WFP scales up operations to reach millions in Sudan
22 november 2024 - 20:23:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A World Food Programme (WFP) convoy arrived in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan, [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A World Food Programme (WFP) convoy arrived in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan, [...] Full text...
33 million people could face hunger in Nigeria next year
13 november 2024 - 05:26:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for lifesaving support in Nigeria, where record inflation, climate shocks [...] Full text...
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Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger - UN
18 october 2024 - 05:02:33New York, US (PANA) - More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action
26 september 2024 - 05:46:56New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Vital aid supplies running low as schools hit in further strikes
22 august 2024 - 16:00:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are [...] Full text...
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UN airlifts ‘lifeline’ for Burkina Faso’s communities in need
17 august 2024 - 06:43:47Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The dual-rotor helicopter touching down on Fada N’gourma’s dusty airstrip is a game changer for [...] Full text...
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More support for breastfeeding could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say
01 august 2024 - 05:06:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have called [...] Full text...
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Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report
24 july 2024 - 17:58:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going [...] Full text...
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Attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso force thousands into neighbouring Niger
23 july 2024 - 13:12:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by non-State armed groups have forced thousands to [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
23 july 2024 - 06:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: More than 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher with supplies running out, warns WHO
16 july 2024 - 13:05:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger and fear of famine stalk Sudan where a staggering 800,000 people still remain trapped in [...] Full text...
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Drought emergency in Zambia sets child marriage, HIV and hunger on the rise
12 july 2024 - 12:01:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - In Zambia’s drought-hit Southern, Western, Central and Lusaka Provinces, acute malnutrition is high among pregnant and [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Over 50,000 children at risk of ‘severe wasting’
22 june 2024 - 00:10:47Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Almost 52,000 children under the age of five in Zambia are at risk of severe wasting [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza
20 june 2024 - 12:06:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis, warn UN agencies
31 may 2024 - 09:22:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three United Nations agencies have issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant [...] Full text...
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EC signs off on measures to make EU mercury-free
30 may 2024 - 13:59:51Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council (EC) on Thursday adopted a regulation to completely ban the use of dental [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle
16 may 2024 - 13:05:06Manama, Bahrain (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Underweight babies, heavy fighting and a hospital reopening
15 may 2024 - 17:43:20Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid some of the fiercest reported fighting in Gaza yet, UN humanitarians on Wednesday repeated warnings [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossings
07 may 2024 - 11:44:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid ongoing uncertainty about a ceasefire in Gaza and an escalation of the military operation in Rafah, UN [...] Full text...
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Health charity warns of catastrophic malnutrition crisis in Sudan's Zamzam camp
02 may 2024 - 06:56:56Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Health charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says in response to the escalating fighting in North [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in Gaza, urges UN chief, on first day of Ramadan
11 march 2024 - 15:34:24New York, US (PANA) - A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...
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North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger
05 march 2024 - 19:19:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first [...] Full text...
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New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
05 march 2024 - 18:41:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA warns of lack of functioning health centres in Gaza
25 february 2024 - 05:23:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said just seven of its 23 health centres [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT
24 february 2024 - 10:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian crisis escalates in eastern DR Congo due to fresh clashes, flooding
20 february 2024 - 14:47:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The humanitarian crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached critical levels as [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’
20 february 2024 - 05:39:14Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Medical charity calls for urgent response amid high death rates, malnutrition crisis in North Darfur
05 february 2024 - 16:17:29Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is calling for the mass mobilization of the international community [...] Full text...
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European Council to start talks with Parliament on phasing out mercury in the EU
30 january 2024 - 15:43:35Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday adopted its negotiating mandate for talks with the European Parliament on [...] Full text...
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Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza
05 january 2024 - 18:30:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: WFP condemns looting at warehouse
29 december 2023 - 05:29:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of life-saving food supplies from its [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Starvation must never be allowed to happen, says UN rights chief
22 december 2023 - 17:28:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the UN Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF
19 december 2023 - 14:57:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is by far the most dangerous place in the world to be a child and [...] Full text...
