Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius' Minister for Health and Quality of Life, Kailash Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart attacks, and strokes, accounted for 33 percent of deaths in Mauritius in 2023

©- - 15 october 2024 - 13:11:36 - thread (251 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, mania and autism are among the main mental illnesses that affect 10-15% of the Burundian population between the ages of 16 and 45, Justin Mugisha, a young psychotherapist told PANA

©- - 07 april 2023 - 18:29:04 - thread (705 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health Ramadan Boujnah chaired here Tuesday an expanded meeting with members of the Higher Scientific Committee of the National Programme of Cardiovascular Diseases Surgery to discuss the committee's work on developing plans and policies to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases

©- - 04 april 2023 - 20:36:09 - thread (297 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Wednesday announced a national ban on moving cattle to curb the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), one of the most infectious animal illnesses

©- - 17 august 2022 - 12:32:55 - thread (217 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since 2021, Burundi has been hit by a resurgence of diseases with epidemic potential, mainly due to malaria, coronavirus (COVID-19) and cholera, the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a recent report on the country's health situation

©- - 18 january 2022 - 14:37:07 - thread (801 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities on Tuesday allowed 350 Tunisians living in Algeria and Algerians living in Tunisia and married to Tunisian women to enter Tunisia through the "Oum Taboul" border crossing where the Tunisian ambassador to Algeria supervised, in collaboration with the Algerian authorities, the different stages of the operation

©- - 08 july 2020 - 18:35:24 - thread (161 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of people with typhoid fever in Ghannouch area of the southern Tunisia region of Gabès has increased to 101 cases, the regional director of health, Riadh Cheouch, said on Sunday

©- - 22 june 2020 - 15:58:11 - thread (157 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten new cases of coronavirus infections were discovered this Saturday in Mali, bringing to 1,933 the total number of positive cases of Covid-19 in the country, PANA learned from official sources

©- - 20 june 2020 - 19:15:19 - thread (158 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered ten new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19), following laboratory tests carried out on 605 samples, including 9 in the framework of the follow-up of former patients, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Saturday

©- - 20 june 2020 - 19:09:47 - thread (164 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered 14 new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) following laboratory analysis on samples of 1,279 people, including 15 under  follow-up of former patients, Ministry of Health announced on Friday

©- - 19 june 2020 - 15:48:09 - thread (125 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has not recorded any case of death linked to the coronavirus disease during the last four weeks, Dr Brice Bicaba coordinator of the ''health'' sectoral committee to fight against the pandemic, announced on Friday

©- - 12 june 2020 - 17:26:23 - thread (137 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has not registered any new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) following laboratory tests carried out on 378 samples, including seven tests carried out as part of the follow-up of former patients, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday

©- - 04 june 2020 - 16:34:26 - thread (128 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered seven new confirmed cases with the coronavirus (Covid-19), after laboratory tests carried out on Sunday on a sample of 622 suspected cases, five of which were carried out as part of the follow-up of former patients, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Monday

©- - 01 june 2020 - 18:02:39 - thread (135 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered five new infections of the coronavirus (Covid-19), all from returnees who are placed in compulsory health quarantine, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday

©- - 30 may 2020 - 17:02:06 - thread (101 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Libya has reached 79 with the registration of two new cases on Wednesday, the National Center for Disease Control announced, when the Presidential Council extended the curfew imposed from 6 p

©- - 27 may 2020 - 17:57:23 - thread (207 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered no new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) after tests carried out on Tuesday on 637 samples, including 26 in the framework of the follow-up of former patients, bringing to 49,113 tests carried out since the start of the pandemic, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday

©- - 27 may 2020 - 16:42:12 - thread (242 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Tuesday recorded four new cases of Coronavirus disease bringing the total number of infections  since March 9 to 845, the Government Information Service announced ( GIS)

©- - 26 may 2020 - 15:49:01 - thread (122 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Ministry of Health announced late Sunday 3 new cases of the  coronavirus (Covid-19) people who have been repatriated from abroad and placed in compulsory sanitary quarantine, bringing to 1,051, the total number of infections recorded in the country

©- - 25 may 2020 - 15:59:44 - thread (135 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded on Saturday 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringing to 831 the total number of positive cases since March 9 in the country, PANA learnt from official sources

©- - 23 may 2020 - 16:21:50 - thread (107 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Friday welcomed the commitment of the defense and security forces in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic which has already reached 780 positive cases in the country with 51 deaths since the index case on 9 March

