26 september 2024 - 20:53:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and TikTok, a platform for short-form mobile videos, announced a [...] Full text...
24 september 2024 - 05:33:45
New York, US (PANA) - At least one in seven youngsters has a mental disorder. That’s the warning from the [...] Full text...
20 september 2024 - 14:38:39
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to [...] Full text...
10 september 2024 - 11:35:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One year after Storm Daniel and the devastating floods that struck the city of Derna and [...] Full text...
10 september 2024 - 05:23:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing [...] Full text...
08 september 2024 - 18:32:59
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Sunday rejected a report by a UN Fact-Finding Commission, saying it was politically [...] Full text...
01 september 2024 - 04:26:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN report has warned that the continued lack of accountability and years of impunity enjoyed by [...] Full text...
27 august 2024 - 07:08:16
New York, US (PANA) - The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating [...] Full text...
23 august 2024 - 06:46:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Women and Youth, Mmapaseka Letsike, is attending the Third [...] Full text...
31 july 2024 - 08:18:59
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - On the day we celebrate African Women, Natália Yange guides us in an in-depth reflection on [...] Full text...
29 july 2024 - 05:47:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang [...] Full text...
27 july 2024 - 06:05:36
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians estimate that more than 190,000 Palestinians were displaced this week in Khan Younis and [...] Full text...
26 july 2024 - 07:29:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
25 july 2024 - 05:50:16
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Following disturbing reports of conflict-related sexual violence in the Eastern provinces of Chad, the UN Special [...] Full text...
24 july 2024 - 05:32:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has thrown its full support behind Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al [...] Full text...
23 july 2024 - 13:12:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by non-State armed groups have forced thousands to [...] Full text...
23 july 2024 - 07:03:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for better access to medicines to close the [...] Full text...
17 july 2024 - 18:33:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered more than 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities in the [...] Full text...
13 july 2024 - 05:58:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 25 million people have been caught up in the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic [...] Full text...
12 july 2024 - 12:43:55
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A Rwandan public health expert, Dr. Richard Mihigo, has kicked off his campaign for the position [...] Full text...
09 july 2024 - 15:37:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an [...] Full text...
26 june 2024 - 05:42:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new [...] Full text...
22 june 2024 - 00:38:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...
21 june 2024 - 17:59:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...
11 june 2024 - 14:38:35
New York, United States (PANA) - The first-ever International Day of Play, to be observed on 11 June 2024, marks [...] Full text...
05 june 2024 - 19:12:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents and older people are facing serious health complications due to climate [...] Full text...
01 june 2024 - 11:25:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...
23 may 2024 - 13:03:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a [...] Full text...
23 may 2024 - 06:09:47
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea coach Kaba Diawara has effected changes for next month's crucial 2026 World Cup qualifiers against [...] Full text...
17 may 2024 - 12:24:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health in the government of national unity, Ramadan [...] Full text...
13 may 2024 - 12:22:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Department of Health Emergencies of the Libyan Ministry of Health, in coordination with the World [...] Full text...
09 may 2024 - 11:57:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Health charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has been forced to suspend work and [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 07:21:13
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After over six months of relentless war, Gaza’s healthcare workers have had to face unprecedented challenges [...] Full text...
26 april 2024 - 04:31:08
Paris, France (PANA) - Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, [...] Full text...
22 april 2024 - 17:34:34
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres issued an appeal on Monday to “actively support” the UN agency [...] Full text...
19 april 2024 - 05:25:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Thursday raised alarm over the “systematic destruction” of the Palestinian [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 05:43:55
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is providing nearly $154 million in additional assistance for the humanitarian response [...] Full text...
07 april 2024 - 16:53:05
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 05:37:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have joined the growing international condemnation over the [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 05:06:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 18:09:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 18:03:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the [...] Full text...
25 march 2024 - 07:52:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 16:19:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has called on the global community [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 05:59:27
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday announced more than $47 million in humanitarian assistance for the emergency [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 13:22:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new manual to support the implementation of [...] Full text...
17 february 2024 - 05:41:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
10 february 2024 - 07:26:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Friday expressed profound horror at the [...] Full text...
08 february 2024 - 05:32:47
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarian officials have voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in DR Congo, [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 19:20:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The world observed the International Day of Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) amid [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 06:05:47
New York, US (PANA) - Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
29 january 2024 - 11:35:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday approved conclusions on the 'EU Global Health Strategy: Better health for [...] Full text...
11 january 2024 - 14:10:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council has announced Libya's support for the complaint brought by South Africa against [...] Full text...
10 january 2024 - 13:17:41
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The International Court of Justice(ICJ) hearings 11-12 January, 2024 on genocide in Gaza will include [...] Full text...
08 january 2024 - 14:43:34
Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity has launched a health number system and [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 18:30:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 08:45:13
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...