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Insecurity pushes more than 1 in 10 children into acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso
01 december 2023 - 10:52:13Ouagadougu, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Insecurity is pushing more than 1 in 10 children under the age of 5 into [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN agency heads unite in urgent plea for women and children in Gaza
22 november 2023 - 21:03:02New York, US (PANA) - The heads of three UN agencies on Wednesday highlighted the disproportionate suffering faced by women [...] Full text...
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WHO issues new guideline to tackle acute malnutrition in children under five
20 november 2023 - 20:34:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is advancing the global fight against acute malnutrition in children under [...] Full text...
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Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war
04 october 2023 - 05:34:26Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A hunger emergency is looming for scores of South Sudanese families fleeing the war in [...] Full text...
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Nurturing future generations through breastfeeding (A UN feature)
06 august 2023 - 07:47:39Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in [...] Full text...
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Breastfeeding rates remain low in Mauritius - Health Minister
03 august 2023 - 07:44:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Breastfeeding rates remain low in Mauritius, the Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailash Jagutpal has observed, [...] Full text...
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‘Let’s make breastfeeding at work, work’, urge UN agencies
01 august 2023 - 18:13:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasising the need for greater breastfeeding [...] Full text...
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Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’
13 july 2023 - 16:35:05New York, US (PANA) - There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political [...] Full text...
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Mauritius’ priority is to empower girls and women - Health ministry
11 july 2023 - 08:15:11Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – On World Population Day, which falls on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has highlighted [...] Full text...
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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa
06 july 2023 - 05:53:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency [...] Full text...
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WFP temporality halts food aid to Ethiopia
09 june 2023 - 13:07:51Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it is temporarily halting food [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Violence likely to spark record levels of hunger - UN humanitarians
10 may 2023 - 14:57:12Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The grim prospect of record hunger levels in Sudan is becoming more likely by the [...] Full text...
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Reports say there was low turnout in Gambia's local government election
16 april 2023 - 19:29:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A report of the Civil Society Organization (CSO) on Local Government Elections in the Gambia, has [...] Full text...
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92pct of rural population without access to proper hand washing in Burundi
22 march 2023 - 16:44:36Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In Burundi, 92% of the rural population do not have access to hand washing with soap [...] Full text...
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WFP delivers nutrition assistance to people cut off by conflict in eastern DRC
11 february 2023 - 08:20:03Goma, DRC (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has for the first time in four months delivered [...] Full text...
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WHO scientist slams ‘big formula milk companies’
09 february 2023 - 06:04:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Calling for a swift crackdown on infant formula corporations’ exploitative marketing tactics, a leading World Health [...] Full text...
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African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
02 february 2023 - 05:17:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in [...] Full text...
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Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya: UNFPA
13 january 2023 - 06:51:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The hardship being felt across the Horn of Africa by the worst drought in 40 years has left [...] Full text...
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Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Kenya's Turkana County
28 december 2022 - 05:22:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the [...] Full text...
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Feature - Climate Change: Inside struggles of Gambian flood victims
28 november 2022 - 18:10:46Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A 22-year-old young man from Tobacco Road, the hardest hit area by the latest flash [...] Full text...
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WHO urges immediate skin to skin contact for babies born prematurely
16 november 2022 - 05:53:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Premature babies should be given skin to skin contact immediately after birth to improve their survival [...] Full text...
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UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls in Kenya
23 october 2022 - 04:51:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 [...] Full text...
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WFP reaches record numbers with food and nutrition support in Somalia
20 october 2022 - 12:33:30Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance to record [...] Full text...
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UN relief chief appeals for concerted action to tackle deadly heatwave threat
11 october 2022 - 06:06:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and risk overwhelming the world’s aid response, unless [...] Full text...
