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WHO Director-General pleads for peace in 2025
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Investing in healthy longevity could save 150 million lives: WB report
13 september 2024 - 09:24:35Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - By 2050, one in three people will be over 60 years old. With bold [...] Full text...
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Mozambican farmers get $2 million fertilizer financing boost
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WHO issues new guidelines to help millions quit tobacco
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EC adopts recommendation to combat vaccine-preventable cancers
21 june 2024 - 14:30:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted a recommendation that aims to combat vaccine-preventable cancers in the EU [...] Full text...
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José Luis Castro appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases
06 june 2024 - 09:20:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr José Luis Castro as [...] Full text...
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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during 77th World Health Assembly
01 june 2024 - 11:25:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...
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Stronger control efforts help to lower tobacco use in African region
31 may 2024 - 13:01:51Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Tobacco use among adolescents in the African region declined by nearly 18% between 2020 and 2022, [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s revenue head honored by WHO
29 may 2024 - 11:23:28Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Yankuba Darboe, Commissioner General, Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), has been honoured with the prestigious World [...] Full text...
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WHO’s investment case launch draws expressions of support, pledges to sustainably finance four-year strategy
28 may 2024 - 18:41:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday launched an investment case that lays out the Organisation’s [...] Full text...
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Over 8,000 people, including sports and health champions, join 5th WHO Walk the Talk
28 may 2024 - 07:29:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fifth edition of Walk the Talk: The Health Challenge for All, organised by the World [...] Full text...
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Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up; WHO urges preventive measures
25 april 2024 - 12:36:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, and girls [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 29.90% in January amid rising food prices
15 february 2024 - 15:22:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation increased to 29.90 per cent in January 2024 from 28.92 per cent recorded in [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso renews Patriotic Support Fund for another year
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Global tobacco control conference opens in Panama
06 february 2024 - 14:27:27Panama City, Panama (PANA) - Delegates from around the world gathered in Panama City Tuesday for the 10th Conference of the [...] Full text...
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Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services
01 february 2024 - 17:34:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...
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Tobacco use declining despite industry interference: WHO
16 january 2024 - 12:41:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardise progress towards [...] Full text...
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Urgent action needed to protect children and prevent uptake of e-cigarettes
14 december 2023 - 14:17:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent action is needed to control e-cigarettes to protect children, as well as non-smokers and minimize health [...] Full text...
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COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change
09 december 2023 - 17:18:10Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature [...] Full text...
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New WHO campaign highlights tobacco industry tactics to influence public health policies
16 november 2023 - 15:06:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), Thursday officially launched the "Stop the lies" campaign as a vital [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 27.33% as food, beverages, other prices rise
15 november 2023 - 14:48:45Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for October 2023 has increased to 27.33 per cent, from 26.72 per [...] Full text...
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Diabetes on the rise, warns WHO
14 november 2023 - 17:32:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of people with diabetes around the world [...] Full text...
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Ban smoking, vaping in schools worldwide, urges WHO
26 september 2023 - 15:31:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Young people continue to be “relentlessly” targeted with tobacco and nicotine products, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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Smoking prevalence in Mauritius declines from 30.7% in 1987 to 18.3% in 2021
01 august 2023 - 13:05:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness, Minister Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that the prevalence of smoking in the [...] Full text...
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WHO hails Mauritius, Netherlands for tobacco control measures but global risks remain
31 july 2023 - 15:16:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the welcome news that more than seven in 10 people on the planet – 5.6 [...] Full text...
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Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief
20 july 2023 - 06:23:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing spread [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s Inflation rate hits 22.8% in June 2023
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Libyan newspaper urges authorities to set up Science Cities to ensure technology transfer and development
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Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHO
26 may 2023 - 16:20:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop [...] Full text...
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WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops
25 may 2023 - 14:01:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming [...] Full text...
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FIFA, WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football
25 may 2023 - 12:46:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, have signed [...] Full text...
