failure after [...] Full text...
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WHO congratulates Benin and Mali for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem
16 may 2023 - 15:01:49Geneva -Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: Report
02 february 2023 - 05:43:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed [...] Full text...
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Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
17 december 2022 - 05:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the [...] Full text...
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Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans and need for better data
09 december 2022 - 16:02:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening [...] Full text...
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Tackling emerging antimalarial drug resistance in Africa
17 november 2022 - 17:56:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO is launching Thursday a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial drug [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Northern Ethiopia facing devastating spike in preventable disease: WHO
28 october 2022 - 18:53:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike [...] Full text...
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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update
05 october 2022 - 19:23:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for urgent action by countries for achieving Medication Without Harm
16 september 2022 - 12:36:43Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - Globally, half of all preventable harm in medical care is medication related, a quarter of which is [...] Full text...
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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO
13 july 2022 - 05:27:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...
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Tigray military hostilities hampering aid distribution in northern Ethiopia
18 february 2022 - 19:59:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Increasing levels of military hostilities in Tigray region, which include an airstrike reported on Atsbi [...] Full text...
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Displacements worsening humanitarian needs in Ethiopia
10 december 2021 - 00:17:07Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The situation in northern Ethiopia continues to be highly fluid and unpredictable, with ongoing fighting [...] Full text...
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WHO prioritises access to diabetes, cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
01 october 2021 - 14:25:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to [...] Full text...
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DR Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province
08 september 2021 - 15:28:14Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a northeastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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Bubonic plague putting young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF
25 august 2021 - 05:18:33New York, US (PANA) - A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...
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GuInea confirms outbreak of Marburg virus to WHO
09 august 2021 - 22:47:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Orgaization (WHO) said here Monday Guinea's ministry of Health had reported a confirmed [...] Full text...
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Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’
15 april 2021 - 15:53:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A lack of new treatments for common infections has left people dangerously exposed to the “world’s most dangerous bacteria”, the UN health agency said on Thursday. The alert from [...] Full text...
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Strengthen ‘One Health approach’ to prevent future pandemics – WHO chief
18 february 2021 - 05:27:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates “intimate” linkages between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, as zoonotic [...] Full text...
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UN refugee agency appeals for $147 million to support thousands of Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan
30 november 2020 - 19:13:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has launched an appeal for US$147 million to [...] Full text...
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COVID cases surge as threat from antimicrobial resistance grows – WHO chief
21 november 2020 - 07:59:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first [...] Full text...
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Neglected tropical diseases: Countries endorse new targets to eradicate 20 killers
12 november 2020 - 21:00:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the UN [...] Full text...
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‘Bring life to those fighting for breath,’ UNICEF urges on World Pneumonia Day
12 november 2020 - 20:34:37New York, US (PANA) - Pneumonia is not a new emergency, it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each [...] Full text...
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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)
10 august 2020 - 17:03:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...
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WHO says countries are revealing disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance
01 june 2020 - 19:44:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record number of countries are now monitoring and reporting on antibiotic resistance - marking a [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 may 2020 - 13:00:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: FIFA pledges financial help as football greats test positive
11 april 2020 - 19:38:08Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA has vowed to look at ways to help mitigate coronavirus’ impact on football on a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe records its second COVID-19 death
07 april 2020 - 21:08:14Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Health and Child Care Ministry Tuesday announced the country's second coronavirus- related death, the southern [...] Full text...
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Stepped-up efforts needed to combat pneumonia, says WHO
30 january 2020 - 07:40:37New York, US (PANA) - Scaling up pneumonia-related interventions could save the lives of nearly nine million children during the [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections
18 january 2020 - 09:39:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World [...] Full text...
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Congo: Three CHU-B agents arrested for drug theft
21 december 2019 - 13:27:04Brazzazville, Congo (PANA) - The head of Congo's National Gendarmerie's Central Judicial Research Service, Lt-Col. Victor Gandziami, announced on Friday [...] Full text...
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‘Simply throwing money won’t solve health crisis’, Senior Doctors tell Zimbabwe's richest man
06 december 2019 - 17:40:39Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) has urged telecoms billionaire, Strive Masiyiwa, through his Higher [...] Full text...
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Botswana, US universities, Health ministry collaborate on multi-drug resistance study
03 december 2019 - 12:36:12Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The University of Botswana (UB) in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania and Botswana Ministry of Health [...] Full text...
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Measles claims more than 5,000 lives in DRC this year - UNICEF
28 november 2019 - 05:54:34Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2019, measles has claimed more than 5,000 lives in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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ICRC supports medical facilities in DR Congo
27 november 2019 - 18:03:53Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided support to medical facilities in [...] Full text...
