WHO leads call to fight neglected disease scourge

29 january 2025 - 05:43:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for concerted action to tackle neglected tropical diseases, [...] Full text...

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‘Critical gaps’ in understanding climate change fuel tropical disease spread

23 may 2024 - 06:24:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A comprehensive review by the UN health agency has revealed critical gaps in understanding the full [...] Full text...

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Russia supports Burkina Faso in fight against dengue fever

13 november 2023 - 19:59:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Russian team led by the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Robert Kargougou, visited [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean Ministers discuss “One health network”

16 september 2023 - 10:25:03
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Indian Ocean Ministers and representatives of Ministries in charge of health and livestock from the IOC [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: More than two million children displaced as violence spreads to new areas

24 august 2023 - 11:51:21
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius using Sterile Insect Technique to tackle mosquito proliferation

06 february 2023 - 10:18:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is presently implementing a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) project which forms part of the integrated [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for more action to end ‘cycles of poverty and stigma’ related to tropical diseases

31 january 2023 - 05:17:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over the [...] Full text...

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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO

03 november 2022 - 20:57:58
Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...

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Mauritius introduces new technique to fight Aedes albopictus mosquitoes

28 october 2022 - 07:35:39
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday launched a sterile release programme of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in the Port-Louis area which forms [...] Full text...

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UN health agency launches bid to stop new global pandemic

01 april 2022 - 06:13:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion [...] Full text...

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Mauritius steps up fight against mosquito-borne diseases

17 january 2020 - 06:00:55
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is [...] Full text...

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Congo: Diplomatic corps hail Congo's influence in 2019

07 january 2020 - 14:02:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ambassador of Central African Republic in Congo, Dean of the diplomatic corps, Marie Charlotte Fayanga, [...] Full text...

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UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue

15 november 2019 - 06:18:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Heavy rains a blessing leaving calamities behind

24 october 2019 - 18:24:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A UN organization in Sudan has hinted that although abundant rains were a blessing, they still [...] Full text...

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UN agency reports high malnutrition levels in Horn of Africa countries

17 october 2019 - 07:04:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two consecutive failed rainy seasons in some areas, floods in others, internal violence in [...] Full text...

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Congo: African health ministers to meet in Brazzaville

30 july 2019 - 22:06:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)    -   The managing director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said here [...] Full text...

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DR Congo launches awareness campaign against chikungunya in Kinshasa and Central Kongo

27 may 2019 - 20:28:35
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The awareness campaign against Chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted to humans by an infested mosquito, [...] Full text...

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Getting medicine to flood victims in Somalia, no matter what

29 may 2018 - 19:58:02
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Recent flash and river flooding in Somalia has affected an estimated 772,000 people and displaced nearly [...] Full text...

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Floods displace more than 244,400 people in Kenya

03 may 2018 - 17:58:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Floods have displaced at least 244,407 people in 45,219 households across Kenya, including more than 23,000 [...] Full text...

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Kenya: UN-backed network brings together thousands to help tackle mosquito-borne diseases

10 may 2017 - 19:20:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – In an effort to escalate the global fight against mosquito-borne diseases, the United Nations environment agency [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Tanzania health institution confirms Zika virus cases in the country

16 december 2016 - 10:44:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's leading public health research institution has confirmed presence of the mosquito-borne Zika virus [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF says 2015-2016 El Nino impacted negatively on children

08 july 2016 - 14:14:01
New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday said that, while the [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says no need to cancel Rio Olympics due to Zika virus

31 may 2016 - 22:33:13
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said that based on the current assessment of the Zika [...] Full text...

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UN: Water, sanitation likely to be best answer to Zika virus, say UN experts

13 march 2016 - 05:26:50
New York, US (PANA) - Improving water and sanitation services may be the best answer to addressing the outbreak of [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 'El Niño may increase breeding grounds for mosquitoes spreading Zika'

26 february 2016 - 11:16:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The above-average rainfall caused by El Niño that is expected in parts of South America until [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO to provide expertise to help curb spread of Zika virus

10 february 2016 - 06:09:20
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Under the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations system, including the UN [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Zika virus, abolition of slavery lead headlines this week in Mauritius

06 february 2016 - 15:02:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Zika virus that is spreading rapidly, mainly in South America, has attracted the attention of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius issues travel warning against Zika virus

