DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts

30 march 2025 - 06:44:39 MA

Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to outbreaks of infectious diseases in [...] Full text...

Deadly impacts of childhood stunting can be prevented, WFP insists

26 march 2025 - 18:54:32 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - Childhood stunting from malnutrition is a global but preventable problem if adequate investment can be found, the UN World Food Programme [...] Full text...

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

25 march 2025 - 16:00:50 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement [...] Full text...

UN agency warns of ‘surge’ in AIDS deaths without US funding

25 march 2025 - 05:33:05 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency [...] Full text...

UNICEF condemns looting of life-saving supplies for children from Khartoum hospital

21 march 2025 - 14:00:02 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday condemned in the strongest possible terms the looting of vital humanitarian supplies—intended to [...] Full text...

WHO gives clean bill of health to cities taking action on preventable diseases

21 march 2025 - 08:21:13 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - Three cities that share a healthy vision for their residents won UN World Health Organisation awards on Thursday for their smoke-free [...] Full text...

Fighting malnutrition in Burundi: Mothers of Light are rays of hope: World Bank Blog By Hawa Cisse Wague, Country Manager for Burundi

21 march 2025 - 07:36:26 AR

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Despite the fertile soil in Burundi, it is unfortunate to see that one in every two children under the age of [...] Full text...

Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO

18 march 2025 - 05:46:46 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the space of a few months [...] Full text...

Nearly 50 million people sign up call for clean air action for better health

17 march 2025 - 19:53:36 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  In an unprecedented show of unity, more than 47 million health professionals, patients, advocates, representatives from civil society organizations, and individuals [...] Full text...

UN Commission approves WHO recommendations to place psychoactive substances under international control

13 march 2025 - 19:06:16 WA

Geneva, Switerland (PANA) - Following recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has decided to place five [...] Full text...

'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'

13 march 2025 - 08:28:49 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) receiving HIV treatment amid [...] Full text...

WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive

12 march 2025 - 07:17:55 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

Sudan virus disease reported in Uganda

08 march 2025 - 14:51:43 WA

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Since the outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) was declared in Uganda on 30 January 2025, and as of 5 March [...] Full text...

DRC: Vaccination campaign against Mpox targets 600,000 people in Kinshasa

07 march 2025 - 11:16:23 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A new "large-scale" vaccination campaign against mpox (monkeypox) began on Thursday in the DRC capital, Kinshasa.This campaign, led by the Ministry [...] Full text...

Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on [...] Full text...

Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns

06 march 2025 - 08:23:21 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday that severe funding cuts – particularly in the United States – are [...] Full text...

Rights group warns that mining in toxic lead waste poisons children in Zambia

05 march 2025 - 09:39:18 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's government is facilitating hazardous mining and processing of toxic lead waste in the city of Kabwe that poses major health risks [...] Full text...

DRC deepens investigation on cluster of illnesses, community deaths in Equateur province

03 march 2025 - 08:23:07 MA

Kinshasa. DRC (PANA) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from World Health Organisation (WHO) are carrying out further [...] Full text...

High level delegation visits Nigeria in effort to halt transmission of type 2 variant of polio

03 march 2025 - 08:00:38 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria intensifies efforts to halt the transmission of type 2 variant poliovirus, a high-level delegation from the Global Polio Eradication [...] Full text...

US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls

28 february 2025 - 15:29:32 WA

New York, US (PANA) - The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, it [...] Full text...

Cholera cases soar in Sudan as fighting intensifies

27 february 2025 - 06:12:16 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As hostilities, insecurity and attacks on health facilities in Sudan continue to increase the risk of outbreaks across the country, [...] Full text...

New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response

27 february 2025 - 05:56:16 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll the United States funding freeze [...] Full text...

WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity

26 february 2025 - 20:56:11 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health. Building on [...] Full text...

WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty.

25 february 2025 - 20:24:23 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World [...] Full text...

Signing of a memorandum of understanding between Tunis and Beijing for the construction of a medical centre in Kairouan

25 february 2025 - 16:33:24 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and China signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday for the construction of a medical centre in Kairouan (central Tunisia), [...] Full text...

