WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences

13 september 2022 - 14:30:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday issued the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of [...] Full text...

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Ghana approves GE cowpea crop for environmental and market release

30 july 2022 - 09:44:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's National Biosafety Authority has approved the release of the GE crop BT Cowpea into the [...] Full text...

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Senegal passes biosafety law to allow approval of GE products

12 july 2022 - 07:38:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese legislators have passed a new biosafety law establishing a process to allow the entry, research, [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for bold action to end 'suicidal war with nature'

12 october 2021 - 10:25:12
New York, US (PANA) - With more than a million species at risk of extinction, countries must work now to achieve a sustainable future for [...] Full text...

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WHO, Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis

24 may 2021 - 12:40:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swiss Confederation on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Angola becomes first country in Eastern and Southern Africa region to receive COVAX vaccines

03 march 2021 - 06:07:52
Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Angola on Tuesday received 624,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Sérum Institute of India [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisian medical team sent to assist Italy

11 april 2020 - 18:30:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian medical team was sent to Italy on Saturday to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Niger adopts law establishing fundamental principles of biotech risk prevention

18 october 2019 - 18:03:37
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's National Assembly on Friday passed a law setting out the fundamental principles of biosafety in [...] Full text...

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Gabon's livestock breeders get tips on biosafety in animals

31 august 2019 - 19:02:28
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - A training seminar for Gabonese livestock breeders focused on "Biosafety in livestock farming" ended on Saturday [...] Full text...

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NGO releases 'small-scale genetically modified sterile mosquitoes' in Burkina village

02 july 2019 - 05:46:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In continuing efforts to fight malaria, a medical research consortium that aims to develop and [...] Full text...

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Medical charity opens Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo's North Kivu region

17 august 2018 - 07:44:13
Mangina, DR Congo (PANA) - Taking a new step in its response to the current Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, [...] Full text...

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Stopping Avian Influenza in Togo (A feature by FAO)

06 may 2018 - 03:55:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Imagine an outbreak of a disease that wipes out your livestock and livelihood in a matter [...] Full text...

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USAID, FAO working together to pre-empt the next global pandemic

09 march 2018 - 10:51:24
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A United States-FAO partnership working to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of [...] Full text...

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Liberia: Liberia, US build public health institute, regional laboratory

06 october 2017 - 16:34:33
Monrovia, Liberia, October 6 (PANA) – Liberia and the United States have cut sod to construct the National Public Health [...] Full text...

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Mexico: Gov'ts make strong commitments to biodiversity at UN conference

20 december 2016 - 06:59:59
Cancun, Mexico (PANA) – Countries attending the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Mexico have reached agreements on actions to integrate [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Court dismisses suit against genetically modified food

30 october 2015 - 12:58:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra has dismissed the suit for interlocutory [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Mali confirms second Ebola fatality - WHO

12 november 2014 - 21:48:12
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mali’s Ministry of Health has confirmed the country’s second fatal case of Ebola virus disease - [...] Full text...

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UN: Stopping Ebola is our number one priority - UN envoy

12 november 2014 - 08:12:49
New York, US (PANA) - The Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Mr. Anthony Banbury, has said [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: WHO holds consultation on experimental Ebola vaccines

01 october 2014 - 19:12:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - More than 70 experts who took part in a World Health Organisation consultation on [...] Full text...

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Ghana: GMO controversy, resurgence of illegal mining played up in Ghana media

01 february 2014 - 07:05:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A raging controversy over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the resurgence of illegal mining, called “galamsey” [...] Full text...

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Moratorium on using live rinderpest virus lifted for approved research

10 july 2013 - 13:35:25
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A moratorium on using live rinderpest virus for approved research has been lifted by the Food [...] Full text...

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Modern technology panacea to Nigeria's food security - Envoy

17 october 2012 - 10:20:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria needs to adopt technologies that have been tested and tried in the leading countries of [...] Full text...

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Gates Foundation grants US$1.5m to NEPAD-ABNE

29 september 2011 - 12:08:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted US$1.5 million to the African Union’s NEPAD [...] Full text...

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COMESA region moves to embrace biotech in agric

08 december 2010 - 14:45:21
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The 21-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the continent's largest economic bloc, has [...] Full text...

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ACTESA concludes stakeholder consultations on regional biotechnology

21 april 2010 - 21:23:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) has made a number of [...] Full text...

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WHO supports research on genetically-modified mosquitoes

05 november 2009 - 16:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has supported on-goi ng research to sterilize the malaria-causing mosquito insects [...] Full text...

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Biotechnology debate rages on in Uganda

21 may 2009 - 10:05:00
Entebbe- Uganda (PANA) -- Amid concerns on the safety of genetically-modified cro ps and the cost of acquiring GM seeds [...] Full text...

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