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FIFA and WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football
24 may 2023 - 19:04:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and WHO have agreed to extend their collaboration and to continue to use the power [...] Full text...
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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
22 may 2023 - 16:30:17Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response [...] Full text...
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Progress on human health ‘in peril’, warns UN chief
21 may 2023 - 18:07:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global life expectancy has grown by 50 per cent since the birth of the UN World [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to introduce new regulations regarding the public health
06 may 2023 - 08:49:04Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Ministry of Health and Wellness will introduce on 31 May, 2023, the Public Health (Restrictions [...] Full text...
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WHO makes key leadership appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives
18 april 2023 - 08:38:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens Tobacco Cessation Clinic
13 april 2023 - 08:54:44Long Mountain, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal opened Wednesday a Tobacco Cessation Clinic [...] Full text...
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World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease
24 march 2023 - 05:26:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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Cancer is third main cause of deaths in Mauritius
07 february 2023 - 06:34:55Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - On World Cancer Day celebrated 6 February, the Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, has [...] Full text...
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Burundi reccords average inflation of +1.9 pc for the year 2022
24 january 2023 - 18:38:49Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi (ISTEEBU) has published the Household Consumer Price [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe government creates support fund for Volunteers for Defence of Fatherland
12 january 2023 - 14:41:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government has created a Patriotic Support Fund estimated at 100 billion CFA francs, [...] Full text...
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2022 Year in Review: Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements
28 december 2022 - 05:47:18New York, US (PANA) - Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the [...] Full text...
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Child trafficking, forced labour push thousands to work on tobacco farms in Malawi
22 december 2022 - 05:22:25Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi are missing school, 13 UN-appointed independent human [...] Full text...
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Feature - Climate Change: Inside struggles of Gambian flood victims
28 november 2022 - 18:10:46Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A 22-year-old young man from Tobacco Road, the hardest hit area by the latest flash [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s output growth expected to pick up in 2023: IMF staff
19 november 2022 - 07:54:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – For Nigeria to ensure macroeconomic stability, it requires tightening across all policy levers, and stronger revenue [...] Full text...
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2022 FIFA WC: WHO travels to Qatar to highlight contributions of sports to good health
17 november 2022 - 06:16:50Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will travel to Qatar [...] Full text...
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'NCDs represent 80% of total disease burden, 60% of mortality in Mauritius' - Minister
04 october 2022 - 07:18:37Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - According to the Mauritian National Health Accounts 2021, which will be released soon, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) [...] Full text...
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Heads of State commit to Noncommunicable Disease Global Compact to save 50 million lives by 2030
21 september 2022 - 14:44:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, Wednesday launched a new report calling on global leaders [...] Full text...
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Noncommunicable diseases now outnumber infectious diseases as the top killers globally -WHO (Embargoed for release until 13.00 CEST on Wednesday 21 Sept 2022)
19 september 2022 - 19:42:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization will on 21 September, release a new report and data portal on noncommunicable [...] Full text...
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Burundi's Consumer Price Index rises by 1.7% in July
20 august 2022 - 17:08:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for households in Burundi increase of 1.7%, against a drop of [...] Full text...
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Monthly inflation rate down by 0.5pc in June 2022 in Burundi
19 july 2022 - 14:07:19Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In June 2022, the national consumer price index (CPI) recorded a 0.5 per cent drop, against [...] Full text...
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All rural workers deserve social protection coverage: New ILO report
07 july 2022 - 20:26:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday [...] Full text...
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World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres
19 june 2022 - 05:24:58Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to introduce new regulations to curb smoking
01 june 2022 - 07:47:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will soon introduce new regulations to impose restrictions on use, sale, importation, manufacturing and distribution [...] Full text...
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Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: WHO
31 may 2022 - 06:00:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to promulgate law on restrictions on tobacco products
21 may 2022 - 06:56:27Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness is to promulgate a law on restrictions on tobacco [...] Full text...