DRC: UN concerned by worsening cholera epidemic in Goma

25 february 2025 - 06:51:19 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - While the security situation in the city of Goma remains worrying and a "precarious calm" is noted in Bukavu, capitals of [...] Full text...

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirms US $500 million commitment to global polio eradication effort

24 february 2025 - 20:53:21 WA

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PANA) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Monday reaffirmed its US $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative [...] Full text...

Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

24 february 2025 - 20:12:40 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 per cent globally by 2050, with annual deaths from the disease projected [...] Full text...

World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging solidarity at a critical moment for global health

24 february 2025 - 19:22:26 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, which will [...] Full text...

Dozens dead, over 800 being treated for acute watery diarrhoea in Sudan's White Nile State

23 february 2025 - 07:36:31 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of people have died, and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute watery diarrhoea, dehydration, vomiting, and [...] Full text...

New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

22 february 2025 - 20:32:27 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young children got underway on Saturday, [...] Full text...

Sierra Leone scales up mpox outbreak response

18 february 2025 - 11:05:55 MA

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) ‒ Sierra Leone is deploying a range of measures to control and end an outbreak of mpox in which 18 cases [...] Full text...

CAR takes steps to protect remote communities from polio

18 february 2025 - 10:54:33 MA

Bangui, CAR (PANA) – In the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio, the Central African Republic (CAR) has placed a special emphasis on reaching vulnerable and [...] Full text...

Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF

15 february 2025 - 08:32:18 MA

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all [...] Full text...

US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns

13 february 2025 - 05:37:32 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts on critical global health initiatives, [...] Full text...

Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance

12 february 2025 - 05:14:56 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, the first rollout for a [...] Full text...

Why does family planning save lives? (Feature by UNFPA)

09 february 2025 - 08:23:53 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Sakina Sani was forced into marriage at the age of 12, amid war and food shortages in northern Nigeria. She [...] Full text...

US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS

07 february 2025 - 22:17:10 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver [...] Full text...

‘She had a syringe, razor blade, and bandages’: Surviving genital mutilation (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)

07 february 2025 - 05:42:06 MA

Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital [...] Full text...

‘Step Up the Pace’ and end female genital mutilation, UN says

07 february 2025 - 05:26:51 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As the world marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female genital Mutilationon Thursday, the United Nations is warning [...] Full text...

‘The new generation is different’: In Djibouti, activists lobby to end female genital mutilation (A UNFPA feature)

06 february 2025 - 05:39:31 MA

Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - “I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down,” said Hawa’a Mohamed Kamil, a peer educator in [...] Full text...

WHO: Some 135,000 women in Africa could die from breast cancer by 2040

06 february 2025 - 05:01:49 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 135,000 women could die from preventable breast cancer by 2040 in sub-Saharan Africa without urgent action, the World Health [...] Full text...

WHO honours people affected by cancer on World Day against the disease

05 february 2025 - 08:05:14 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, on Tuesday honoured the courage of people affected by cancer and celebrated scientific progress to treat [...] Full text...

WHO chief asks US to reconsider withdrawal from UN health agency

04 february 2025 - 07:49:29 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday he would “welcome constructive dialogue” with the United States Government [...] Full text...

Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns

03 february 2025 - 19:34:52 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment [...] Full text...

Sudan virus disease reported in Uganda

02 february 2025 - 15:42:18 WA

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Uganda Ministry of Health on 30 January 2025, declared an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) following confirmation from three [...] Full text...

Neglected tropical diseases: Niger becomes first in WHO African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis

31 january 2025 - 05:44:59 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Niger has met the criteria for elimination of onchocerciasis, making it the fifth country in the world and the first country [...] Full text...

WHO confirms outbreak of deadly virus in Uganda

31 january 2025 - 05:34:27 MA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola [...] Full text...

UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

29 january 2025 - 19:53:50 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday’s emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will allow the continuation of life-saving [...] Full text...

DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO

29 january 2025 - 19:46:41 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As UN agencies reported “relative calm” on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...