Gambia records 46% drop in malaria cases
26 april 2026 - 16:41:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia recorded a 46 per cent decline in malaria cases between 2024 and 2025, according to [...] Full text...
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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia recorded a 46 per cent decline in malaria cases between 2024 and 2025, according to [...] Full text...
As Gaza misery continues, shortages in Iran begin to bite
25 april 2026 - 18:42:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the war-torn enclave's people, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty: High-income countries must use Berlin meeting to save lives as conflict hits three-year mark
11 april 2026 - 17:14:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged international donors attending the Berlin aid conference for Sudan to secure [...] Full text...
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WHO releases new opioid treatment and support guidelines
03 april 2026 - 07:09:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the update to guidelines for the treatment of opioid [...] Full text...
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Breaking the Gaza aid bottleneck: 106-tonne delivery arrives via new sea route
02 april 2026 - 08:00:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has facilitated the delivery of some 106 metric tonnes of lifesaving [...] Full text...
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MSF says tragic situation unfolding in South Sudan's Jonglei state
30 march 2026 - 13:15:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Nyatim, in Nyirol County, Jonglei state, South Sudan, humanitarian [...] Full text...
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West Bank attacks and Lebanon in focus
24 march 2026 - 17:22:53Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - As the war continues to roil the Middle East and compound suffering for civilians across the [...] Full text...
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Dozens killed in drone attack on a regional hospital in Darfur
22 march 2026 - 07:58:14Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said it had verified yet another attack on [...] Full text...
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WHO verifies deadly hospital attack in war-torn Sudan
22 march 2026 - 07:12:24Al Deain, East Darfur (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) verified on Saturday a hospital attack in war-torn Sudan [...] Full text...
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Somalia: Price surge deepens crisis, stalls aid
19 march 2026 - 06:32:14New York, US (PANA) - A sharp rise in fuel and commodity prices spiralling out of war in the Middle [...] Full text...
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
16 march 2026 - 17:34:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support [...] Full text...
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US, Senegal sign health MOU
15 march 2026 - 13:31:19Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has signed a bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with Senegal [...] Full text...
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Conflict deepens health crisis across Middle East, WHO says
11 march 2026 - 17:26:36Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than ten days into the latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East, health systems [...] Full text...
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WHO chief lauds HIV treatment as ‘one of the defining public health successes’
06 march 2026 - 07:56:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Once a death sentence, HIV can now be controlled with safe and effective medication.As a result, [...] Full text...
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Why medicinal plants matter on World Wildlife Day (By Evgeniya Kleshcheva, UN News)
03 march 2026 - 08:27:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid [...] Full text...
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UN drug alert stops shipment that could have made 1.6 billion lethal fentanyl doses
26 february 2026 - 16:25:27Vienna, Austria (PANA) - An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief alarmed after at least 57 killed in Sudan drone attacks in two days
19 february 2026 - 07:12:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Wednesday for warring parties in Sudan to [...] Full text...
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Joint UN convoy brings vital aid to cut-off communities in Sudan’s South Kordofan State
18 february 2026 - 21:13:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A United Nations (UN) inter‑agency convoy led by the World Food Programme (WFP), the United [...] Full text...
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Ukraine war keeps nuclear safety on a knife-edge, UN watchdog warns
08 february 2026 - 07:59:48Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Attacks on Ukraine’s power system highlight how the ongoing war threatens the safety of the country’s [...] Full text...
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DRC: Forced to choose its priorities, the UN launches a $1.4 billion appeal
29 january 2026 - 05:34:56Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the humanitarian community launched an appeal for $1.4 billion [...] Full text...
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Sudan medical group reports 39 dengue deaths in Khartoum State
22 january 2026 - 07:39:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A group of Sudanese medics says more than 200 new cases of dengue fever, including 39 [...] Full text...
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Suspension of US funding negatively affects health sector in DRC
17 january 2026 - 09:19:57Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Massive budget cuts, depleted health systems, reduced food rations. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’
13 january 2026 - 16:27:50Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - Amid ongoing and intensifying Russian attacks across Ukraine, the UN on Tuesday launched a $2.3 billion [...] Full text...
