WHO intensifies DRC Ebola outbreak response
MA Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns acid spill in Zambia's copperbelt jeopardises residents’ health
MA Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – A human rights watchdog on Thursday urged the Zambian authorities to address recent reports that polluted water and soil from [...] Full text...
‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health [...] Full text...
Sudanese doctors: Seven dead, 350 others Infected in cholera outbreak in Kassala State
MO Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network has announced that an outbreak of cholera in Kassala State, eastern Sudan, has so far led to [...] Full text...
Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns
MA New York, US (PANA) - For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age [...] Full text...
IOM deploys team to support national Ebola response in DRC
MA Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is responding to a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province, central Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
WHO adds breakthrough cancer and diabetes medicines to essential list
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking an important step in improving equitable access to life-saving health products worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its [...] Full text...
New Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo
MA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai [...] Full text...
MSF's new international president Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim assumes work
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as its new International President. The Sudanese-Iranian emergency medicine doctor [...] Full text...
WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released by the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
Sudanese health ministry says no chemical weapons used in Khartoum
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The Sudanese Ministry of health has dismissed widespread rumours about the possible use and residues of chemical warfare in Khartoum.The rumours [...] Full text...
African health leaders, partners call for greater investment in integrated NCD services
MA Lusaka, Lusaka (PANA) — African health ministers and partners are calling for increased investment in integrated health services to address the growing burden of severe [...] Full text...
African health ministers adopt strategy to bolster rehabilitation health services
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African health ministers have adopted a crucial regional strategy to strengthen and fully integrate rehabilitation services into public health systems across [...] Full text...
African health ministers commit to strengthen emergency preparedness and response
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Across the African continent, fragile health systems are often the first to falter when crisis strikes, with profound impacts on lives [...] Full text...
From outbreaks to sustainability: African ministers commit to accelerate polio endgame
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – African health ministers have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the gains of eradication that have [...] Full text...
WHO Africa, International Vaccine Institute sign agreement to boost vaccine production in Africa
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...
African health ministers call for urgent action as progress against malaria stalls
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Progress against malaria in the African region has significantly slowed down, with cases declining by just 5% since 2015 and mortality [...] Full text...
Libyan Ministry of Health, WHO discuss establishment of system to manage pharmaceutical needs
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary-General of the Tripoli-based Ministry of Health, Mohamed al-Ghouj, has spoken with the Deputy Representative of the World Health [...] Full text...
One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite progress over the past decade, billions worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, leaving them vulnerable [...] Full text...
African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on Monday adopted a pivotal framework [...] Full text...
Africa steps up malaria fight with new commitments and accountability scorecard
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Ministers of Health, partners, and global health leaders convening on the sidelines of the Seventy Fifth WHO Regional Committee for Africa [...] Full text...
African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on Monday adopted a pivotal framework [...] Full text...
Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad
MA N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from the Darfur region cross the [...] Full text...
US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure on global health, especially in [...] Full text...
Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following a deadly attack on [...] Full text...
African ministers kick off regional forum on health
MA Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health on Monday opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the [...] Full text...
Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
MA New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to protect civilian populations, with health [...] Full text...
Sudan doctors: Seven people killed,13 injured in RSF attack
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The Sudanese charity organisation, Doctors Networks, has reported that seven civilians, including two toddlers, were killed and 13 others injured on [...] Full text...
Libyan health ministry and African Centre for Disease Control officials discuss transboundary diseases
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of Libya's Ministry of Health and African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention met on Tuesday in Tripoli to discuss [...] Full text...
Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water
MA Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across Somalia – have lost access [...] Full text...
Sudan: MSF suspends activities at Zalingei hospital following armed attack
MA Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been forced to reduce its teams and suspend all activities at [...] Full text...
“I had to be there”: The doctor who healed Goma’s wounds (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)
MA Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In late January, when Goma fell to the M23 rebels, Dr. Thierno Baldé was one of the last international staff members [...] Full text...
Libya instals insulin equipment to treat diabetic children at Tripoli hospital
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary-General of Libya's Ministry of Health Mohamed al-Ghouj, has visited the Al-Jalaa hospital in Tripoli to inspect the installation [...] Full text...
Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its funding for international aid, hundreds [...] Full text...
Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, driven by conflict and poverty, [...] Full text...
Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization
MA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the [...] Full text...
WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new recommendation supporting the use of spatial emanators, introducing a new class [...] Full text...
MSF: War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International medical and charity organisation, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), says that war has fuelled cholera outbreak across Sudan with over [...] Full text...
Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns
MA Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines are totally out of stock, [...] Full text...
Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges
MA Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing hospitals, critically malnourished children, and [...] Full text...
Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso (Feature by WHO)
MA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – "During my first pregnancy three years ago, I had to travel 45 km just to have get an ultrasound. I [...] Full text...
Libya and Serbia discuss activating agreements in the field of health
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary-General of the Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity and Acting Minister, Mohamed al-Ghouj, and [...] Full text...
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public [...] Full text...
Forum discusses proposal to establish sovereign fund for health in Libya
BBA Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - At the conclusion of its proceedings, the first National Forum for the Development of Health Systems in Libya recommended the creation [...] Full text...
Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four countries finding that 60 per [...] Full text...
WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency [...] Full text...
WHO consultations bring urgency, hope to health worker migration crisis
MA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – When health experts across the World Health Organisation (WHO) African region, logged into the virtual WHO consultation on 30 July 2025, [...] Full text...
Gates Foundation announces catalytic funding to spark new era of women-centered research and Innovation
MA Seattle, US (PANA) - The Gates Foundation has announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s [...] Full text...
Doctors warn against potential tragedies among Darfur IDPs
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network on Sunday reported 39 confirmed cholera cases, including three deaths, in Masal Camp for Internally Displaced [...] Full text...
Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests [...] Full text...