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First year of COVID-19 pandemic led to 4.5 million excess deaths - WHO
20 may 2022 - 18:20:52-Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated in its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to [...] Full text...
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WHO, Norway, Ghana launch First Global Heads of State and Government Group on NCDs
12 april 2022 - 16:46:57Acca, Ghana, Switzerland (PANA) - The Worrld Health Organization (WHO)Tuesday welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: More than 2,800 new cases of cancer registered in 2020
05 february 2022 - 09:03:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius National Cancer Registry for year 2020 show that more than 2,800 new cases of [...] Full text...
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UN partnership to combat microplastics in cigarettes
03 february 2022 - 05:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN partnership announced on Wednesday aims to raise awareness about the environmental and health [...] Full text...
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Investing $1 per person annually could save 7 million lives in low, lower-middle income nations
13 december 2021 - 13:12:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented [...] Full text...
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Second Meeting of Parties to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products begins
15 november 2021 - 23:05:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Second Meeting of the Parties (MOP2) to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [...] Full text...
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Libyan health minister chairs 68th WHO Regional Committee meeting for Eastern Mediterranean
12 october 2021 - 12:22:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Health, Ali al-Zanati, has been elected to chair the 68th Regional Committee [...] Full text...
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Cardiovascular diseases kill 1,800 people every year in Mauritius
30 september 2021 - 07:49:47Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) - Some 1,800 people die from Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) every year, accounting for 19% of all deaths [...] Full text...
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World No Tobacco Day: WHO awards Ethiopian official for her role in tobacco control
18 june 2021 - 13:27:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopian Heran Gerba, Director General of her country’s Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) on Friday [...] Full text...
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DR Congo to reduce dependence on imports
12 june 2021 - 14:06:04Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade, Jean-Lucien Bussa, has unveiled economic plans to enable DR [...] Full text...
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South African health expert appointed to WHO council
07 may 2021 - 11:38:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who played a [...] Full text...
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New WHO report reveals urgency of confronting tobacco use among women in Europe
12 february 2021 - 22:25:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO/Europe Friday launched a new report on women and the tobacco epidemic under the theme [...] Full text...
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Bank of Tanzania reports slowdown in annual food inflation
29 december 2020 - 10:27:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s annual headline inflation slightly eased to 3.0 percent in November 2020 from 3.1 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: British American tobacco firm set to begin human trials on potential vaccine
16 december 2020 - 23:18:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British American Tobacco, a cigarette manufacturer, said Monday it had secured approval to test a coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Significant food price hikes push currency weakening in Africa
03 november 2020 - 23:52:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A significant rise in the cost of food during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has ignited [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown extended again
15 october 2020 - 08:15:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has confirmed that South Africa’s State [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's CPI up 8.9 pct in Sept.2020
11 october 2020 - 10:48:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 8.9 per cent year on [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to conduct 7th Non-Communicable Diseases survey
02 october 2020 - 06:25:19Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry is to conduct the 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Survey [...] Full text...
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WTO: Zimbabwean currency instability seen as global trade's weakest link
30 september 2020 - 22:18:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has completed a trade policy review on Zimbabwe, urging the Southern [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tobacco responsible for 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease - WHO
23 september 2020 - 09:05:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released [...] Full text...
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Burundian President pays working visit to Tanzania focusing on economic issues
20 september 2020 - 12:48:54Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's new Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, made his first official visit to Tanzania on Saturday, [...] Full text...
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Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa
10 september 2020 - 17:37:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - There is an increasing evidence that Africans living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension and [...] Full text...
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe orders liquidation of 20 pct foreign currency earned by businesses
22 august 2020 - 16:09:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Twenty per cent of foreign currency earned from local businesses will be liquidated upon depositing to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mixed reaction trails easing COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa
16 august 2020 - 11:11:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been mixed reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to lift most lockdown [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African president Ramaphosa urges caution as infections begin stabilising
02 august 2020 - 07:05:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to remain vigilant after the country’s confirmed [...] Full text...
