WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola medicines, in its first guidelines [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 181 new cases
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded on 17 August 181 new confirmed infections of coronavirus (COVID-19), but no death, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 30 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus with all but one resulting from community transmission after tests on 795 samples, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 40 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's heath authorities on Friday announced that 40 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country in the last [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: WHO expert group recommends second booster for vulnerable groups
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster to older persons, pregnant women, health workers, people with weaker immune systems [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 33 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 33 new cases of coronavirus, all from community transmission, confirmed by tests carried out on 867 samples, the [...] Full text...
Guinea inaugurates ultra modern hospital
BBA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The President of Guinea's Transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, on Wednesday inaugurated the University Hospital Centre (CHU) of Donaka.
This follows seven years of [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 34 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's health authorities on Thursday announced that 34 new cases of coronavirus were detected out of 221 samples analysed over the [...] Full text...
Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths, the head [...] Full text...
UNICEF to procure 18 million doses of first malaria vaccine
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - UNICEF will soon acquire 18 million doses of the world's first malaria vaccine, the UN agency said in a statement.
The US$170 [...] Full text...
Libyan PM calls for medical programme for treatment of infertility
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has called for the launch of a special national [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records one new death, 82 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One death linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19)infection has been recorded in Libya from 82 new cases out of 280 samples analysed [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 22 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 22 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), comprising two imported cases and 20 cases resulting from community transmission confirmed [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Burundi records 174 new cases
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded in the last 24 hours 174 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) comprising 141 locally transmitted and 33 [...] Full text...
South Africa moves to contain foot-and-mouth disease
CU 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 [...] Full text...
South Africa donates medcaal equipment for lung-related diseases to Mauritius
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - South Africa on Tuesday donated medical equipment to treat lung-related diseases to Mauritius.
The Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, said the [...] Full text...
Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF
MA New York, US (PANA) - The pharmaceutical company, GSK, has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria vaccine so that millions more [...] Full text...
UNICEF secures supply of malaria vaccine for million more children
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of malaria vaccine to GSK valued at USD 170 million, a [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Tunisia records 28 deaths in one week
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 28 people died from the coronavirus (COVID-19) during the week, 8-14 August [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 45 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan health authorities say 45 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the last 24 hours out of 378 tests, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records one death
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Tuesday that a 70-year-old man died last Sunday at the hospital where he had been [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 59 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has detected 59 new cases of COVID-19 out of 220 samples analysed over the last 24 hours, representing a positivity [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records one new death ,77 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One new death linked to a COVID-19 infection has been recorded in Libya, which has detected 77 new cases out of [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Burundi records 372 new cases
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Sunday announced that it has recorded 372 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours after after tests [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Over 2.2 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,297,234 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the national pandemic vaccination campaign was [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 29 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 29 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), all from community transmission, confirmed by tests carried out on 857 samples, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports four deaths
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday reported four new deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government Information Service (GIS) said.
It also [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 76 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has detected 76 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out of 323 samples analysed during the last 24 hours, the National [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: CNT approves loan agreement to Guinea for purchase of medical products
BBA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The National Transitional Council (CNT), which has been acting as the National Assembly since the September 5 coup d'état in Guinea, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Burundi records 240 new cases
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 240 new cases of coronavirus, including 27 imported, have been detected in the country [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 146 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan health authorities have detected 146 new cases of coronavirus out of 442 samples tested over the last 24 hours, representing [...] Full text...
Rate of non-communicable diseases decline in Mauritius - Survey
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Thursday that the rate of non-communicable diseases (NCD) has reduced in the country.
Quoting [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records one new death, 97 new infections
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One new death linked to a COVID-19 infection has been recorded in Libya, which has detected 97 new infections out of [...] Full text...
WHO calls for optimising brain health to benefit people and society
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At some point in their life, one in three people will develop some type of neurological disorder – the leading cause [...] Full text...
Mauritius to gradually increase percentage of breastfeeding to 50%
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that an action plan has been developed to delineate the measures [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Burundi records 515 new cases
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded in the last 24 hours 515 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), comprising 466 from local transmission and 49 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 15 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), made up of one imported case and 18 cases resulting from community [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 54 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 54 new cases linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection out of 344 samples analyzed over the last 24 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Pandemic continues in Burundi
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has reported an average of 169 new community cases per day over the last three weeks, with an average daily [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 26 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 26 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), comprising one imported case and 25 cases resulting from community transmission confirmed [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 100 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 100 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases out of 283 samples tested during the last 24 hours, representing a positivity [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 94 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan health authorities say 94 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country out of 373 samples analysed [...] Full text...
Libya works on plan to prevent monkeypox
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the National Centre for Disease Control, Haider Al-Sayeh, discussed with a number of officials working in the health [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Over 2.2 million people vaccinated in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Over 2.2 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Libya since the launch of the national vaccination campaign in March 2021, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports two deaths
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities on Saturday reported two deaths that were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 28 July to 3 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya records 82 new cases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No new death linked to a coronavirus infection has been recorded in Libya, which has detected 82 new cases out of [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Senegal records 37 new cases
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 37 new cases of coronavirus, all from community transmission, confirmed by tests carried out on 962 samples, the [...] Full text...
Libyan govt evacuates injured people of fuel tanker explosion to Turkey and Spain
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Injured people from the explosion of a fuel tanker in the southern municipality of Bint Baya have been evacuated to Turkey [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso to distribute more than 16 million mosquito nets in malaria fight
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- The Burkinabe Ministry of Health will on 30 August launch the distribution of more than 16 million long-lasting impregnated mosquito nets [...] Full text...
Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years: WHO
MA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, has increased by almost 10 years, the [...] Full text...