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WFP in Kenya welcomes record funding from US government to fight hunger
25 september 2022 - 09:56:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$194.5 million from the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius sees decline in birth rate, says Health Minister
06 september 2022 - 09:47:52Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness of Mauritius, Kailesh Jagutpal, has observed that the birth rate [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola
20 august 2022 - 05:26:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to gradually increase percentage of breastfeeding to 50%
10 august 2022 - 08:20:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, has said that an action plan has been [...] Full text...
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UN, Ethiopian agencies appeal for funding to continue feeding over 750,000 refugees
09 august 2022 - 13:27:17Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches National Breastfeeding Action Plan 2022-2027
02 august 2022 - 07:59:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday launched a National Breastfeeding Action Plan 2022-2027 [...] Full text...
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New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
02 august 2022 - 05:29:36New York, US (PANA) - While more than three-quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of [...] Full text...
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Breastfeeding: ‘More critical than ever’ start to life
02 august 2022 - 05:18:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It’s more critical than ever to begin life as a newborn being breastfed, according to the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to launch five-year National Action Plan on Breastfeeding
23 july 2022 - 06:42:14Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness will introduce the 2022-2027 National Action Plan on Breastfeeding [...] Full text...
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UAE contributes $60 million to Ethiopia's humanitarian support appeal
19 july 2022 - 12:18:17Addis Ababa (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed $60 million from the United Arab Emirates [...] Full text...
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Japan partners with WFP to strengthen food security in Cameroon
09 july 2022 - 05:32:30Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$1.2 million contribution from the Government [...] Full text...
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
06 july 2022 - 16:49:55Rome/New York, UN (PANA) - The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards [...] Full text...
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Conflict, drought, dwindling food support, threaten lives of 20 million in Ethiopia
23 june 2022 - 18:54:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict [...] Full text...
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Baby formula industry must end 'misleading and aggressive’ online marketing: WHO
29 april 2022 - 15:45:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The $55 billion baby formula industry must end exploitative online marketing targeting parents, particularly mothers, the [...] Full text...
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Scale up action to combat child malnutrition in Africa’s Sahel: UN agencies
07 april 2022 - 04:54:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An estimated 6.3 million children under-five in six countries in Africa’s Sahel region will suffer from [...] Full text...
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Gambian women raise concern about access to maternity health facilities
31 march 2022 - 10:00:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has said dozens of women in the West African nation [...] Full text...
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WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth
30 march 2022 - 14:53:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and [...] Full text...
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WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
04 march 2022 - 16:11:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guidelines on COVID-19 therapeutics to include a [...] Full text...
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UN report paints bleak picture of food situation in Ethiopian regions formerly affected by conflict
10 february 2022 - 21:01:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations has warned that malnutrition rates among children and pregnant and lactating women in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Guterres asks for immediate cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia
02 february 2022 - 05:56:25New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary General on Tuesday made the “strongest possible appeal” for all parties in Ethiopia to immediately end [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: WFP paints bleak picture of humanitarian situation
28 january 2022 - 17:51:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After 15 months of conflict in Ethiopia, almost 40 per cent of Tigrayans are suffering [...] Full text...
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UNFPA says $835 million needed for ‘lifesaving’ reproductive healthcare in crisis settings
14 december 2021 - 06:00:57New York, US (PANA) - Life-saving sexual and reproductive health services are more vital than ever, the UN Population Fund [...] Full text...
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World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
30 november 2021 - 05:04:17New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian conflict: Some 9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ in northern Ethiopia : WFP
26 november 2021 - 19:58:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new virus-related deaths
06 november 2021 - 14:43:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded three new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 83 new confirmed infections, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 278 new cases, one death
04 september 2021 - 08:37:44Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Saturday they have in the last 24 hours identified 278 [...] Full text...
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EU helps WFP provide food assistance to people at risk of famine in South Sudan
03 september 2021 - 15:53:06Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on expressed its gratefulness for an additional contribution [...] Full text...
