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 Full text...
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Libya bans importation of medicines after expiry of one third of validity period
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, has decided to ban the import of medicines and medical products in all forms and types after the expiration of one third of their validity period Full text...
Libya-US cooperation in medical supplies to be discussed at meeting
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 Full text...
Libya disusses importation of Palestinian medical supplies at meeting
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 Full text...
UNICEF secures supply of malaria vaccine for million more children
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 Full text...
Rwanda chosen to host headquarters of African Medicines Agency
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Rwanda is to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) after a vote to select a host country, sources in Tunis said on Sunday Full text...
First electronic drug stock management system launched in Libya
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 Full text...
WHO prioritises access to diabetes, cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
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 Full text...
Coronavirus: South Africa firm to produce COVID-19 vaccines
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town’s Biovac Institute has secured a major contract to start production of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech next year Full text...
The Lomé Initiative for fight against fake medicines reviewed one year after launch
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 Full text...
Global partners require $31 billion to speed up COVID-19 medicines for all
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 Full text...
Congolese government sets terms for use of chloroquine
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 Full text...
Burkina Faso's Parliament ratifies African Medicines Agency Treaty
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Parliament has adopted the treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA), an official source said on Wednesday Full text...
Congo: Three CHU-B agents arrested for drug theft
Brazzazville, Congo (PANA) - The head of Congo's National Gendarmerie's Central Judicial Research Service, Lt-Col Full text...
British NGO donates deworming tables for children in Burundi
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 Full text...
Mauritania takes measures to rehabilitate health system
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 Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire: Fight against fake medicines focused on reorganisation of the profession of pharmacy
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Dr Full text...
Benin to set up integrated pharmaceutical information system
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 Full text...
Ivorian Ministry of Health and UPSA laboratory form partnership against street drugs
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (PANA) - The Ivorian minister of health and public hygiene, Eugène Aka Aouélé, and the Union of Laboratory Applied Scientific Pharmacology (UPSA) Friday jointly launched a campaign against the purchase of street medicines Full text...
Guinea declares war on parallel drugs markets
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 Full text...