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Sudan war leaves millions hungry and displaced as health system nears collapse
11 january 2026 - 17:13:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, [...] Full text...
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Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems
01 january 2026 - 03:15:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global [...] Full text...
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100,000 refugees from DRC flow into Burundi in nearly a month
30 december 2025 - 08:19:32Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - While massive and continuous population displacements are reported within the Congolese province of South Kivu, Burundi, [...] Full text...
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Sudan's health system on verge of collapse after nearly 1,000 days of war
27 december 2025 - 08:26:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The war has almost reached the symbolic milestone of 1,000 days. Since April 2023, the [...] Full text...
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WHO validates Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
18 december 2025 - 18:35:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of [...] Full text...
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Traditional medicine: 100 countries mobilised to combine ancient knowledge and modern science
18 december 2025 - 06:22:49New Delhi, India (PANA) - More than 100 countries have gathered for the second World Summit on Traditional Medicine, co-organized [...] Full text...
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Aid agencies warn Gaza response at breaking point as Israel urged to lift new restrictions
18 december 2025 - 06:11:17Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Humanitarian agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have warned that life-saving aid operations [...] Full text...
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World leaders adopt a historic global declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
16 december 2025 - 13:41:25New York, US (PANA) – Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have adopted [...] Full text...
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Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war
13 december 2025 - 08:21:26New York, US (PANA) - Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and [...] Full text...
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Most countries make progress towards universal health coverage, but major challenges remain, WHO–World Bank report finds
05 december 2025 - 19:32:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Since 2000, most countries—across all income levels and regions—have made concurrent progress in expanding health service [...] Full text...
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UN support helps Gaza mothers give birth amid collapsing health system
05 december 2025 - 07:42:19Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often [...] Full text...
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New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year but progress under threat as drug resistance rises
04 december 2025 - 13:37:19Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to [...] Full text...
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Drug resistance, underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating malaria
04 december 2025 - 11:20:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial [...] Full text...
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EC agrees its position on new rules to tackle shortages of critical medicines
02 december 2025 - 12:01:06Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has agreed its position on a new regulation that seeks to strengthen the [...] Full text...
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HIV and AIDS: Despite funding setbacks, prevention sees progress
02 december 2025 - 07:14:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pooja Mishra’s health kept worsening until she began treatment for HIV at age 19, two years [...] Full text...
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WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity
01 december 2025 - 14:55:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, [...] Full text...
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UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank
28 november 2025 - 20:22:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the “brazen [...] Full text...
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Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
25 november 2025 - 17:46:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on [...] Full text...
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COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
14 november 2025 - 18:00:09Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
13 november 2025 - 20:08:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
13 november 2025 - 17:17:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...
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Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds
11 november 2025 - 07:44:25Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their [...] Full text...
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Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages
04 november 2025 - 19:01:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at risk as funding for basic services [...] Full text...
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Obstetric violence deadly for Sierra Leone women, newborns - HRW
04 november 2025 - 09:24:54Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in the West African state of Sierra Leone face [...] Full text...
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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live
04 november 2025 - 07:44:14New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...
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Sudan medical group, UN report massive displacement from Bara, rights violations
01 november 2025 - 04:52:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network (SDN) said on Friday that 4,500 people have been displaced from the [...] Full text...
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UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
01 november 2025 - 04:29:17New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners are pushing ahead with aid deliveries across Gaza despite new Israeli [...] Full text...
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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa
31 october 2025 - 19:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Caribbean reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarian agencies are stepping [...] Full text...
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South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn
30 october 2025 - 07:27:31New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken, [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian office decries escalating drone strikes in Sudan
25 october 2025 - 12:51:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is warning that escalating violence [...] Full text...
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American retail giant eyes African markets
21 october 2025 - 09:11:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Major international retailer Walmart is investing in South Africa with mega stores planned around [...] Full text...
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Israel restricts Gaza aid, saying Hamas must do more to return deceased hostages
15 october 2025 - 08:01:47Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israel announced late on Tuesday that it will limit the flow of aid to Gaza, [...] Full text...
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Antibiotic resistance surges globally, WHO warns
14 october 2025 - 06:58:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hostages released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
13 october 2025 - 12:11:28Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, [...] Full text...
