IOM steps up Ebola and mpox preparedness across Africa

28 october 2025 - 05:20:08 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up its health response across Africa, responding swiftly to the Ebola outbreak in the [...] Full text...

Giving birth in the shadow of Sudan’s war (By Esther Bayliss and Sufian Abdul-Mouty, UN News)

27 october 2025 - 11:11:18 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)  As Sudan’s destructive war – now in its third year – grinds on, the challenges to health systems are immense and [...] Full text...

‘Let's finish the job’ and end polio: WHO

25 october 2025 - 05:58:17 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following a UN-led international push, that [...] Full text...

National poliovirus sequencing capacity enhances Cameroon’s outbreak response - WHO

24 october 2025 - 09:36:29 MA

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - For the first time ever, a circulating variant poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) was fully sequenced in Cameroon, marking a major milestone [...] Full text...

Eswatini strengthens health workforce planning

23 october 2025 - 10:57:26 MA

Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – The Eswatini Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), is developing evidence-based staffing norms for public health [...] Full text...

UN aid coordination office warns of health crisis in eastern DRC

21 october 2025 - 07:27:09 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday reported that health systems across North and South Kivu in the restive Democratic [...] Full text...

Last Ebola patient in Democratic Republic of the Congo discharged

19 october 2025 - 14:58:53 WA

Bulape, DRC (PANA) -  The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was discharged Sunday, marking an important milestone in the efforts [...] Full text...

‘No level of lead is safe’: WHO

18 october 2025 - 07:46:13 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lead is found in many everyday products such as paint and cosmetics, but that doesn’t make it safe.The World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary opens in Gambia

14 october 2025 - 16:28:53 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The 12th Edition of the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary, which brings together First Ladies from six African countries, policymakers, and [...] Full text...

Antibiotic resistance surges globally, WHO warns

14 october 2025 - 06:58:08 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday, [...] Full text...

AU commemorates 2025 Healthy Lifestyle Day

12 october 2025 - 06:53:57 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Medical and Health Services Directorate, last week commemorated the 2025 Africa Healthy Lifestyle [...] Full text...

'Mental health support is not optional, it is essential,' says Guterres

12 october 2025 - 06:42:05 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As conflicts multiply, population displacement intensifies and the climate crisis strikes with increasing force, the UN chief stressed Friday the [...] Full text...

Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis

10 october 2025 - 15:16:51 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal thoughts, a new survey carried out by the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

Alcohol consumption could increase the risk of developing seven types of cancer

09 october 2025 - 07:48:22 MA

Lyon, France (PANA) - Increased alcohol consumption, even moderate, is associated with a higher risk of seven types of cancer, the International Agency for Research [...] Full text...

WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system critical to lasting peace

09 october 2025 - 07:46:21 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As indirect talks in Egypt seeking to end Gaza’s two-year war continue, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) says rebuilding the [...] Full text...

Nigeria launches largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history

07 october 2025 - 08:06:09 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Monday launched the largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history.This is part of its wider efforts to support its [...] Full text...

WHO: Despite smoking decline, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide

07 october 2025 - 07:13:39 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although there are fewer smokers now than 15 years ago, one in five adults worldwide is still hooked on tobacco.That’s according [...] Full text...

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries

03 october 2025 - 06:47:35 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children [...] Full text...

LIbya records cases of rickettsiosis

02 october 2025 - 15:50:20 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control (CNC) has announced that it has recorded cases of rickettsiosis in the Central region, [...] Full text...

‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts - WHO

02 october 2025 - 06:52:32 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable diseases is under threat, in [...] Full text...

DRC sees 'significant decline' in Ebola virus transmission in Kasai

01 october 2025 - 16:16:24 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Ebola outbreak in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is seeing signs of a notable decline in transmission, the [...] Full text...

Libyan Ministry of Health, WB discuss strengthening of cooperation on health projects

01 october 2025 - 14:08:22 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary-General of the Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity (GNU) who is also the acting [...] Full text...

Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

01 october 2025 - 07:34:23 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut off from basic supplies – [...] Full text...

Libya, WHO discuss strengthening cooperation and evaluation of national action plan

30 september 2025 - 11:06:28 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Assistant Secretary-General of the Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity and acting minister, Mohamed al-Ghouj, on [...] Full text...

World leaders support political declaration on NCDs, mental health

27 september 2025 - 06:25:23 MA

New York, US (PANA) - World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health [...] Full text...

Four more hospitals shut in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli offensive

26 september 2025 - 13:20:13 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four more hospitals forced to shut [...] Full text...