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EU supports Uganda to improve local response to food security shocks in Karamoja region
01 september 2021 - 13:24:15Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: WFP delivers food to another 1 million in Tigray, but only reaches half of those in need
09 august 2021 - 15:19:12Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food to over a million people in [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to introduce national action plan on breastfeeding
05 august 2021 - 06:54:53Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jaguptal, said that a national action plan [...] Full text...
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Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: WHO, UNICEF chiefs
03 august 2021 - 05:56:03New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials are urging Governments to make breastfeeding-friendly environments a priority, in line [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: More than 100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
30 july 2021 - 15:51:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the [...] Full text...
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Saudi Arabia supports WFP refugee operations in Tanzania
29 july 2021 - 14:01:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday welcomed a contribution of 36 metric [...] Full text...
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Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns
21 july 2021 - 22:24:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that [...] Full text...
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Germany supports WFP's life-saving food assistance to vulnerable families in South Sudan
22 june 2021 - 15:52:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €5.7 million (US$6.68 [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Goma volcano eruption displaces 415,700 people as IOM prepares response
01 june 2021 - 16:00:41Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano, in eastern DR Congo, has forced more than 415,000 people, nearly half [...] Full text...
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Republic of Korea gives US$400,000 for WFP emergency response in Ethiopia's Tigray region
09 may 2021 - 04:33:00Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$400,000 contribution from the Government [...] Full text...
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Japan backs fight against hunger, malnutrition in DR Congo
25 march 2021 - 07:46:41Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Japan has given US$8.3 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to to help [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: WFP seeks US$170 million to respond to food security emergency in Tigray
25 march 2021 - 07:38:51Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun providing emergency food assistance to vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Keeping mothers and babies together could save more than 125,000 lives - WHO
16 march 2021 - 15:34:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to improve maternal, new-born and child health
25 february 2021 - 07:02:45Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday launched a Maternal and Child Health Handbook, aiming at empowering women [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone, says WHO
11 february 2021 - 06:10:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel countered concerns over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine on Wednesday, insisting that “it’s the [...] Full text...
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Governments, humanitarian partners responding to needs generated by Cyclone Eloise
28 january 2021 - 09:21:46Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - At least 265,000 people have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise as it took a westward [...] Full text...
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Republic of Korea offers US$ 500,000 to combat malnutrition in DR Congo
24 december 2020 - 17:33:52Kinshasa, DR Congo ( PANA) - The Republic of Korea has donated US$ 500,000 to the World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...
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Conflicts, floods, COVID -19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
18 december 2020 - 18:59:33Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of [...] Full text...
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UN official narrates heartbreaking stories of refugees fleeing Ethiopia violence
20 november 2020 - 06:39:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan has recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘No silver bullet’ to combat virus, says UN health agency chief
03 august 2020 - 19:57:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is “no silver bullet” to combat COVID-19, and there might never be”, the head of [...] Full text...
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UNICEF, WHO urge governments to promote skilled breastfeeding counselling
31 july 2020 - 14:18:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are calling on [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Dozens of dogs savagely killed in their refuge
24 july 2020 - 00:02:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A horrible video showing dozens of dogs being savagely massacred in the Tunisian southern city of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Health experts concerned about indirect effects of virus on women, youth
13 june 2020 - 08:24:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about its [...] Full text...
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Countries need to do more to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, says UN
28 may 2020 - 05:10:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns
07 may 2020 - 05:12:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 116 million babies have been born since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN celebrates midwives because ‘childbirth doesn’t stop for pandemics’
06 may 2020 - 06:53:36New York, US (PANA) - With many national health systems totally overwhelmed by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, midwives are demonstrating [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN agencies pledge scaled-up efforts to protect uprooted children
21 april 2020 - 05:09:41New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agency chiefs are pledging to accelerate work to expand refugee children’s access to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
16 april 2020 - 19:34:01New York, US (PANA) - The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches National Roadmap Framework to improve maternal, newborn and child health
03 february 2020 - 17:07:23Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Monday launched the National Roadmap Framework (NRF), meant to achieve a nation of healthy [...] Full text...
