New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

25 april 2024 - 06:38:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF warns that pandemic ‘quickly becoming a child rights crisis'

13 may 2020 - 06:00:36
New York, US (PANA) - As the coronavirus outbreak enters its fifth month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said [...] Full text...

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Benin: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors sing to ban child marriage

20 july 2017 - 12:33:45
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Singer Angélique Kidjo and eight of Benin's other musical artists are urging parents not to marry [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO report says tobacco control can save billions of dollars, millions of lives

10 january 2017 - 15:56:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases, can generate significant government revenues [...] Full text...

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UN: UNESCO says philosophy is an art of living together

17 november 2016 - 15:42:05
New York, US (PANA) - Marking the World Philosophy Day, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is encouraging [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Every two seconds, a baby is born in a conflict zone' – UNICEF

18 december 2015 - 06:19:03
New York, UN (PANA) - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says more than 16 million babies in 2015 were [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Baby born in conflict zone every 2 seconds' – UNICEF

17 december 2015 - 17:45:06
New York, US (PANA) - More than 16 million babies in 2015 were born in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, South [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: FIFA salutes big names celebrating birthdays this week

04 january 2015 - 16:21:31
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - In its regular Sunday feature, FIFA.com presents fans with some of the biggest names in football [...] Full text...

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UN hails gains in combating HIV/AIDS, urges more action on 'zero discrimination'

01 december 2013 - 19:31:39
New York, US (PANA) - UN officials have welcomed the ''solid progress'' being made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian daily tasks AU on Africa's prospects beyond 50 years

27 may 2013 - 10:58:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - There’s a compelling need for the African leadership to inject into the African Union [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, partners launch global efforts check child deaths

15 june 2012 - 13:45:07
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has joined governments and partners from the private sector, civil [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, partners highlight benefits of breastfeeding to babies' health

01 august 2011 - 18:33:23
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners Monday outlined the benefits of breastfeeding to [...] Full text...

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Lagos govt. employs 6,020 for tree-planting programme

14 july 2009 - 16:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria's South West Lagos State, Tuesday said that 6,020 persons had been [...] Full text...

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