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Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds - UNICEF
11 november 2019 - 18:57:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Pneumonia, a preventable disease, kills more children than any other infection, claiming the lives of more [...] Full text...
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Africa: A fertile ground for trafficking of illicit drugs
07 october 2019 - 11:47:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Street drugs, counterfeit drugs, fake drugs or medical products of lower or falsified quality. All these [...] Full text...
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Tunisia hit by scourge of counterfeit drugs, despite government control of pharmaceutical sector
21 september 2019 - 15:09:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's drug industry is strategic and a central pillar of the country's health system. The North African [...] Full text...
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Counterfeit drug trafficking: an illegal and deadly phenomenon in Niger
13 september 2019 - 20:14:34Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Trafficking in counterfeit or fake medicines, a phenomenon that is widespread in Africa, is also observed in [...] Full text...
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GABON- Poverty forces economically weak populations to buy street medicines (A feature by LAWSONE Antoine)
30 august 2019 - 21:49:50Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - For years, poverty has forced economically weak populations in the capital, Libreville, to buy medicines not [...] Full text...
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Food safety at the centre of Abidjan Academy of African Sciences, Arts meeting
10 july 2019 - 11:17:34Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The biennial meeting of the Academy of African Sciences, Arts, Cultures and Diasporas (ASCAD) opened on [...] Full text...
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WHO publishes updated Essential Medicines List
09 july 2019 - 10:01:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency on Tuesday published its updated Essential Medicines List that adds 28 medicines [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of millions of people no longer at risk of blindness infection trachoma: WHO
28 june 2019 - 07:33:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people at risk of trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness [...] Full text...
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WHO steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance
19 june 2019 - 04:17:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As resistance to antibiotics grows, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the latest stage of [...] Full text...
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Guinea declares war on parallel drugs markets
16 april 2019 - 11:24:58Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea is planning to set up a brigade for combating the illicit sale of drugs, an [...] Full text...
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Tanzania dispatches relief supplies to flood hit Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique
19 march 2019 - 18:47:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has sent relief supplies to victims of devastating floods which have hit parts [...] Full text...
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Deadly animal plague threatens cattle in Kenya’s pastoralist region
19 february 2019 - 16:29:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An outbreak of the deadly virus, Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), which causes running nose on [...] Full text...
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Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency
15 november 2018 - 05:02:57Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are [...] Full text...
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Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN warns
13 november 2018 - 03:41:18Rome, Italy (PANA) - By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance [...] Full text...
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Every bite of burger boosts harmful greenhouse gases: UNEP
09 november 2018 - 04:50:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Even though meat production is known to be a major contributor to climate change and environmental [...] Full text...
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Plastic-busting fungi may help tackle pollution, climate change: UN Environment
01 november 2018 - 05:04:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - When it comes to helping green our world, organic mushrooms from the local market may be [...] Full text...
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WHO supports Zimbabwe with 1.4 million vaccinations to beat cholera outbreak
03 october 2018 - 19:03:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against [...] Full text...
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Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world's water - FAO
20 june 2018 - 08:37:46Rome, Italy (PANA) - Water pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices poses a serious risk to human health and the planet's [...] Full text...
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Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness
14 june 2018 - 06:32:01Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) today congratulated Ghana for having eliminated trachoma as a public health [...] Full text...
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FAO chief warns against use of antimicrobial medicines to promote growth in farm animals
30 may 2018 - 11:55:10Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on Wednesday that antimicrobials are [...] Full text...
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'Soil protection and conservation starts with us' (A feature by FAO)
06 may 2018 - 04:08:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human [...] Full text...
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FAO report sounds alarm on soil pollution
02 may 2018 - 13:54:53Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil pollution poses a worrisome threat to agricultural productivity, food safety, and human health, but far [...] Full text...
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WHO warms about antibiotic resistance
29 january 2018 - 19:58:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Antimicrobials have been a driver of unprecedented medical and societal advances, but their overuse has [...] Full text...
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WHO prequalifies breakthrough vaccine for typhoid (A WHO Feature)
14 january 2018 - 06:25:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At the end of December 2017, WHO prequalified the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid, Bharat Biotech’s [...] Full text...
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Careless disposal of antibiotics could produce ‘ferocious superbugs’ - UNEP
05 december 2017 - 21:21:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to the discharge of drugs and some chemicals into the environment is [...] Full text...