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Burundian president pardons large category of detainees this year
02 january 2020 - 21:24:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza Thursday pardoned a large number of prisoners on the occasion of his [...] Full text...
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British NGO donates deworming tables for children in Burundi
19 december 2019 - 14:23:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A non-governmental British organization for relief, development and advocacy, Food for the Hungry, on Thursday over [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe ‘facing worst hunger crisis in a decade’: WFP official
04 december 2019 - 09:12:16Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is facing its worst hunger crisis in a decade with half of the population – [...] Full text...
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Rwandan First lady calls for reduction of gender inequalities to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa
02 december 2019 - 12:02:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Monday called on all stakeholders to join hands to reduce [...] Full text...
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Burundian First Lady launches World Breastfeeding Week
29 november 2019 - 17:30:25Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Global Awareness Week on the Benefits of Breastfeeding, 2019 edition, was launched Friday in Ngozi [...] Full text...
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Zimbabweans pushed to the brink in the face of drought and economic meltdown
27 november 2019 - 13:00:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) says millions of Zimbabweans are on the brink of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: National demographic and health survey says Nigeria has made progress in promoting wellbeing of citizens
05 november 2019 - 19:07:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), released on Tuesday in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, said [...] Full text...
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UNICEF warns 'alarmingly high' number of children malnourished worldwide
15 october 2019 - 19:37:44New York, US (PANA) - Across the globe, at least one-in-three children under-five are malnourished and not developing properly, UNICEF revealed [...] Full text...
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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF
15 october 2019 - 14:01:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An alarmingly high number of children sufferer the consequences of poor diets and a food system [...] Full text...
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EU grants five million euros to Finnish Red Cross to support 76,500 food insecure Zimbabweans
09 october 2019 - 23:28:05New York, USA (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Wednesday granted five million euros in financial aid to the Finnish [...] Full text...
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Rights group raises red flags about lead contamination of children in Zambia
23 august 2019 - 12:12:29Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch warned on Friday that lead exposure around a former lead and zinc [...] Full text...
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ICRC hails vital contribution of humanitarian workers
19 august 2019 - 13:52:26Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Marking World Humanitarian Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday praised [...] Full text...
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Fertility has remained stable in Benin since 1996, says survey
13 august 2019 - 12:50:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A survey conducted by the Benin's National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis has found that [...] Full text...
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Niger health authorities advocate exclusive breastfeeding for growth and survival of children
01 august 2019 - 18:08:28Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Public Health, Dr. Illiassou Mainassara, on Thursday urged Nigerien women to focus on [...] Full text...
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UN agencies, partners reiterate importance of breastfeeding
01 august 2019 - 05:57:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world celebrates this year's World Breastfeeding Week from Thursday, two UN agencies and partners [...] Full text...
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Burundi: About 100 cases of cholera reported in Bujumbura and surrounding areas
12 july 2019 - 15:26:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A hundred cases of cholera have been reported in Bujumbura and the surrounding economic capital of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to ratify ILO’s Maternity Protection Convention 2000
08 june 2019 - 06:35:39Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will ratify the Maternity Protection Convention 2000 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that [...] Full text...
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World celebrates Global Day of Parents
01 june 2019 - 15:21:32New York, US (PANA) - On the Global Day of Parents, UNICEF is urging support for parents to give children [...] Full text...
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World-Bank supported interventions contribute to health and nutrition gains in Gambia
01 june 2019 - 00:06:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia made encouraging improvements in health and nutrition in the past five years, according to [...] Full text...
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UN agencies appeal for US$1.3 billion for humanitarian response in Ethiopia
20 may 2019 - 21:35:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A humanitarian crisis is building up in Ethiopia after months of communal violence, drought and [...] Full text...