27 december 2023 - 11:46:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with Wellcome, a charity supporting research [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 14:50:33
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 06:46:44
New York, US (PANA) - A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 19:09:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ministers and delegates from more than 85 countries and international organisations are meeting in Ghana this [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 15:30:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Education, Moussa Al-Magaryef, has stressed the need to pay attention to people with [...] Full text...
20 november 2023 - 21:02:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Mondayy published the third edition of the Mental Health Gap Action [...] Full text...
16 november 2023 - 15:06:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), Thursday officially launched the "Stop the lies" campaign as a vital [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 11:48:35
New York, US (PANA) - Some 739 million children worldwide – or one in three - already live in areas exposed to [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 07:31:45
San Pedro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Morocco's AS Far got their CAF Women’s Champions League title defence back on track [...] Full text...
09 november 2023 - 09:11:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its [...] Full text...
03 november 2023 - 07:16:25
Paris, France (PANA) - Marking the International Day against violence and bullying at school – including online – the UN [...] Full text...
01 november 2023 - 20:23:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Wydad Casablanca withstood immense late pressure to eliminate Esperance 5-4 on penalties and book their place [...] Full text...
31 october 2023 - 16:19:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 12:49:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Humanitarian operations in Gaza risked grinding to a halt on Wednesday due to the ongoing fuel [...] Full text...
24 october 2023 - 11:45:29
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On day 17 of the Gaza-Israel crisis, UN humanitarians on Tuesday pleaded for desperately needed fuel [...] Full text...
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Washington, DC, US (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Director of the Office of Internal Audit and Inspection (OIA), Nancy [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 18:42:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- A joint statement by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Committee [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 19:29:08
Tripoli, Libya PANA) - Following the devastation wrought by Storm Daniel, hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Libya are [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 15:06:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has affirmed that his [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 14:06:22
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Kumar Jagutpal said Tuesday the objective of celebrating World Mental [...] Full text...
09 october 2023 - 19:56:57
New York, US (PANA) - Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment – or [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 11:50:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 24,000 women and girls in flood-affected areas of eastern Libya are in need of humanitarian [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 15:27:12
Paris, France (PANA) - New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed a global shortage [...] Full text...
26 september 2023 - 06:19:17
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for urgent funding support in the face of [...] Full text...
24 september 2023 - 14:07:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 70 aircraft carrying relief supplies from 24 countries and eight ships have arrived [...] Full text...
23 september 2023 - 06:52:57
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and Ghana jointly announced on Friday that December’s UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting will be hosted [...] Full text...
23 september 2023 - 05:36:18
New York, US (PANA) - Applause rang out in one of the main conference rooms at UN headquarters on Friday [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 16:39:06
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Increasing armed violence, forced displacement and devastating floods in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 05:30:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Post-traumatic stress and anxiety has become a daily challenge for thousands of Libyans who survived Storm [...] Full text...
21 september 2023 - 12:44:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 43,000 people have been displaced by flooding in north-eastern Libya as a result of [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 17:53:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organization Wednesday welcomed a “historic” commitment shown by global leaders, at the United [...] Full text...
16 september 2023 - 09:12:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-appointed human rights expert on Friday called for urgent action and better data to stamp out [...] Full text...
15 september 2023 - 16:13:57
Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...
10 september 2023 - 06:50:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has descended to a [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 09:11:01
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Many Basotho youth proactively seek training beyond formal education, and almost 65 percent of them aspire [...] Full text...
18 august 2023 - 06:43:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) got underway on Thursday [...] Full text...
08 august 2023 - 20:22:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, issued a warning on Tuesday that health conditions are rapidly deteriorating [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 08:57:38
Canberra, Australia (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino, has labelled the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup the "best ever" during [...] Full text...
26 july 2023 - 15:33:28
Geneva, Switerland (PANA - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential [...] Full text...
10 july 2023 - 13:07:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civil society organisations have highlighted the essential role of traditional, complementary and integrative health in addressing [...] Full text...
07 july 2023 - 09:12:50
Tangier, Morocco (PANA) - Morlaye Cisse, coach of Guinea at the 2023 Under-23 AFCON, has highlighted the importance of mental [...] Full text...
07 july 2023 - 09:08:10
Tangier, Morocco (PANA) - Mali's Under-23 team are ready to give their all in a decisive third-place play-off match against [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 10:41:25
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Malian team enter the semi-final stage against Morocco on Tuesday at the Under-23 AFCON fully [...] Full text...
30 june 2023 - 20:34:01
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Increased violence, natural disasters and disease outbreaks have fuelled a deteriorating health situation in the eastern [...] Full text...
25 june 2023 - 11:47:09
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Cyrille Ndonga, head coach of Congo at the 2023 U-23 AFCON, told a pre-match press conference [...] Full text...
25 june 2023 - 07:02:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The number of internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has more [...] Full text...