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FAO cautions that soils being neglected as 'World Soil Day' is marked
05 december 2017 - 10:30:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the world marks "World Soil Day" on Tuesday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) [...] Full text...
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Sweden, 4 UN agencies to boost health of women in East, Southern Africa
01 december 2017 - 11:13:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the World marks World AIDS Day on Friday, the Government of Sweden, together with the [...] Full text...
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'1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified' - WHO
29 november 2017 - 08:00:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard [...] Full text...
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Antibiotic resistance is ‘crisis we cannot ignore,’ UN warns
14 november 2017 - 06:55:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As World Antibiotic Awareness Week began on Monday, the United Nations, through its Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends farmers stop using antibiotics in healthy animals
08 november 2017 - 05:45:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Farmers and the food industry should stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease [...] Full text...
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Madagascar plague: Mitigating the risk of regional spread (A WHO Feature)
05 november 2017 - 06:06:55Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - This year plague came early to Madagascar and spread quickly. When it began to move out [...] Full text...
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WHO sees drop in cases of plague in Madagascar
03 november 2017 - 20:40:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – While progress has been made in response to the plague outbreak in Madagascar, and the number [...] Full text...
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Pneumonia, world's deadliest disease; kills two children every minute, says Save the Children
02 november 2017 - 12:03:30London, UK (PANA) - Nearly one million children a year are dying from pneumonia even though it can be treated [...] Full text...
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WHO warns South Africa of "black death" plague threat
27 october 2017 - 08:29:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that South Africa is at high risk of [...] Full text...
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Madagascar: WHO ramps up response as bubonic, pneumonic plagues spread in Madagascar
07 october 2017 - 10:13:06Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – The United Nations health agency is rapidly scaling up response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Not enough new antibiotics in the pipeline, UN report warns
20 september 2017 - 22:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)– Too few new antibiotics are under development to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a United [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO warns antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise
07 july 2017 - 01:50:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise and new [...] Full text...
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Italy: Soil pollution comes under scrutiny at FAO plenary assembly
23 june 2017 - 09:20:48Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil pollution, due mostly to human activities that leave excess chemicals in soils used to grow [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics
06 june 2017 - 18:34:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the [...] Full text...
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Egypt: World to mark 'World Hand Hygiene Day'
04 may 2017 - 10:25:14Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – World Hand Hygiene Day will be marked on Friday, highlighting the importance of hand hygiene in [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 'Unprecedented progress' made against neglected tropical diseases - WHO
19 april 2017 - 09:51:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says "remarkable achievements"have been made in tackling neglected tropical diseases [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: WHO, partners provide vaccines to control meningitis C in Nigeria
15 april 2017 - 07:45:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A vaccination campaign is underway in Nigeria to contain an outbreak of meningitis C, a strain [...] Full text...
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US: Carter Center gets US$800,000 grant for trachoma elimination in Mali, Niger
27 march 2017 - 16:20:21Atlanta, US (PANA) - The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has awarded The Carter Center a grant of US$800,000 [...] Full text...
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UN: UN set up group to coordinate fight against antimicrobial resistance
17 march 2017 - 13:55:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN has announced the establishment of an Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Drug-resistant TB continues to be serious health threat - WHO
01 march 2017 - 21:16:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations health agency has stressed the critical need for research and development of new [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO lists antibiotic-resistant bacteria
28 february 2017 - 07:25:34New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever catalogue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose [...] Full text...
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Germany: FAO boss calls for more support to family farmers
23 january 2017 - 13:23:12Berlin, Germany (PANA) - In an era in which challenges like climate change and natural resource scarcity are making agriculture [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO report surveys risks in livestock production
15 november 2016 - 11:28:48Rome, Italy (PANA) - Mounting evidence that food systems may be major conduits of Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) point to the [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO warns world heading towards ‘post-antibiotic era’
15 november 2016 - 05:03:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With a worldwide call on everyone, everywhere to play their part in maintaining the effectiveness of [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO issues new guidelines to stop surgical infections
03 november 2016 - 17:13:47New York, US (PANA) - Warning that millions of people die every year from preventable surgical infections, particularly in developing [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO's Committee on Agriculture meets
26 september 2016 - 11:50:57Rome, Italy (PANA) - The agricultural sector must transform itself not only to achieve food and nutrition security for all, [...] Full text...
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UN: World leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance
21 september 2016 - 20:21:09New York, US (PANA) - World leaders on Wednesday at the UN headquarters in New York expressed their collective efforts [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO to reduce spread of antimicrobial resistance on farms, food
14 september 2016 - 10:58:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday pledged to help countries develop strategies for [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO issues new guidelines for treating STIs
30 august 2016 - 19:50:06New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization WHO) on Tuesday issued new guidelines for the treatment of three [...] Full text...