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Inflation drop by 1.5 basis points in Botswana
16 july 2020 - 09:27:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana (SB) Thursday announced that the country’s inflation significantly dropped in June. Malebogo Kerekang, Acting Statistician [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cases worldwide hit 12 million
11 july 2020 - 09:26:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases globally have more than doubled in the past six weeks, reaching 12 million on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IOC joins forces with WHO and UN to fight pandemic
24 june 2020 - 10:13:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee and UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President's ally and controversial businessman, John Bredenkamp, dies aged 79
19 june 2020 - 19:13:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and controversial businessman, John Bredenkamp, has died, aged 79, from kidney [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe dollar depreciation leads to major losses for big companies (A PANA News Analysis)
17 june 2020 - 12:01:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Last Monday, one of Zimbabwe's largest gold producers RioZim Limited announced that it has been forced [...] Full text...
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As climate change ravages Southern Africa, two Zimbabwean farmers turn to drone irrigation (Feature by Tatira Zwinoira)
16 june 2020 - 17:48:43Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, aged 25, remembers standing in the center of his 15-acre sugar cane field [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's CPI up 9.2 per cent in May
10 june 2020 - 13:31:52Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation, increased by 9.2 per cent year-on-year in [...] Full text...
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60 pct of deaths in Tunisia due to way of living, says Health minister
05 june 2020 - 21:09:03Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Health, Abdellatif Mekki, said here Friday that 60 percent of deaths in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: South African lobby group flags police brutality in containing pandemic
04 june 2020 - 13:45:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum has laid charges against Pretoria at the United Nations [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO calls on all young people to join the fight to become a tobacco-free generation
29 may 2020 - 16:00:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tobacco products continue to kill eight million people a year who get hooked via a $9 [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tobacco giant sues government over smoking ban
29 may 2020 - 13:19:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) on Friday launched urgent legal proceedings to challenge [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's positive cases pass 20,000 mark
24 may 2020 - 12:14:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Department of Health on Sunday confirmed that 53 employees at AngloGold [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: South Africa opposition takes legal action over extended lockdown
14 may 2020 - 15:37:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday indicated that it is taking [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after pandemic
14 may 2020 - 05:31:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Decades of neglect and under-investment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe opens Tobacco Marketing Season with COVID-19 caution
29 april 2020 - 11:57:34Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perence Shiri has told the tobacco industry to continue [...] Full text...
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Drought decreases agricultural crops, livestock activity in Zimbabwe
28 april 2020 - 13:00:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The 2019/20 agricultural season in Zimbabwe was marked by delay and false start throughout the country [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's lobby group seeks to have tobacco ban lifted
20 april 2020 - 18:18:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just days after President Cyril Ramaphosa refused to lift the ban on alcohol sales [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cigarette and Tobacco firm, BAT, to develop COVID-19 cure
03 april 2020 - 17:30:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United Kingdom-based cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company, British American Tobacco (BAT) plc, says it’s developing a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe govt reintroduces the US dollar due to COVID-19
26 march 2020 - 21:26:19Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has brought back the use of the US dollar for transactions after banning [...] Full text...
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How the coronavirus could affect Zimbabwe's already failing economy (By Tatira Zwinoira, PANA Correspondent)
18 march 2020 - 20:22:07Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, finally declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a national disaster on Tuesday. This came as [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's CPI goes up by 8.7% in February 2020
10 march 2020 - 12:13:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 8.7 percent year on [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe businesses are under increased threat of collapse- Analysis
08 march 2020 - 12:26:31Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Businesses are under increased threat of collapse due to the continued depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar [...] Full text...
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Sale of tobacco and alcohol banned near schools in Burkina Faso
20 february 2020 - 15:00:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Wednesday adopted a decree banning the sale of alcohol and tobacco [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Annual inflation rate set at 0.0% in January 2020
19 february 2020 - 17:20:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - During the year ending in January 2020, global annual inflation rose to 0.0%, mainly following a [...] Full text...