21 june 2023 - 07:20:51
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Many players in Women's World Cup qualifying had to endure poor pitches and did not receive [...] Full text...
20 june 2023 - 05:01:31
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new funding appeal requesting US$145 million to meet [...] Full text...
19 june 2023 - 16:48:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A security guard was attacked on Monday by an unidentified individual near the Brazilian embassy in [...] Full text...
08 june 2023 - 19:01:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday said it helped evacuate hundreds of [...] Full text...
05 june 2023 - 06:14:31
New York, US (PANA) - A staggering 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict took place between 2005 and 2022, [...] Full text...
03 june 2023 - 07:23:52
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Young Africans (Yanga) head coach Nasreddine Nabbi says mentality will be the biggest asset they need [...] Full text...
25 may 2023 - 12:46:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, have signed [...] Full text...
24 may 2023 - 19:04:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and WHO have agreed to extend their collaboration and to continue to use the power [...] Full text...
18 may 2023 - 19:01:04
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for an urgent increase in funding to help tackle an [...] Full text...
10 may 2023 - 13:34:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the Libyan Department of Mental Health Emergency Department [...] Full text...
06 may 2023 - 06:36:06
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice in policing ended a 12-day visit [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 12:04:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has arrived in Port Sudan, [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 06:40:21
New York, US (PANA) - The practice of child marriage has continued to decline globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) [...] Full text...
18 april 2023 - 08:38:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...
07 april 2023 - 18:29:04
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, mania and autism are among the main mental illnesses that affect [...] Full text...
04 april 2023 - 09:22:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Large numbers of people are affected by infertility in their lifetime, according to a new report [...] Full text...
17 march 2023 - 16:31:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health in the Government of National Unity, Ramadan [...] Full text...
16 march 2023 - 15:43:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, the Office of the First Lady of The Gambia, [...] Full text...
15 march 2023 - 06:04:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - States must be “primary responders” in torture cases, to end impunity and bring justice on behalf [...] Full text...
14 march 2023 - 05:59:07
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and [...] Full text...
20 february 2023 - 17:42:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the government’s efforts to redeploy defence and security forces over a large part of the [...] Full text...
17 february 2023 - 10:52:10
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped [...] Full text...
09 february 2023 - 05:28:45
New York, US (PANA) - Although investing in school health and nutrition has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, [...] Full text...
07 february 2023 - 07:23:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN Development Programme has in a report released on Tuesday stated that extremist groups exploit [...] Full text...
07 february 2023 - 06:17:48
Geneva, Ghana (PANA) – United Nations member countries have urged the Ghana government to address the shackling and inhumane treatment of people [...] Full text...
07 february 2023 - 05:04:34
New York, US (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an “abhorrent violation of fundamental human rights” said the UN [...] Full text...
24 january 2023 - 05:25:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that it would need $2.54 billion across [...] Full text...
19 january 2023 - 05:11:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases [...] Full text...
19 november 2022 - 05:28:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must step up efforts to combat the global emergency of child exploitation and abuse, six [...] Full text...
17 november 2022 - 19:11:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An emergency situation has been declared in Chad because of floods, which have affected 18 [...] Full text...
17 november 2022 - 06:16:50
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will travel to Qatar [...] Full text...
29 october 2022 - 07:11:10
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry announced on Friday that it will introduce a health book for [...] Full text...
23 october 2022 - 04:51:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 05:19:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable [...] Full text...
17 october 2022 - 05:20:19
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The UN chief on Sunday called for governments worldwide to prioritise healthcare, to make a “sustained political [...] Full text...
11 october 2022 - 08:36:08
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday said that more than 1,700 [...] Full text...
11 october 2022 - 05:49:45
New York, US (PANA) - In marking the 10th anniversary of the International Dat of the Girl Child on Tuesday, the UN [...] Full text...
10 october 2022 - 19:00:13
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly one billion people live with a mental health condition across the globe, but despite that [...] Full text...
10 october 2022 - 05:45:33
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Governments, UN agencies, and humanitarian organisations should take concrete steps to develop and invest in psychosocial [...] Full text...
07 october 2022 - 20:50:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental [...] Full text...
07 october 2022 - 05:35:58
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world and to reverse that worrying statistic, the UN World, [...] Full text...
05 october 2022 - 19:15:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid mounting health emergencies globally, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-related crises, and the war in [...] Full text...
04 october 2022 - 07:18:37
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - According to the Mauritian National Health Accounts 2021, which will be released soon, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) [...] Full text...
28 september 2022 - 18:48:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With an estimated 12 billion workdays lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global [...] Full text...
22 september 2022 - 16:22:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new platform to promote the use of data science in finding solutions to some of [...] Full text...
19 september 2022 - 19:42:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization will on 21 September, release a new report and data portal on noncommunicable [...] Full text...