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Mauritiua: Mauritius to create awareness on antibiotics
15 march 2016 - 13:59:21Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Industry and Commerce Minister, Ashit Gungah, said there is evidence that antibiotic resistance has become [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO warns on threat to food security from overuse of antibiotics
10 february 2016 - 18:08:41New York, US (PANA) - Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is impacting rural livelihoods and food [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Meningitis causes health concern in Ghana, kills 32
25 january 2016 - 11:31:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The outbreak of a variant of meningitis in parts of Ghana is causing public health concern [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO says antibiotic resistance threatens public health
17 november 2015 - 14:55:44New York, US (PANA) - A recent multi-country survey revealed that people are confused about the rising threat of antibiotic [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO worried about public misunderstanding of antibiotic resistance
17 november 2015 - 09:12:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organsation (WHO) is worried about widespread public misunderstanding of antibiotic resistance, as a [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Philips introduces new diagnostic device to prevent childhood pneumonia deaths
12 november 2015 - 11:29:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Technology company, Philips on Thursday announced the upcoming release of a Children's Automated Respiration Monitor, aimed [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu recovering after medical scare
22 july 2015 - 10:30:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is recovering at his Cape Town home after being [...] Full text...
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UN: UN food standards body deliberate on new food safety, quality standards
07 july 2015 - 17:43:00New York, US (PANA) - The UN food standards body, Codex Alimentarius Commission, on Tuesday kicked off its latest session [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO warns on antibiotics resistance, calls for global action
29 april 2015 - 15:25:00New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that many common and treatable illnesses could [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghana says huge fire at warehouse consumes US$80 milion worth of medicines
14 january 2015 - 19:35:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A huge fire that started on Tuesday at the Central Medical Stores of the Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Madagascar: WHO confirms outbreak of Plague in Madagascar, over 40 killed
22 november 2014 - 09:34:42Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed the outbreak of Plague, a deadly infectious disease that [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: US$800,000 medical supplies land in Sierra Leone to pep up Ebola fight
06 september 2014 - 13:18:27Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, and the World Bank have airlifted 48 metric tons of [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO chief urges more financial, technical help to cope with diseases
10 july 2014 - 22:29:16New York, US (PANA) - UN World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Ms. Margaret Chan, on Thursday expressed deep concern with [...] Full text...
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UK: Rwandese, Cameroonian among 5 latest Rolex young laureates
24 june 2014 - 18:37:46London, United Kingdom (PANA) - Five young visionaries from Africa, India, Europe and the Middle East were named Tuesday as [...] Full text...
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Togo: More than 9 tons of counterfeit medicines seized in Togo
02 june 2014 - 22:45:18Lomé, Togo (PANA) - More than 9 tons of counterfeit drugs have been seized in Togo following a joint operation [...] Full text...
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UN: Paucity of funds threatens UNICEF services in Somalia
28 may 2014 - 15:19:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that it will have to suspend essential health [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO tasks health workers on hygiene
04 may 2014 - 08:14:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of Hand Hygiene Day which is observed globally on 5 May, the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO says antibiotic resistance 'serious threat' to global public health
30 april 2014 - 20:35:33New York, US (PANA) - UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday released a report saying that antibiotic resistance is [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN agency warns of emerging diseases in South Sudan
26 january 2014 - 17:33:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite the ceasefire signed late last week between the warring parties in South Sudan, UNICEF has [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF gives succour to women, children in South Sudan
22 january 2014 - 17:39:44New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has airlifted humanitarian supplies for women and children in [...] Full text...
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WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition
27 november 2013 - 10:03:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday released new treatment guidelines for the almost 20 million under-five [...] Full text...
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Global child deaths halved in 12 years, 'remarkable progress' in sub-Saharan Africa
13 september 2013 - 10:59:06New York, US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa recorded remarkable progress in reducing child deaths as the global rate was reduced [...] Full text...
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World Health Assembly agrees measures to ensure better health for all
28 may 2013 - 08:15:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), has rounded [...] Full text...
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WHO, UNICEF launch new programme to save 2m children
12 april 2013 - 08:28:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A new Global Action Plan launched on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and [...] Full text...