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Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns
08 october 2025 - 07:24:07Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due [...] Full text...
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Libyan members of Soumoud Global Flotilla handed over to authorities
07 october 2025 - 13:34:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six Libyans, who were members of a Libyan ship, Omar Mokhtar, that was part of the [...] Full text...
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Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel
01 october 2025 - 07:34:23Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Civilians in El Fasher trapped between siege and deadly roads
01 october 2025 - 07:33:38Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting intensifies for control of El Fasher, one of the main cities in western [...] Full text...
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UNICEF delivers vaccines, life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits DRC's Kasai region
25 september 2025 - 11:21:59Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Nearly 45,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine are on their way to Kasai province as the [...] Full text...
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Mental health care to take centre stage at the General Assembly
25 september 2025 - 09:30:48New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, mental health care will be a focus of an official meeting [...] Full text...
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'Millions at risk of HIV to benefit from new prevention option'
24 september 2025 - 11:49:58New York, US (PANA) - Millions more people at risk of HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will have [...] Full text...
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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts more than a billion at risk
24 september 2025 - 04:34:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with hypertension, yet only one in five have the [...] Full text...
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WHO responds to claims on paracetamol and vaccines
24 september 2025 - 04:30:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has responded to remarks made on Monday by US President Donald [...] Full text...
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Sunscreen restored to WHO essential medicines list hailed as lifeline for people with albinism
18 september 2025 - 05:22:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN experts have welcomed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen to its [...] Full text...
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Deadly attacks across Darfur leave nearly 100 wounded in MSF-supported facilities
12 september 2025 - 07:51:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Following a series of attacks by Sudan's warring parties – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...
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Over 35 metric tonnes of WHO medical supplies arrive in Kabul to support earthquake survivors in eastern Afghanistan
08 september 2025 - 20:52:30Kabul, Afghanistan (PANA) - A new consignment of more than 35 metric tonnes of life-saving medical supplies landed in Kabul [...] Full text...
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People use bare hands to dig out victims of devastating landslide
07 september 2025 - 13:36:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The first international humanitarian organisation to reach the area hit by landslide one week ago [...] Full text...
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WHO adds breakthrough cancer and diabetes medicines to essential list
07 september 2025 - 05:35:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking an important step in improving equitable access to life-saving health products worldwide, the World Health [...] Full text...
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WHO Africa, International Vaccine Institute sign agreement to boost vaccine production in Africa
30 august 2025 - 08:57:45Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have [...] Full text...
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UNICEF: Over 1000 children killed, maimed in siege of Sudanese city
27 august 2025 - 12:33:37Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said that since the start of the siege [...] Full text...
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African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
26 august 2025 - 06:40:44Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on [...] Full text...
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Africa steps up malaria fight with new commitments and accountability scorecard
26 august 2025 - 06:37:24Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Ministers of Health, partners, and global health leaders convening on the sidelines of the Seventy Fifth [...] Full text...
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African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
26 august 2025 - 06:26:05Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on [...] Full text...
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US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa
26 august 2025 - 05:55:52Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure [...] Full text...
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Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue
21 august 2025 - 19:45:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late [...] Full text...
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Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher
21 august 2025 - 08:09:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by [...] Full text...
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Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns
12 august 2025 - 17:31:32Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines [...] Full text...
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Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
09 august 2025 - 11:08:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or [...] Full text...
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WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products
07 august 2025 - 18:39:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and [...] Full text...
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'We sleep hungry': UNRWA staff member describes daily struggles of Gaza residents (By UN News)
05 august 2025 - 06:17:13Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As civilians in Gaza face starvation and humanitarian aid is insufficient, Manar, an employee of [...] Full text...
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Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
02 august 2025 - 05:34:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced [...] Full text...
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IFAD supports growth of aquaculture in Tanzania
31 july 2025 - 12:07:51Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Fisheries and aquaculture are a vital source of food for billions of people and play a [...] Full text...
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Answering Africa’s call for private Investment in pharma manufacturing (A World Bank Feature)
29 july 2025 - 09:13:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African governments are prioritising health security, targeting ambitious production goals for medicines and vaccines. Partnerships, collaborations, [...] Full text...