15 september 2022 - 05:22:33
New York, US (PANA) - Solving the equation: Helping girls and boys learn mathematics, a new report published on Wednesday by UN [...] Full text...
05 september 2022 - 11:14:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nearly one in 10 people in Burkina Faso have been displaced by conflict, humanitarian charities [...] Full text...
25 august 2022 - 05:21:43
Lome, Togo (PANA) - African health ministers have launched a campaign to ramp up awareness, bolster prevention and care to [...] Full text...
10 august 2022 - 11:22:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At some point in their life, one in three people will develop some type of neurological [...] Full text...
23 july 2022 - 16:05:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) -The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday rejected Myanmar's preliminary objections to the case brought by Gambia under [...] Full text...
19 july 2022 - 05:31:31
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on [...] Full text...
15 july 2022 - 05:41:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over 500,000 conflict-affected people in northeast Nigeria will be given “a lifeline,” thanks to a new [...] Full text...
12 july 2022 - 05:17:00
New York, US (PANA) - The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, [...] Full text...
17 june 2022 - 19:37:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest UN [...] Full text...
17 june 2022 - 08:01:39
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Thursday launched a policy and action plan on [...] Full text...
16 june 2022 - 10:57:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says the Day of the African Child presents an [...] Full text...
04 june 2022 - 05:03:32
Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) - Mental health support must be included in national responses to climate change, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
26 may 2022 - 05:22:14
New York, US (PANA) - Conflict continues to inflict “widespread civilian death and injury”, a senior UN official told the [...] Full text...
18 may 2022 - 05:22:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against [...] Full text...
11 may 2022 - 12:00:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) have distributed non-food [...] Full text...
11 may 2022 - 05:39:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, the [...] Full text...
13 april 2022 - 22:30:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$300 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for the [...] Full text...
12 april 2022 - 16:46:57
Acca, Ghana, Switzerland (PANA) - The Worrld Health Organization (WHO)Tuesday welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and [...] Full text...
30 march 2022 - 14:53:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and [...] Full text...
23 march 2022 - 05:08:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One year after brutal attacks by suspected Al Shabab militants began in northern Mozambique, thousands continue [...] Full text...
22 march 2022 - 09:03:27
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan government has failed to hold to account security officials, who have unlawfully detained and tortured [...] Full text...
18 march 2022 - 12:49:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), together with 102 humanitarian and development partners is appealing [...] Full text...
05 march 2022 - 16:33:20
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi government has adopted two continental protocols on disability and the elderly.
The Council of Ministers [...] Full text...
04 march 2022 - 12:01:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is appealing for US$205 million to deliver life-saving assistance and [...] Full text...
18 february 2022 - 21:45:41
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Africa Union Commission has regretted the failure of the joint partnership with the European Union [...] Full text...
11 february 2022 - 20:13:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now [...] Full text...
09 february 2022 - 12:44:07
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A human rights advocate has accused the DR Congo authorities of failing to fully investigate the killing [...] Full text...
31 january 2022 - 05:33:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called for [...] Full text...
17 december 2021 - 17:11:30
New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s [...] Full text...
14 december 2021 - 06:21:50
New York, US (PANA) - The UN continues to take steps to address allegations of sexual misconduct by peacekeepers in [...] Full text...
13 december 2021 - 05:50:25
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health [...] Full text...
09 december 2021 - 05:50:48
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is rolling back progress on key childhood challenges such as poverty, health [...] Full text...
08 december 2021 - 08:44:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched an appeal for a record $9.4 billion as attacks against children continue [...] Full text...
24 november 2021 - 09:24:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - West and Central Africa have emerged as the regions in the world with the highest number [...] Full text...
23 november 2021 - 07:15:35
New York, US (PANA) - Beginning on 7 December, ministers from around the world will discuss the technology and medical capacity building of UN Peacekeeping, UN officials said at a [...] Full text...
09 november 2021 - 22:31:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -Women in Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia's Amhara region where a rebel army has been ransacking villages [...] Full text...
07 november 2021 - 11:42:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residents of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and several cities and towns on Sunday heeded calls [...] Full text...
06 november 2021 - 13:19:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, facilitated the evacuation of 172 vulnerable asylum-seekers including families, children travelling [...] Full text...
06 november 2021 - 05:46:00
New York, US (PANA) - Members of the United Nations Security Council have expressed “deep concern” about the expansion and intensification of military [...] Full text...
05 november 2021 - 12:56:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on Friday asked former soldiers to register with the [...] Full text...
03 november 2021 - 06:30:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of [...] Full text...
18 october 2021 - 21:02:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday appointed football legend Didier Drogba its Goodwill Ambassador for Sport [...] Full text...
14 october 2021 - 15:42:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Thursday called on decision-makers across the health, sport, education and transport sectors to urgently [...] Full text...