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Experts press for radical rethink on child health
19 february 2020 - 10:20:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A landmark report released on Wednesday by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts [...] Full text...
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Legislators tell Zimbabwean diplomats abroad to seek foreign direct investment
18 february 2020 - 16:44:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Legislators have called upon Zimbabwean ambassadors abroad to hunt for foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia passes smoking excise bill
18 february 2020 - 07:56:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Parliament has passed landmark legislation with the express aim of curbing smoking in [...] Full text...
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Corporate earnings of listed firms under threat from devaluing Zimbabwe dollar
08 february 2020 - 20:23:11Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local financial services firm, IH Securities, sees corporate earnings of listed companies contracting for 2020, which [...] Full text...
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WHO pleads for strengthening of anti-cancer services in poor countries
05 february 2020 - 20:51:13Paris, France (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed the need to strengthen the services of fight against [...] Full text...
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Cervix, breast cancers occupy 2nd and 3rd place after prostate cancer in DR Congo
04 february 2020 - 22:19:38Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), cervix and breast cancers occupy the second and [...] Full text...
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More than 8,000 cases of cancer reported every year in Benin
04 february 2020 - 21:47:06Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin records more than 8,000 cases of cancer every year, Health Minister Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin said [...] Full text...
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Tackle ‘unacceptable inequalities’ in cancer care, urges WHO
04 february 2020 - 07:20:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global cancer rates could rise by 60 per cent over the next 20 years unless cancer care [...] Full text...
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Burundi launches campaign on cashew cultivation
24 january 2020 - 08:01:52Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Thursday launched a campaign for the cultivation of cashew as a new cash crop [...] Full text...
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Reported Cancer cases increase partially due to public awareness
18 january 2020 - 20:29:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese National Institute for Cancer on Saturday said reported cancer cases in the country had [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's inflation rises by 0.13 points to 11.98 per cent in December 2019
17 january 2020 - 13:07:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...
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The exchange of cows among the ancestral hard-skinned practices in Burundi (Analysis)
12 january 2020 - 12:11:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - One of the notable presidential activities of the week, which is coming to an end, was [...] Full text...
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Desist from money printing - Zimbabwe businesses warn Govt
24 december 2019 - 14:43:58Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A local business membership organisation, the CEO Africa Round table has warned the Zimbabwe government to [...] Full text...
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WHO says tobacco use set to decline
19 december 2019 - 07:52:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world are set to go into reverse, UN [...] Full text...
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Forex earners in Zimbabwe under threat from economic headwinds - IH Securities
04 december 2019 - 15:54:15Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Respected local financial services firm, IH Securities, expects low foreign currency generation from gold, tobacco and [...] Full text...
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Speculative practices increase price of subsidised agricultural fertilisers in Burundi
21 november 2019 - 23:50:40Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The subsidized price of a 50 kg bag of fertilizer has recently risen from 29,000 Burundian [...] Full text...
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Second conference of Maghreb Confederation of vascular medicine opens in Tunisia
08 november 2019 - 22:17:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second conference of the Maghreb Confederation of vascular medicine began in the Tunisian southeastern city [...] Full text...
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WHO report offers tools to tackle deaths through non-communicable diseases, road traffic injuries.
31 october 2019 - 22:21:42New York (PANA) - A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) launched here Thursday offers guidance and tools [...] Full text...
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WHO releases new report to bolster efforts to tackle leading causes of urban deaths
31 october 2019 - 11:32:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday released a new report that offers guidance and [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Coptic community launches initiative to rebuild scores of school in central Sudan
25 october 2019 - 18:29:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Coptic community has launched an initiative to rehabilitate and in some cases totally build dozens [...] Full text...
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WHO, FIFA partner in ‘fight against tobacco use’
05 october 2019 - 07:05:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and football’s world governing body, FIFA, on Friday signed a four-year [...] Full text...