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Japan grants US$3 million assistance for Malian refugees in Mauritania
10 april 2019 - 08:57:17Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Japanese government has granted a US$3 million humanitarian assistance to Malian refugees in the MBera [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Cyclone Idai: 300 feared dead in Zimbabwe
20 march 2019 - 08:08:49Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - At least 300 are feared dead from category three storm, Cyclone Idai, which ravaged eastern Manicaland [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Cyclone Idai: 300 feared dead in Zimbabwe
20 march 2019 - 08:05:05Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - At least 300 are feared dead from category three storm, Cyclone Idai, which ravaged eastern Manicaland [...] Full text...
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Pregnant, nursing women can now be given Ebola vaccine - WHO
22 february 2019 - 06:58:20Beijing, China (PANA) - Reversing an earlier decision, the World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends vaccinating pregnant and breastfeeding women [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS prevalence rate declines by 25 percent in Cape Verde
21 february 2019 - 13:18:21Praia, Cape-Verde (PANA) – The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Cape Verde dropped from 0.8 percent in 2005 to 0.6 percent [...] Full text...
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Congo wants to regulate the sale of breast-milk substitutes
24 january 2019 - 09:41:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government wants to regulate the sale of breast milk substitutes through the adoption of [...] Full text...
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Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says
11 september 2018 - 11:27:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, [...] Full text...
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'Mauritius committed to promote breastfeeding'
08 august 2018 - 07:42:35Port-Louis, Mauritius, (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Dr Anwar Husnoo has said that the government is [...] Full text...
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AfDB calls for greater push for breastfeeding to jumpstart wellbeing of future generation
03 august 2018 - 13:38:10Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As World Breastfeeding Week is being celebrated this week, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has [...] Full text...
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UNICEF reiterates importance of breastfeeding to save newborn lives
31 july 2018 - 05:42:46New York, US (PANA) - Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first [...] Full text...
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MSF calls for end to arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants disembarked in Libya
25 july 2018 - 10:38:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an end to the arbitrary detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and [...] Full text...
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UN expert raises red flags about deteriorating rights situation in Mali
04 july 2018 - 19:26:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A senior United Nations rights expert on Wednesday decried the “alarming” deterioration of the security, human [...] Full text...
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UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave
14 june 2018 - 05:42:36New York, US (PANA) - Almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one live in countries where [...] Full text...
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UNICEF calls for narrowing of 'breastfeeding gaps' between rich and poor
10 may 2018 - 05:51:46New York, UN (PANA) – As the world celebrates Mother's Day this weekend, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) is calling [...] Full text...
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UN advises hospitals to help mothers breastfeed
11 april 2018 - 22:38:04New York, US (PANA) - Breastfeeding within the first hour of birth protects newborns from infections and saves lives, United [...] Full text...
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Kenyan breastfeeding mothers face rape threats at state-run hospital
19 january 2018 - 11:39:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Mothers of new-borns at a state-owned Kenyan hospital have narrated rape ordeals usually perpetrated by healthcare [...] Full text...
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Nearly 386,000 children will be born worldwide on New Year’s Day, says UNICEF
01 january 2018 - 04:14:37New York, USA (PANA) – Approximately 386,000 babies will be born on New Year’s Day, the UN Children's Fund [...] Full text...
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FAO, WFP step up efforts to alleviate hunger in Greater Kasai
20 december 2017 - 11:18:53Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Against a backdrop of intense human suffering, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and [...] Full text...
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Experts take stock of progress, challenges in tackling HIV among children, young adults
04 december 2017 - 10:14:31Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As thousands of international delegates converge in Abidjan, Côte d’ Ivoire for the bi-annual Conference [...] Full text...
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Germany provides critical humanitarian aid for refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda
30 november 2017 - 18:33:57Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Germany has contributed EUR 2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...
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Pneumonia, world's deadliest disease; kills two children every minute, says Save the Children
02 november 2017 - 12:03:30London, UK (PANA) - Nearly one million children a year are dying from pneumonia even though it can be treated [...] Full text...
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7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality - Report
19 october 2017 - 06:08:05New York, USA (PANA) – Every day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 per cent of [...] Full text...