Libya attends high-level UN meeting on prevention of non-communicable diseases

26 september 2025 - 11:58:16 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) has participated in the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting [...] Full text...

UNICEF delivers vaccines, life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits DRC's Kasai region

25 september 2025 - 11:21:59 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Nearly 45,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine are on their way to Kasai province as the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) intensifies [...] Full text...

Mental health care to take centre stage at the General Assembly

25 september 2025 - 09:30:48 MA

New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, mental health care will be a focus of an official meeting of the General Assembly on [...] Full text...

'Millions at risk of HIV to benefit from new prevention option'

24 september 2025 - 11:49:58 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Millions more people at risk of HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will have access to a powerful new [...] Full text...

Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts more than a billion at risk

24 september 2025 - 04:34:55 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with hypertension, yet only one in five have the condition under control.The new World [...] Full text...

WHO responds to claims on paracetamol and vaccines

24 september 2025 - 04:30:31 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has responded to remarks made on Monday by US President Donald Trump in Washington, suggesting that [...] Full text...

Sudan war: Life-saving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur

23 september 2025 - 14:41:04 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid the devastating war in Sudan, UN aid teams are overcoming major obstacles to curb a cholera outbreak claiming lives [...] Full text...

EU renews support for WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Partnership

23 september 2025 - 06:50:21 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on achieving universal health coverage with [...] Full text...

WHO publishes new R&D landscape analyses highlighting gaps and inequities in cancer research

23 september 2025 - 06:35:22 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO has released a new landscape analysis that exposes critical gaps in global research and development (R&D) efforts related to cancer. A press [...] Full text...

Côte d'Ivoire strengthens polio eradication efforts with modern laboratory

19 september 2025 - 06:31:04 MA

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire has taken a crucial  step in the efforts to protect children from the debilitating effects of poliovirus with [...] Full text...

'Sudan faces worst cholera outbreak in years as war devastates infrastructure'

19 september 2025 - 06:18:32 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Amid Sudan’s devastating conflict, which has already caused tens of thousands of casualties and displaced millions, another crisis is silently unfolding: [...] Full text...

New research details hidden health risks of methane emissions

19 september 2025 - 04:50:50 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Newly published research from PSE Healthy Energy, a US-based nonprofit research organization, highlights the hidden dangers of methane leaks, an often [...] Full text...

WHO sounds alarm on rising number of suicides in Eswatini

18 september 2025 - 12:27:47 MA

Mbabane, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the rising number of suicides in Eswatini, calling for urgent and [...] Full text...

Sunscreen restored to WHO essential medicines list hailed as lifeline for people with albinism

18 september 2025 - 05:22:13 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN experts have welcomed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen to its model lists of essential medicines [...] Full text...

Migrant medics mean shortages at home - WHO

18 september 2025 - 05:15:11 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European countries are losing large numbers [...] Full text...

Kenya bolsters polio and measles surveillance with cutting-edge laboratory

17 september 2025 - 10:59:22 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya on Tuesday inaugurated a newly upgraded World Health Organisation (WHO)-accredited polio laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), marking [...] Full text...

Attacks on Gaza City are destroying health and protection services for pregnant women and survivors of violence

17 september 2025 - 05:29:10 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Intensified bombardment and ground operations in Gaza City are forcing families to flee yet again, with nowhere safe left to [...] Full text...

UN and partners support Ebola response in DRC's Kasai province

16 september 2025 - 07:01:44 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an Ebola outbreak in Kasai province, located in the southwest, with [...] Full text...

WHO chief urges country to conclude global pandemic treaty

16 september 2025 - 06:57:01 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Monday for countries to overcome the remaining obstacles to concluding the [...] Full text...

Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

14 september 2025 - 15:12:20 WA

   Sun, Sep 14 at 9:21 PM Bulape, DR Congo (PANA) - Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has [...] Full text...

WHO intensifies DRC Ebola outbreak response

12 september 2025 - 08:44:01 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

Rights group warns acid spill in Zambia's copperbelt jeopardises residents’ health

11 september 2025 - 11:26:37 MA

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – A human rights watchdog on Thursday urged the Zambian authorities to address recent reports that polluted water and soil from [...] Full text...

‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

11 september 2025 - 05:39:10 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health [...] Full text...

Sudanese doctors: Seven dead, 350 others Infected in cholera outbreak in Kassala State

10 september 2025 - 15:20:56 MO

Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network has announced that an outbreak of cholera in Kassala State, eastern  Sudan, has so far led to [...] Full text...