Gambia Parliament releases report on acute kidney injuries that killed 70 children

20 december 2022 - 17:56:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Assembly Select Committee on Health has released its forty-three (43) page report of an [...] Full text...

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Gambia suspends licence of importer of deadly Indian cough syrups

11 october 2022 - 10:37:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has authorised the Medicine Control Agency to suspend the licence of the pharmacy [...] Full text...

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WHO issues alert for contaminated cough and cold syrups in Gambia

05 october 2022 - 19:33:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has  issued a medical product alert for four contaminated cough and [...] Full text...

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Libyans celebrate Eid al-Fitr in hope of achieving unity to overcome political crisis

02 may 2022 - 19:15:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans, like most Arab and Muslim countries in the world, celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday to mark [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Ministry of Health expresses commitment to children healthcare service

12 may 2020 - 21:34:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s Ministry of Health Tuesday expressed its commitment towards children’s access to health services by [...] Full text...

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GABON- Poverty forces economically weak populations to buy street medicines (A feature by LAWSONE Antoine)

30 august 2019 - 21:49:50
Libreville, Gabon (PANA)   -   For years, poverty has forced economically weak populations in the capital, Libreville, to buy medicines not [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO calls for taxation, other measures to check unhealthy food

11 october 2016 - 21:45:14
New York, US (PANA) - Unhealthy diet accounts for more than 11 million deaths annually, with four million deaths due [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO stresses need to reduce sugar intake for healthy living

04 march 2015 - 18:38:35
New York, US (PANA) - New guidelines released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday have recommended that adults and [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s inflation inches up slightly to 8.41% in August

15 september 2011 - 10:14:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's annual inflation rate inched up to 8.41 per cent in August from 8.39 per cent [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to build first pharmaceutical plant

17 march 2011 - 12:20:39
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A factory for manufacturing pharmaceuticals will be built in Rwanda by 2015, according to an official [...] Full text...

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