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Mali: UNICEF warns of nutrition crisis affecting 165,000 children in Mali
09 october 2017 - 17:19:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A nutrition crisis, exacerbated by continuing violence, instability and displacement, is threatening the lives and futures [...] Full text...
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Kenya: WFP cuts food rations for refugees in Kenya
03 october 2017 - 06:42:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – For 420,000 refugees living in northern Kenya, insufficient funding has forced the United Nations food relief [...] Full text...
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US: ‘Only 15 countries have 3 essential policies that support families with young children’
21 september 2017 - 09:33:08New York, US (PANA) - Only 15 countries worldwide have three basic national policies that help guarantee the time and [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: All countries fail to meet breastfeeding standards - New report
01 august 2017 - 09:11:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment, AIDS-related deaths halved since 2005
20 july 2017 - 13:09:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has released a new report showing that for [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Spectre of malnutrition, diseases, conflict threatens survival in Horn of Africa, Great Lakes
07 july 2017 - 10:58:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Acute malnutrition, especially among refugees and children under five, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers remains [...] Full text...
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US: Investments in poor children save more lives per dollar spent, new UNICEF study says
28 june 2017 - 05:58:06New York, US (PANA) – Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities provides more [...] Full text...
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Belgium: EC moves to enhance protection against mercury pollution
16 december 2016 - 10:59:29Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council's Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) on Friday agreed that mercury pollution needs to be [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS says 18.2 million people on anti-retroviral therapy
21 november 2016 - 19:02:09New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Monday stated that [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius becomes 46th nation to launch CARMMA
03 november 2016 - 14:32:55Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has become the 46th African nation to join the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF says most children receive inadequate nutrition
14 october 2016 - 18:36:34New York, US (PANA) - Five out of six children worldwide under two years old are not receiving adequate nutrition [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: '100,000 people trapped in Yei, South Sudan', UNHCR warns
30 september 2016 - 16:43:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent humanitarian assistance is needed for some 100,000 people trapped in the South Sudanese town of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian population urged to support breastfeeding mothers
04 august 2016 - 17:39:51Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health Minister Anil Gayan on Thursday urged fathers, relatives, neighbours and health care professionals to [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF stresses need for breastfeeding to save babies
29 july 2016 - 19:01:34New York, US (PANA) - Some 77 million of the world’s newborns - or 1 in 2 - are exposed [...] Full text...
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UN: Adolescents dying of AIDS at alarming rate, UNICEF warns
19 july 2016 - 07:01:10New York, US (PANA) - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) says an average of 29 adolescents between the ages of 15 [...] Full text...
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UN: WFP warns on worsening food, nutrition status in South Sudan
24 june 2016 - 16:50:23New York, US (PANA) - Despite some recent political progress in South Sudan, a deteriorating food and nutrition situation, economic [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambia places sixth in exclusive breast feeding rating
14 june 2016 - 15:56:21Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has made great progress in promoting exclusive breast feeding, becoming the sixth highest in the [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Most countries lack adequate laws to protect, promote breastfeeding'
09 may 2016 - 20:38:27New York, US (PANA) - Laws to protect breastfeeding against the growing multi-billion-dollar breast-milk substitute business are inadequate in most [...] Full text...
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UN: UN agencies support drought-affected communities in northern Somalia
11 april 2016 - 15:59:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are intensifying joint efforts [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF says 87 million children under seven spent lives in conflict zones
24 march 2016 - 15:50:31New York, US (PANA) - More than 86.7 million children under the age of seven have spent their entire lives [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius introduces Pneumococcal Vaccine
24 march 2016 - 12:28:09Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday introduced the Pneumococcal Vaccine to its Expanded Programme on Immunisation as recommended [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Increasing breastfeeding could save 800,000 children a year
29 january 2016 - 11:59:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major new Series on breastfeeding, published in medical journal, “The Lancet”, finds that despite strong [...] Full text...
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UN: Governments must act to reverse rise in childhood obesity, UN report warns
25 january 2016 - 18:45:34New York, US (PANA) - Facing a global epidemic in childhood obesity with the number of overweight children under five [...] Full text...