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Sudanese diplomatic delegation arrives in Libya ahead of reopening of consulate in Kufra
28 july 2025 - 11:38:57Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A consular mission from Sudan on Sunday arrived in Kufra, in the far south of Libya, [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs rise in Tawila
23 july 2025 - 05:56:19New York, US (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
22 july 2025 - 18:42:40Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...
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Gaza: WHO's operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Deir al Balah
22 july 2025 - 08:37:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on a [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care
18 july 2025 - 07:03:28Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt
17 july 2025 - 07:58:14New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest [...] Full text...
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UN warns of deepening health crisis in Gaza amid mass casualty incidents
10 july 2025 - 05:58:52New York, US (PANA) - As scores of people – including medical staff and their families – have reportedly been [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hospitals rationing critical supplies, ambulances stalling
08 july 2025 - 21:30:20Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - UN humanitarians have warned that the catastrophic conditions in Gaza are worsening, as tents, schools, [...] Full text...
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Swiss company, Novartis, receives approval for first malaria medicine for newborn babies and young infants
08 july 2025 - 12:18:39Basel, Switzerland (PANA) – Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, announced on Tuesday that Coartem Baby has been approved by Swissmedic [...] Full text...
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Ghana and India seek to deepen ties
03 july 2025 - 06:28:08Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has said his country is seeking to deepen its partnership with [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves health resilience project to protect lives, strengthen emergency response in Mozambique
27 june 2025 - 07:14:17Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The World Bank has approved the Mozambique Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Project, an initiative [...] Full text...
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Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease
20 june 2025 - 16:25:13Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave's people now have little choice [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM promises compensation for municipality in Tripoli damaged by recent fighting
18 june 2025 - 12:57:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has stressed the need to speed up the work [...] Full text...
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DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children
17 june 2025 - 08:10:11Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
15 june 2025 - 05:33:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies have continued to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
02 june 2025 - 21:55:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in [...] Full text...
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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
31 may 2025 - 09:46:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins
27 may 2025 - 12:52:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the [...] Full text...
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Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
26 may 2025 - 16:15:14Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on [...] Full text...
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Sudan denounces US sanctions based on 'political blackmailing and falsification'
23 may 2025 - 14:48:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister for Culture and Information, Khalid Al-Aiser, has rebuffed sanctions announced by the US [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
23 may 2025 - 05:25:59Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters [...] Full text...
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UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
21 may 2025 - 05:23:40New York, US (PANA) - Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far [...] Full text...
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'Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
21 may 2025 - 05:15:28New York, US (PANA) - Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’
09 may 2025 - 14:52:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger [...] Full text...
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Bill Gates-supported fund aims at maternal, newborn health in Africa
09 may 2025 - 12:26:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new Bill Gates-backed fund targets maternal and newborn health in Africa, the Gates [...] Full text...
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WHO chief laments most disruptive cuts to global health funding ‘in living memory’
02 may 2025 - 08:12:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As sudden budget cuts severely impact global health funding, prolonged conflicts around the world are fuelling [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN official warns of 'assault on dignity' as blockade cripples humanitarian response
27 april 2025 - 13:54:46Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN warned on Saturday, [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief
17 april 2025 - 16:41:18Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...
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UN: Families fleeing attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam camp arrive injured, traumatized, with nothing to eat
16 april 2025 - 16:08:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -Thousands of families have arrived injured, traumatized and with no food or water in the town [...] Full text...
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Foreign aid cuts jeopardise malaria control efforts: WHO
14 april 2025 - 08:17:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since 2000, investments in the global malaria response have prevented more than 2 billion cases and [...] Full text...
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Gaza-UN condemns Israeli plan for buffer zone
11 april 2025 - 15:40:1811 April 2025 Peace and SecurityGeneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that [...] Full text...
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‘Persistent violence’ driving displacement and disease outbreaks in DR Congo
10 april 2025 - 07:36:43Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The displacement of people and the outbreak of disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...
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Fear and uncertainty are daily staples for Gaza’s most vulnerable
09 april 2025 - 17:21:57Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to [...] Full text...
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Children die while walking long distances in South Sudan to seek medical treatment for cholera
09 april 2025 - 11:16:04Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey [...] Full text...
