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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Libya's Prime Minister in the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba , has stressed the need to implement the medical system and link it to all health institutions, while urging the Medical Supply Authority to disclose all medicines and supplies distributed

©- - 02 november 2023 - 18:34:40 - thread (272 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, and Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Boujnah, met with representatives of major US companies manufacturing medicines and medical supplies, on strengthening cooperation with the ministry in the manufacturing of medical supplies

©- - 16 april 2023 - 16:34:25 - thread (208 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Boujnah, discussed with a visiting Palestinian delegation the promotion of health cooperation between the two countries

©- - 20 march 2023 - 16:48:54 - thread (327 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of malaria vaccine to GSK valued at USD 170 million, a landmark award that will lead to 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) to be available over the next three years, potentially saving thousands of lives every year

©- - 16 august 2022 - 16:51:20 - thread (737 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday officially launched the first electronic system specialized in monitoring drug stocks and determining drug needs

©- - 14 june 2022 - 16:13:05 - thread (258 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to assist people who want to stop smoking, and new antimicrobials to treat serious bacterial and fungal infections are in the new edition of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children published on Friday

©- - 01 october 2021 - 14:25:05 - thread (1073 words)


Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Director General of the Brazzaville Foundation, Richard Amalvy, presented last weekend to Togolese Head of State Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé the results and perspectives of the Lomé Initiative which aims to fight against fake drugs in Africa, one year after its launch, a press release from the Foundation received here Monday by PANA said

©- - 25 january 2021 - 21:07:46 - thread (433 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Over $31 billion is needed during the next 12 months to develop medicines that will be effective against COVID-19, and make them available to all people, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners said on Friday

©- - 27 june 2020 - 06:23:54 - thread (431 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government has set terms for the use of  chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, according to a directive issued by the Minister of Health and Population, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo on Wednesday

©- - 27 may 2020 - 14:53:31 - thread (116 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A non-governmental British organization for relief, development and advocacy, Food for the Hungry, on Thursday over 10 million tablets of Albendazole drug to the Burundian government for deworming children aged up to 14 years

©- - 19 december 2019 - 14:23:22 - thread (243 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has taken a series of measures to rehabilitate the health system and ensure the efficient operation of health services, according to a document from the Ministry of Health received on Thursday by PANA

©- - 15 november 2019 - 08:27:44 - thread (196 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government is to establish an integrated pharmaceutical information system, "e-pharmacy", to ensure traceability, according to a decision of the Council of Ministers revealed on Wednesday

©- - 09 august 2019 - 13:47:31 - thread (211 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea is planning to set up a brigade for combating  the illicit sale of drugs, an official source said Tuesday in the country's capital, Conakry

©- - 16 april 2019 - 11:24:58 - thread (963 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has lauded the move by the South African government to release a new intellectual property (IP) policy that will stop the country’s process of blindly handing out patents, thus providing hope to people across the country who cannot afford the medicines they need to stay alive and healthy
©- - 04 june 2018 - 04:58:56 - thread (835 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Ministry of International Cooperation and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday signed a US$60 million agreement on a three-year procurement support to the Ministry of Health, the UN agency said in a press release
©- - 10 march 2016 - 18:04:26 - thread (323 words)


New York, US (PANA) - As the world celebrates the achievement of reaching 15 million people with HIV treatment and commits to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Tuesday reminded countries of the urgent need to ensure that new trade agreements under negotiation do not impede access to medicines
©- - 28 july 2015 - 21:20:08 - thread (560 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Experts of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) are meeting in Brazzaville, Congo, to review the Act of the African Union (AU) on the harmonization of registration for medicinal products, PANA learnt Wednesday from the Congolese Ministry of Health and Population
©- - 25 february 2015 - 14:54:02 - thread (133 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A nuclear medicine department equipped with the latest diagnostic and treatment equipment, has opened at the Tripoli Hospital, in a major move to reduce the overseas' evacuation of Libyan patients
©- - 16 may 2014 - 09:41:39 - thread (120 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Hospital care and medicines account for three quarters of the health expenditures from the income of the average Congolese, a situation that increases the poverty rate, the Director of health information and research, Richard Bilekot, disclosed here Wednesday
©- - 16 january 2014 - 14:06:01 - thread (159 words)