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UN: UN launches US$25 billion strategy to end preventable deaths of mothers, children
26 september 2015 - 18:33:53New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable deaths of women, [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Global report says malnutrition exists in every country
15 september 2015 - 20:45:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according [...] Full text...
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Kenya: World effort to cut infant mortality nearly cuts deaths by half; strong show in Africa
09 september 2015 - 21:14:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World nearly hit the target of cutting the death of children by half from the [...] Full text...
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US: 'Child mortality rates drops by over half since 1990'
09 september 2015 - 09:57:13New York, US (PANA) - Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: WHO, partners successfully battling cholera outbreak in South Sudan
12 august 2015 - 15:17:42Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are battling South Sudan’s on-going cholera outbreak, providing [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: High Caesarean Section rate to be investigated in Mauritius
04 august 2015 - 13:09:01Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will conduct a study to identify the reasons behind the high Caesarean sections (CS) rate [...] Full text...
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UN: UN officials call for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothers
03 august 2015 - 19:25:17New York, US (PANA) - The UN is marking the annual World Breastfeeding Week by highlighting the vital importance of [...] Full text...
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WHO: Cuba is 1st country to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission, syphilis
30 june 2015 - 15:31:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cuba on Tuesday became the first country in the world to receive validation from the World [...] Full text...
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UN: 'UN partnership saves millions of women, children’s lives'
10 march 2015 - 20:47:57New York, US (PANA) - Since 2010, 2.4 million lives of women and children have been saved in the 49 [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF, David Beckham launch new initiative to boost funding for children
09 february 2015 - 20:50:51New York, US (PANA) - International football icon and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador, David Beckham, on Monday announced [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO urges greater government action against non-communicable diseases
19 january 2015 - 20:12:59New York, US (PANA) - The international community has an opportunity to reverse the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) [...] Full text...
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Sudan: ECHO extends €1.3 million to address emergency levels of malnutrition in Sudan
12 january 2015 - 17:54:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) has donated an additional Euros [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Protracted conflict displaces millions of cattle in South Sudan
31 december 2014 - 19:14:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As South Sudan’s livestock owners flee the country’s conflict, a “silent emergency” has emerged [...] Full text...
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Italy: Growing concern for S/Sudan's herders as conflict displaces millions of cattle
31 december 2014 - 11:53:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - As South Sudan's livestock owners have fled the ongoing conflict, millions of animals have been displaced, [...] Full text...
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Congo: How to save the lives of newborns in Africa (WHOAFRO Features)
18 december 2014 - 12:57:11Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - According to a new WHO report, one third of all neonatal deaths occur in the African [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Malnutrition exposes African population to serious health risks - IFPRI
13 november 2014 - 18:08:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In spite of increased spending on social protection in many African countries, half of them [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Food expert urges appropriate strategies to address 'hidden hunger' in Sub-Sahara Africa
21 october 2014 - 17:08:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Sub-Sahara Africa needs to address the challenge of stopping food losses that occur mostly at the [...] Full text...
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US: UNICEF says one million babies die on first day of life from preventable causes
16 september 2014 - 19:06:32New York, US (PANA) - Though child survival rates have increased dramatically since 1990, one million babies each year do [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Health ministry launches breastfeeding week campaign
04 august 2014 - 19:02:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' Health Ministry on Monday launched the 'World Breastfeeding Week' in a bid to promote, [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF highlights benefits of breastfeeding
02 august 2014 - 08:10:00New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has again highlighted the benefits of breastfeeding saying the best [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF says quality care at birth could save nearly 3 million children
20 may 2014 - 14:06:02New York, US (PANA) - A study supported by the UNICEF has said that majority of the almost 3 million [...] Full text...
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Sudan: EU dismayed at apostasy ruling against woman
18 may 2014 - 15:59:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union has expressed dismay at the sentence to flogging and death against a young [...] Full text...
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