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Ugandan youth arrested with illicit drugs in Mauritius
28 september 2019 - 16:09:34Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 22-year-old Ugandan, Samakula Musisi Jesse Mukhbi, was arrested on Saturday when he picked up [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
16 september 2019 - 11:01:47Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
13 september 2019 - 13:48:04Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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WHO and partners urged to increase support for non-communicable diseases
23 august 2019 - 11:26:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Participants in the 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa on Friday urged the [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire- Significant health outcomes in the Africa region, report says
20 august 2019 - 23:27:44Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa region has achieved significant results, according to the 12th general program of [...] Full text...
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WHO chief urges Congo to increase health budget to 15%
20 august 2019 - 12:04:46Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday called on the Congolese [...] Full text...
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WHO says more action needed to help people quit tobacco products
27 july 2019 - 07:56:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) says in a new report that more action is needed [...] Full text...
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Sudanese market lifts British American Tobacco Kenya sales, profits up by 25%
19 july 2019 - 19:02:40[...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Gov't not prepared for climate change (A PANA feature)
12 july 2019 - 10:26:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “I don’t think as government we fully understood the impact the weather would have on the [...] Full text...
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The number of starving Zimbabweans has increased to nearly seven million
10 july 2019 - 15:14:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly seven million Zimbabweans are now facing hunger, a sharp increase from what the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Drought, Cyclone Idai affect Zimbabwe's 2018/19 tobacco production
29 june 2019 - 17:59:13Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Drought and damage caused by the March Category three storm, Cyclone Idai, have impacted the current [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique for Africa-US business summit
18 june 2019 - 17:56:59Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa joined other African leaders in Mozambique on Tuesday for the 12th Africa-United [...] Full text...
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May inflation records rise in Botswana
15 june 2019 - 08:23:10Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s annual inflation rate for May registered an increase of 0.1 percentage point, the country’s data [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens first Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Unit in Prison
03 june 2019 - 13:03:34Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Monday opened a Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Unit, the first of its kind [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt loses faith in its own currency
31 may 2019 - 18:36:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Some government departments and parastatals have adopted a two tier pricing model to include US dollars [...] Full text...
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Mauritius celebrates World No Tobacco Day 2019
31 may 2019 - 18:17:15Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – On World No Tobacco Day, celebrated throughout the world on May 31, Mauritian Health and Quality [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for 'faster action' from govt's to tackle smoking deaths
30 may 2019 - 05:49:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tobacco use continues to claim around eight million lives a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Kenya health chief raises red flag on cardiovascular diseases
18 may 2019 - 13:49:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Fifty percent of in-patient admissions in Kenyan hospitals are those suffering from cardiovascular diseases, which calls [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt working on fresh lines of credit to support industry
30 april 2019 - 22:18:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government is putting in place lines of credit to help critical sectors of industry [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe opposition plans demonstration over deteriorating economy
25 april 2019 - 11:06:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has said it will hold nationwide protests [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian president in Malawi on two-day state visit
24 april 2019 - 17:46:01Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli left for Malawi on Wednesday for a two-day state [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's Agricultural sector requires US$1,2 billion in yearly funding
19 april 2019 - 15:16:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe needs US$1,2 billion in yearly funding to effectively support the agricultural sector towards growth, a [...] Full text...
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Kenya: FIA safety official inspects 2019 Safari Rally route
11 april 2019 - 21:21:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The FIA Safety Delegate Michelle Mouton, continues to evaluate the proposed routes of the 2019 World Rally Championship [...] Full text...
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Alcohol and tobacco abuse blamed for mortality
09 april 2019 - 19:13:07Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Alfred Madigele, has blamed alcohol and tobacco abuse [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's agricultural sector losing US$126 million per year to bad weather -WB
07 april 2019 - 14:35:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Bank says Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector loses US$126 million per annum due to production risks [...] Full text...
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Nigeria sets out to mobilise resources for investing in people
04 april 2019 - 08:26:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Diversifying Nigerian government’s revenue base, increasing non-oil revenues, and securing oil revenues, will all be critical, [...] Full text...