©- - 15 may 2020 - 17:39:32 - thread (274 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A 25% increase in the number of patients has been recorded in recent weeks at the Razi psychiatric University Hospital in Tunis,  the secretary general of the basic union of the hospital institution , Kamel Ben Rahal said on Thursday

©- - 17 april 2020 - 13:14:13 - thread (117 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the death toll linked to the coronavirus disease in Burkina Faso, according the WHO representative in Burkina Faso, Dr Alimata Diarra-Nama

©- - 16 april 2020 - 17:00:39 - thread (200 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care and surveillance, by facilitating alert mechanisms for people who present alarming symptoms, supporting the preparation of the community for investigation of cases, and by monitoring  contact persons

©- - 16 april 2020 - 16:14:35 - thread (478 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Minister of Transport, Anouar Maarouf announced Friday that his ministry hard to repatriate Tunisians stranded abroad because of the appearance of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), adding that special flights have been increased to transport them in two weeks

©- - 10 april 2020 - 17:16:47 - thread (173 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 83 people with coronavirus (Covid-19) out of 643 confirmed cases in Tunisia are currently hospitalized, said a health report of the National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases, published on Friday on the  website of the Ministry of Health

©- - 10 april 2020 - 15:56:13 - thread (172 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - "Tunisia will offer decent living conditions to foreign students in the country," the Tunisian Minister Delegate in charge of Human Rights, Relations with Constitutional Authorities and Civil Society, Ayachi Hammami, announced on Thursday, stressing that the countries of origin of these students are also facing the Covid-19 pandemic

©- - 09 april 2020 - 17:22:24 - thread (204 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Three patients with the new coronavirus (Covid-19), including one from Algeria, have been cured of the disease in the Gabés region (south-eastern Tunisia), the regional health director, Riadh Chaouch, announced on Sunday

©- - 06 april 2020 - 15:53:10 - thread (121 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A total of 120 patients have tested positive for covid-19 in Niger, including 115 under treatment and 5 deaths on April 3, said a statement from the Ministry of Public Health

©- - 04 april 2020 - 18:27:16 - thread (107 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Saturday recorded 16 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing to 318 the total number of infected persons

©- - 04 april 2020 - 18:22:19 - thread (150 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second part of South Korean medical aid arrived in Tunisia on Friday, so says the adviser in charge of communication and information at the presidency of the Tunisian Republic, Rachida Ennaïfer, who specified that the lot consists of 840,000 medical suits which will be distributed to military hospitals in the country by the Tunisian Ministry of Defense

©- - 03 april 2020 - 18:19:59 - thread (207 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger has recorded 34 cases of the coronavirus, 31 of them are being treated while three have died of the disease, according to a press release from the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health, dated March 31

©- - 01 april 2020 - 16:28:44 - thread (100 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three new cases of coronavirus disease were detected on Wednesday in Bamako, bringing to 31 the number of cases registered in Mali to date, according to the country's health ministry

©- - 01 april 2020 - 14:10:14 - thread (81 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has paroled 1,420 prisoners in addition to others pardoned less than two weeks ago, the Tunisian Presidency announced in a statement on Tuesday

©- - 01 april 2020 - 13:18:29 - thread (116 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Saturday recorded 27 new positive cases of coronavirus disease bringing the total number to 207 cases, said the Government Information Service (GIS)

©- - 28 march 2020 - 19:14:03 - thread (190 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 600 people were arrested and presented before the public prosecutor's office for violating general sanitary confinement in Tunisia as part of the fight against the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), the spokesman of the Ministry of the Interior, Khaled Hayoubi said on Thursday

©- - 26 march 2020 - 16:22:33 - thread (179 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Libya is ready to make all its means available to the Tunisian people so that they can fight better the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19),  the Head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al Sarraj, said on Tuesday

©- - 25 march 2020 - 17:50:21 - thread (141 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Finance has made available to the Ministry of Health 50 million Tunisian dinars in foreign currency to import from China medical equipment needed for prevention of the new coronavirus (Covid-19 )

©- - 25 march 2020 - 14:51:10 - thread (146 words)


Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon on Friday reported its first death due to Covid-19 infection, the spokesperson for the Monitoring Committee of the response plan against the Coronavirus (Copil-Coronavirus), Guy Patrick Obiang announced at a press conference

©- - 20 march 2020 - 17:22:19 - thread (135 words)