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Enhancing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in WHO African Region (WHO/AFRO Features)
29 march 2013 - 08:18:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Over the past couple of years, a number of international organisations, including the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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WHO makes 'unprecedented progress' against 17 neglected tropical diseases
16 january 2013 - 18:20:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) Wednesday announced ''unprecedented progress'' against 17 neglected tropical diseases following a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius focuses on antimicrobial resistance
20 november 2012 - 12:54:05Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Antimicrobial resistance is a critical health issue and is increasingly posing a challenge to the medical [...] Full text...
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INTERPOL highlights dangers of online fake, illicit medicines
04 october 2012 - 19:40:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A global operation, covering 100 countries and aimed at disrupting the organized crime networks behind the [...] Full text...
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Angolan health ministry gets 10 minilabs to identify fake medicines
02 august 2012 - 14:57:09Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF), a charitable initiative funded by the German pharmaceutical, chemical and [...] Full text...
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Brazil to produce ARVs in Mozambique
21 july 2012 - 11:26:51Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Brazilian government will soon begin producing antiretrovirals (ARVs) and other pharmaceuticals at a factory in [...] Full text...
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Tackling pneumonia, diarrhoea can improve child survival - UNICEF
08 june 2012 - 07:37:36Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The potential for saving children’s lives is huge if proven, cost-effective interventions for pneumonia [...] Full text...
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WHO warns against spread of untreatable gonorrhoea
06 june 2012 - 18:37:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against the spread of untreatable gonorrhoea, after many countries [...] Full text...
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UN launches commission on life-saving commodities for women, children
23 march 2012 - 09:59:51New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have launched a high-level Commission [...] Full text...
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New book showcases ways to safeguard medications
09 march 2012 - 14:04:44Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new book, "The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for action", launched by the [...] Full text...
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5 mobile compact labs to detect counterfeit medicines presented to Zambia
29 february 2012 - 17:37:56Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - To help improve health care in Zambia, the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF), a charitable initiative [...] Full text...
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FAO to help conflict-scattered families feed in South Sudan
17 february 2012 - 10:29:36Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping people in the conflict-affected South Sudanese state [...] Full text...
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WHO study shows how to reduce maternal, newborn, child deaths
15 december 2011 - 13:41:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A three-year study by the World Health Organization (WHO) and two other organizations has identified key [...] Full text...
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New studies show progress against pneumonia in developing countries
10 november 2011 - 10:38:01Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Vaccines against the primary cause of deaths from pneumonia in developing countries could save [...] Full text...
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Kenya plans mass burial for unidentified fuel fire victims
15 september 2011 - 19:52:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Government plans to hold a mass burial next week for the Sinai fire victims, [...] Full text...
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World Health Day: WHO AFRO boss tasks Africa on drug resistance
07 april 2011 - 11:52:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Luis Sambo, Thursday urged African nations to take advantage [...] Full text...
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UNICEF moves to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kenya
30 october 2010 - 14:47:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Childrenâ?s Fund (UNICEF) and the Kenyan authoriti es have introduced an innovative approach [...] Full text...
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Egypt gives US$.5m medicines to Togolese flood victims
23 october 2010 - 13:40:00Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- The Egyptian government Friday delivered medicines worth US $ 500,000 (about 225 million FCFA) to Togo [...] Full text...
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Egypt offers US$.5m medicines to Togolese flood victims
23 october 2010 - 12:14:00Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- The Egyptian government Friday delivered medicines worth US$ 500,000 (about 225 million FCFA) to Togo for [...] Full text...
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DRC tanker explosion: 'Hospitals in great need of medicines'
07 july 2010 - 13:50:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Hospitals treating the over 100 surviving but injure d victims of last Friday's tanker explosion [...] Full text...
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Nigeria may go shopping for foreign coach for World Cup
24 january 2010 - 08:05:00Lubango- Angola (PANA) -- Super Eagles head coach, Shaibu Amodu, may not remain a s substantive coach after Angola 2010, [...] Full text...
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Cheetah recovers after life-saving surgery
04 october 2009 - 16:19:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A cheetah that broke its leg at a game reserve near Cape Town has [...] Full text...
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Conference adopts Cotonou Declaration on Buruli Ulcer
01 april 2009 - 17:05:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- A one-day High-level Leadership Meeting on Buruli Ulcer (BU), organized by WHO and the government of [...] Full text...
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WHO Buruli Ulcer Strategy to focus on early detection, early treatment
01 april 2009 - 07:47:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Based on the best available evidence, the World Health O rganization’s (WHO)new strategy for Buruli ulcer [...] Full text...
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Cotonou hosts summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases Monday
27 march 2009 - 16:29:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Cotonou will Monday host an African summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases, official sources in the Beninese [...] Full text...
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