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Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – On World Health Day WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
07 april 2025 - 18:15:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” the Gaza Strip continues to [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza
04 april 2025 - 15:44:31New York, US (PANA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further [...] Full text...
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DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts
30 march 2025 - 06:44:39Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to [...] Full text...
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UN agency warns of ‘surge’ in AIDS deaths without US funding
25 march 2025 - 05:33:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the [...] Full text...
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3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief
24 march 2025 - 07:36:32Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger [...] Full text...
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New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
27 february 2025 - 05:56:16New York, US (PANA) - Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll [...] Full text...
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‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity (Feature by UN News)
26 february 2025 - 07:48:47Goma, DRC (PANA) - Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
19 february 2025 - 23:15:54Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF
15 february 2025 - 08:32:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for [...] Full text...
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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns
13 february 2025 - 05:37:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts [...] Full text...
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Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance
12 february 2025 - 05:14:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, [...] Full text...
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Why does family planning save lives? (Feature by UNFPA)
09 february 2025 - 08:23:53New York, US (PANA) - Sakina Sani was forced into marriage at the age of 12, amid war and food [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu
07 february 2025 - 22:10:48Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering [...] Full text...
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WHO honours people affected by cancer on World Day against the disease
05 february 2025 - 08:05:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, on Tuesday honoured the courage of people affected by cancer and [...] Full text...
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Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns
03 february 2025 - 19:34:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire puts life into Gaza humanitarian situation
23 january 2025 - 14:25:45Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...
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Gaza ceasefire could boost aid deliveries to 600 trucks per day: WHO
17 january 2025 - 16:37:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports that Israel’s security cabinet has given the green light to a ceasefire deal with [...] Full text...
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Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatens critical humanitarian services
15 january 2025 - 08:26:25Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Critical water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and activities are at risk of grinding to a [...] Full text...
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$82 million committed to Sudan’s crippled health system
14 january 2025 - 05:49:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have [...] Full text...
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‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
04 january 2025 - 08:06:14New York, US (PANA) - With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health [...] Full text...
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Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis
23 december 2024 - 18:29:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Ongoing hostilities making it 'extremely difficult' for trauma patients to get critical care
13 december 2024 - 05:56:34New York, US (PANA) - Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip are making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for [...] Full text...
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Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat
11 december 2024 - 20:15:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of [...] Full text...
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Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat: WHO
11 december 2024 - 08:36:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria [...] Full text...
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WHO supports Democratic Republic of the Congo reinforce efforts to diagnose disease in remote area
06 december 2024 - 18:08:10Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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WHO approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB test
05 december 2024 - 17:27:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A potentially “groundbreaking” new test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health [...] Full text...
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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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Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030
27 november 2024 - 06:05:33New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS DAy on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN [...] Full text...
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Mpox outbreak still public health emergency of international concern - WHO
23 november 2024 - 09:15:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The mpox outbreak continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health [...] Full text...
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MSF: Children bear the burden of the current war in Sudan
18 november 2024 - 17:43:15Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- An international health charity organization has revealed that the majority of people wounded in the war in [...] Full text...
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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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Global diabetes epidemic reaches critical levels with 800 million cases
15 november 2024 - 06:12:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global diabetes cases have quadrupled since 1990, affecting over 800 million adults worldwide, according to a [...] Full text...
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Cholera, dengue fever hit war-torn Sudan
04 november 2024 - 12:47:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...
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Paramilitary retribution creates tragic situations in central Sudan
25 october 2024 - 18:14:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A massive campaign of retribution by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) troops in central Sudan [...] 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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Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies
08 october 2024 - 05:29:09New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 [...] Full text...
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WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use
05 october 2024 - 05:20:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic [...] Full text...
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New WHO guidance puts forward recommendations for more effective and equitable clinical trials
25 september 2024 - 14:20:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday released guidance to improve the design, conduct and oversight [...] Full text...
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UN continues polio vaccination in northern Gaza
12 september 2024 - 05:20:59New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza [...] 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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Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak
23 august 2024 - 14:54:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge [...] Full text...
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Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency
20 august 2024 - 06:03:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the [...] Full text...