03 february 2016 - 12:42:20
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry on Wednesday warned travellers to countries with active Zika transmission, advising [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Zika virus infection reported in Americas, Africa, Asia and Pacific

24 january 2016 - 07:05:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Twenty countries in the Americas and about 10 in Africa, Asia and the Pacific have reported [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Fatal fever breaks out in Darfur

29 october 2015 - 20:28:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever has been reported in west Sudan's Darfur region, killing 103 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Health Ministers of Small Island Developing States meet in Mauritius

24 june 2015 - 12:42:52
Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday said that there is a major challenge looming [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: IOC trains field epidemiologists in Indian Ocean

16 january 2015 - 11:34:50
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), based in Mauritius, has started a two-year training of a dozen [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Measures to contain transmission of vector-borne diseases announced

15 october 2014 - 12:14:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health Minister Lormus Bundhoo has called on his compatriots to be vigilant and to take [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Detection of new Malaria case worries Malaria-free Mauritius (News analysis by Nasseem Ackbarally, PANA Correspondent)

25 may 2014 - 09:56:56
Port-Louis, Mauritaius (PANA) - The detection of a new case of Malaria two weeks ago in Mauritius has become a [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Focus on Vector-Borne Diseases on World Health Day

07 april 2014 - 13:01:42
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, said here Monday that mosquitoes remained [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Health professionals sensitized on vector-borne diseases

04 april 2014 - 17:15:23
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health Ministry will assemble Monday, on the occasion the World Health Day, health professionals [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 3 ministers lead clean up of village infested by dengue fever

23 march 2014 - 12:22:11
Triolet, Mauritius (PANA) – Three Mauritian ministers were on ground on Sunday, accompanied by 100 workers and an equipped team [...] Full text...

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Mauritians warned against outbreak of vector-borne diseases

16 december 2013 - 16:09:43
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, on Monday warned the population against the outbreak of vector-borne diseases [...] Full text...

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FDA raises 80m euros for health project in Indian Ocean region

23 may 2013 - 16:32:26
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – The Indian Ocean Commission and the French Development Agency (FDA) on Thursday signed an agreement, worth [...] Full text...

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Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa opens in Brazzaville

21 march 2013 - 16:57:58
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A three-day regional consultative meeting on "Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) began Wednesday at the headquarters of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius introduces new protocol for testing chikungunya, dengue

26 december 2012 - 14:19:48
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has introduced a new protocol for testing the population as well as incoming foreigners showing [...] Full text...

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Congo to launch vaccination campaign against polio Oct/Nov

29 august 2011 - 15:08:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo will, in October and November, conduct vaccination campaigns against polio in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville, to [...] Full text...

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7,474 Chikungunya cases reported in Congo, says WHO

30 june 2011 - 14:03:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said 7,474 cases of Chikungunya have been reported in Congo, a [...] Full text...

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Congo records 900 cases of Chikungunya

14 june 2011 - 15:21:34
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - About 900 cases of Chikungunya (an urban disease resembling dengue fever) have been recorded in parts [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records first case of "chikungunya"

22 january 2011 - 11:56:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health has set up an emergency committee to prevent the spread of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius declares war against influenza

13 july 2010 - 15:25:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister May a Hanoomanjee, briefed Parliament Tuesday of an on-going [...] Full text...

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New cases of chikungunya, dengue fever recorded in Gabon

05 june 2010 - 11:49:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The Gabonese Minister of Health, Dr. Emile Rhouilla, on Friday said that a new wave [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to set up high risk diseases surveillance centre

08 november 2009 - 12:02:00
Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will establish a centre based on the mo del that exists in the United [...] Full text...

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Mauritius mobilises against chikungunya fever

15 september 2009 - 22:36:00
Port-Louis- Maurice (PANA) -- Mauritius health minister, Rajesh Jeetah, has decla red that about 1,600 people have been deployed across [...] Full text...

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Health experts attend workshop on epidemiological monitoring

05 april 2009 - 11:46:00
Pamplemousses- Mauritius (PANA) -- Public and animal health experts of the five I ndian Ocean Commission (IOC) countries on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Mauritius prepares action plan against invasive alien species

27 february 2009 - 08:10:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Satish Faugoo sa id Friday that the struggle against the spread of invasive [...] Full text...

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