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Apartheid-era killer walks free
02 april 2019 - 14:36:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Apartheid-era policeman Ferdinand Barnard was released from a Pretoria prison on Tuesday after serving [...] Full text...
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ZTA welcomes removal of 2% transfer tax on tobacco proceeds
01 april 2019 - 09:57:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)- Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) has welcomed the removal of the 2% transfer tax, introduced last year to increase [...] Full text...
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Tuberculosis is priority public health concern in Burkina Faso
24 march 2019 - 12:33:12Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Tuberculosis is a priority public health concern in Burkina Faso, the health ministry said on [...] Full text...
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Illicit tobacco trade, related products worry Burundi
08 march 2019 - 20:37:42Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Illicit tobacco trade and related products have become rampant in Burundi, where the practice is blamed [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's GDP grows higher than expected in fourth quarter of 2018
12 february 2019 - 20:14:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said that the nation’s economy received a positive performance [...] Full text...
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Algerian Constitutional Council president passes on
28 january 2019 - 13:11:52Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Algerian Constitutional Council president Mourad Medelci died on Monday in Algiers, aged 76 years, following [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso medical doctor calls for action to curtail rise of youth smoking
08 january 2019 - 10:18:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A senior medical officer in Burkina Faso has called for measures to curtail the rising [...] Full text...
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EC reaches provisional agreement with European Parliament on single-use plastics
19 december 2018 - 10:38:09Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) announced on Wednesday that it is taking action to reduce plastic pollution [...] Full text...
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Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines
28 november 2018 - 03:04:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to [...] Full text...
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Half of Mauritian population suffer from diabetes
19 november 2018 - 17:05:06Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Quality of Life minister Anwar Husnoo on Monday said the Government is spending [...] Full text...
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'Make healthy choices’ to prevent and manage chronic diabetes - WHO
15 november 2018 - 04:56:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Rwandan govt critic released to limited freedom pending trial
05 october 2018 - 20:01:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Court in Rwanda has ordered the release of top government critic, Diane Rwigara and her [...] Full text...
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UN-led tobacco control advocates denounce ‘increasingly vicious’ industry interference
05 october 2018 - 06:57:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tobacco giants are adopting new ways and “disguises” to push their products, noxious both for people [...] Full text...
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Tobacco control measures are working, but too slowly in less-developed countries: WHO
02 october 2018 - 06:33:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Great progress” has been made in tackling tobacco consumption and saving lives but more needs to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius health authorities to develop strategies for reducing salt intake
01 october 2018 - 17:47:49Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health ministry will develop strategies to cut down salt intake in diets as recommended [...] Full text...
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UN stands up to stop 41 million avoidable deaths per year
27 september 2018 - 19:17:26New York, US (PANA) - “Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic Lyme disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses [...] Full text...
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Top WRC drivers on recce at safari Rally Route
27 september 2018 - 12:47:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Top world Rally drivers will descend on the picturesque Kenyan terrain as the country prepares to [...] Full text...
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Cancer is a growing global threat and prevention is key, UN study shows
13 september 2018 - 06:25:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 18 million new cases of cancer are expected this year and it’s estimated that [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches campaign against Non-Communicable Diseases
10 september 2018 - 07:02:38Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Anwar Husnoo on Sunday launched a national prevention campaign [...] Full text...
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Tobacco control, a ‘major component’ of environmental protection efforts – WHO official
05 september 2018 - 07:05:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From deforestation to soil degradation and pollution, tobacco production and its use by consumers, is “tremendously [...] Full text...
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UN must stand together to fight devastating effects of tobacco – UN health official
23 august 2018 - 05:57:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches campaign against Non-Communicable Diseases
06 august 2018 - 09:19:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 10-day campaign against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) was launched over the weekend by the Mauritian Health [...] Full text...
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UN-backed treaty against illicit tobacco trade set to take effect in September
18 july 2018 - 16:33:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A United Nations-backed treaty aimed at stopping the illicit trading of tobacco products, is set to [...] Full text...