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UN alarmed at reported attacks on health care in Ukraine
19 august 2024 - 21:23:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since 24 February 2022, following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the WHO Country Office [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan
07 august 2024 - 05:36:12New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for improved access to neurological medicines
23 july 2024 - 07:03:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for better access to medicines to close the [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
23 july 2024 - 06:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting
17 july 2024 - 07:26:12New York, US (PANA) - Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM gives orders for the creation of an organization specializing in care of diabetes patients
16 july 2024 - 16:13:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA )- The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al-Dbaiba, has ordered the Ministry [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN chief ‘shocked and saddened’ by deadly strikes on Al Mawasi
14 july 2024 - 05:51:46New York, US (PANA) - The UN health agency and partners are helping treat many of those injured during Saturday’s [...] Full text...
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WHO prequalifies first self-test kit for Hepatitis C virus
10 july 2024 - 18:14:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it has prequalified the first self-test for [...] Full text...
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WHO announces MeDevIS platform to boost access to medical technologies and devices
08 july 2024 - 14:23:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday introduced an online platform called MeDevIS (Medical Devices Information System), [...] 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 warns on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment and weight loss
21 june 2024 - 18:46:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, the type of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza
20 june 2024 - 12:06:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry [...] 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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Gavi to boost access to life-saving human rabies vaccines in over 50 countries
14 june 2024 - 07:29:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with partners, is announcing support for human rabies vaccines for [...] Full text...
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Gaza War: Medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low - WHO
30 may 2024 - 05:31:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned [...] Full text...
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'Largest number of regulatory agencies for medical products approved as WHO Listed Authorities'
20 may 2024 - 18:47:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The world’s specialised health agency on Monday announced its largest number of regulatory authorities for medical [...] 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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Libyan Prime Minister orders proposal of import budget based on priority needs
07 may 2024 - 17:28:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need [...] Full text...
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Libyan Ministry of Justice urges Lebanese authorities to safeguard Hannibal Gaddafi's rights
29 april 2024 - 18:55:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Justice has called on the Lebanese authorities to safeguard the rights of [...] 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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Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report
09 april 2024 - 13:14:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for [...] Full text...
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‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts
04 april 2024 - 11:10:32New York, US (PANA) - All warring parties must allow safe, swift and unfettered humanitarian access and protect civilian infrastructure, [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital
02 april 2024 - 12:44:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...
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African island states take fresh step towards joint medicines procurement
28 march 2024 - 09:34:37Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) ‒ In a further move towards pooled procurement of essential medicines and medical products, Ministers of Health from [...] Full text...
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Older women and those with disabilities at ‘particular risk’ of abuse - WHO
28 march 2024 - 05:10:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities, older women
27 march 2024 - 11:38:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: We must push for lasting peace in Gaza, UN chief insists, as starvation threat nears
25 march 2024 - 11:14:49Amman, Jordan (PANA) - With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for [...] Full text...
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Libya condemns UN Security Council's failure to adopt Gaza ceasefire plan
25 march 2024 - 10:51:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives has expressed its deep regrets at [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call
21 march 2024 - 15:54:23Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres doubled down on his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and peace [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for construction of medical supply warehouses in three cities
21 march 2024 - 13:16:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, on Wednesday stressed the need to construct public warehouses for [...] Full text...
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WHO head calls for signing of Pandemic Treaty
19 march 2024 - 05:13:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency issued an appeal on Monday to the international community [...] Full text...
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UN: 24 million Sudanese children facing ‘generational catastrophe’
19 march 2024 - 05:02:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war in Sudan enters its second year next month, the UN Committee on the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict
13 march 2024 - 13:22:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City
13 march 2024 - 05:51:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza war: Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN
12 march 2024 - 13:14:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for [...] Full text...
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Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge
06 march 2024 - 07:01:52Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell [...] Full text...
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Libyan prime minister pledges to work towards stronger dinar
05 march 2024 - 15:28:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the government of national unity, Abdulhamid al- Dbaiba, has stated that [...] Full text...
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UN agencies, partners warn of noncommunicable diseases in emergencies
28 february 2024 - 05:42:17Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - People caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and [...] Full text...
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