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Inflation rate drops for 16th consecutive month, food price index up in Nigeria
14 june 2018 - 15:08:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s annual inflation has dropped to 11.61% in May, below the federal government’s projection of 12.42% [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches new pictorial tobacco health warning labels
01 june 2018 - 10:53:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health Ministry on Friday launched a new set of pictorial health warning labels on [...] Full text...
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Tobacco, leading cause of preventable deaths in Kenya - Minister
31 may 2018 - 14:43:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tobacco use has been identified as the leading cause of preventable deaths in Kenya. It is [...] Full text...
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World No Tobacco Day targets habit that ‘breaks hearts’ – WHO
31 may 2018 - 06:18:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations health experts on Thursday reiterated the message that tobacco causes deadly illnesses such as [...] Full text...
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Delegates to World Health Assembly call for stepped up action against NCDs
25 may 2018 - 11:22:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Delegates to the 71st World Health Assembly in Geneva have called for stepped up action in [...] Full text...
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Investing in non-communicable disease control posts strong gains - WHO report
16 may 2018 - 15:14:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The world’s poorest countries can gain US$ 350 billion by 2030 by scaling up investments in [...] Full text...
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Kenyan woman scales new height in motorsport
10 april 2018 - 21:30:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The WRC Safari Rally Project Event Secretary Helen Shiri will be the Clerk-of-Course for the Rallye Sports [...] Full text...
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Universal health coverage key to safer, fairer world, says WHO chief
07 april 2018 - 04:28:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday marked World Health Day, and the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe government, companies failing to protect tobacco workers - HRW
06 april 2018 - 09:04:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Children and adults who work on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms are facing serious risks to their health [...] Full text...
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WHO issues guidelines to help countries end ‘reign’ of tobacco industry
10 march 2018 - 12:33:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched new guidelines on the role that [...] Full text...
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New UN high-profile panel set to take on non-communicable diseases
17 february 2018 - 05:01:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bold, innovative solutions are now on the table to accelerate the prevention and control of deadly [...] Full text...
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US$46 billion in productivity lost to cancer in major emerging economies (A WHO Feature)
04 february 2018 - 01:31:15Lyon, France, (PANA) – A new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology evaluates for the first time the cost [...] Full text...
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IAEA chief urges greater access to cancer diagnosis, prevention, treatment services
02 february 2018 - 20:32:53Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Millions of people suffering from cancer in developing countries still lack access to effective prevention, screening, [...] Full text...
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Kenya seeks global status for Safari Rally
27 january 2018 - 15:59:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Kenya government has inaugurated two committees to oversee the Safari Rally re-admitted to the high [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia working with UN to strengthen national NCD response (A WHO feature)
25 december 2017 - 08:51:40Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - All of government action is needed to prevent and control the health and development impacts [...] Full text...
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Rwanda bans 'shisha' smoking
15 december 2017 - 18:03:30Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has banned 'shisha' tobacco smoking, including sale, distribution and purchase of the product that [...] Full text...
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WHO commends South Africa's parliament for passing tax bill on sugary drinks (A WHO feature)
10 december 2017 - 04:41:34Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Parliament has taken a brave and powerful step towards promoting the health [...] Full text...
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Alarm over threats to leading journalists in South Africa
07 december 2017 - 13:46:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African National Editor’s Forum (SANEF) has expressed alarm at reports that police [...] Full text...
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Tobacco industry admissions should strengthen global resolve on tobacco control (A WHO feature)
03 december 2017 - 04:58:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In major victories for tobacco control efforts, four U.S. tobacco companies are publishing court-ordered “corrective statements” [...] Full text...
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Promote affordable, equitable access to diabetes medicines, information for women, UN urges
15 november 2017 - 07:27:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – On World Diabetes Day on Tuesday, the United Nations health agency noted that women – especially [...] Full text...
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