Cholera, dengue fever hit war-torn Sudan
04 november 2024 - 12:47:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...
Sudan trapped in ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council
29 october 2024 - 10:02:58New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Families start eating grass to survive as famine hits hard
22 october 2024 - 18:10:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has warned that famine has now hit half of Sudan’s states [...] Full text...
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WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use
05 october 2024 - 05:20:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic [...] Full text...
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Ghana confirms first case of mpox
03 october 2024 - 13:27:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday confirmed the first case of mpox in the west [...] Full text...
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Cholera epidemic spreads in war-ravaged Sudan
30 september 2024 - 16:54:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Health Ministry on Monday said 366 new cholera cases had been reported in six states [...] Full text...
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Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, 26 cases confirmed
30 september 2024 - 11:24:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying outbreak control efforts following the detection of Marburg virus disease, with 26 [...] Full text...
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Governments urged to ‘stop gambling with humanity’s future’ and eliminate nuclear weapons
27 september 2024 - 06:22:53New York, US (PANA) - World leaders, senior government officials and civil society representatives joined forces at UN Headquarters on [...] Full text...
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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
07 september 2024 - 05:27:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right [...] Full text...
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UN migration agency issues $18.5 million appeal to prepare for mpox ‘surge’
21 august 2024 - 13:12:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of mpox across the Horn, eastern and southern Africa has increased the risk of [...] Full text...
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Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency
20 august 2024 - 06:03:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the [...] Full text...
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Mpox is still being transmitted across the world, says UN health agency
14 august 2024 - 05:14:27Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Mpox has been confirmed in Burundi, one of four countries in Eastern Africa where the disease [...] Full text...
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WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa
08 august 2024 - 18:28:04Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in [...] Full text...
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WHO chief convenes expert meeting on mpox spread
08 august 2024 - 07:17:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) called for an emergency meeting on mpox following [...] Full text...
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WHO reports of Dengue Fever outreak in Iran
23 july 2024 - 18:57:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On 14 June 2024, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of Iran reported the [...] Full text...
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South Africa confirms six more Mpox cases as first batch of treatment arrives
21 june 2024 - 17:32:03Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Health department on Friday announced six more laboratory-confirmed cases of Mpox (previously known [...] Full text...
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South Africa records Mpox death, sources vaccines from WHO member countries
12 june 2024 - 19:26:35Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla announced on Wednesday that his department intends to [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Situation deteriorating in Sudan's El Fasher - UN
26 may 2024 - 05:42:30New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian situation for some 800,000 civilians in El Fasher, Sudan, and surrounding areas in [...] Full text...
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African countries to collaborate in disease surveillance under new plan
15 may 2024 - 17:36:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries, including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe [...] Full text...
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Mauritius records 316 active cases of dengue
01 may 2024 - 07:45:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has recorded 316 active cases of dengue fever in the island, of which 50 have [...] Full text...
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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines
25 april 2024 - 06:38:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi [...] Full text...
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Nigeria is the first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine - WHO
12 april 2024 - 22:01:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: 231 cases of Dengue Fever detected
06 april 2024 - 08:16:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius reported 231 active cases of Dengue Fever in the island as at 4 April 2024, [...] Full text...
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Global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests will boost fight against cholera
05 april 2024 - 14:15:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Friday that more than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic [...] Full text...
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Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state
01 april 2024 - 12:48:44Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities [...] Full text...
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Mauritius reports 494 active cases of dengue fever
27 february 2024 - 11:55:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry on Tuesday said that 494 active cases of dengue have [...] Full text...
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WHO certifies Cabo Verde as malaria-free
12 january 2024 - 12:01:59Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free country, marking a significant achievement [...] Full text...
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Mali records more than 700 cases of dengue fever, 30 deaths
23 december 2023 - 13:46:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 700 cases of dengue fever, including around 30 deaths, have been recorded in Mali [...] Full text...
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Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO
22 december 2023 - 17:05:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN [...] Full text...
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Togo records eight cases of dengue fever
17 november 2023 - 12:37:35Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has recorded eight cases of dengue fever in three regions, according to a statement from [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso records more than 500 deaths linked to dengue fever
15 november 2023 - 14:34:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Dengue fever claimed 511 lives in Burkina Faso by 12 November, 2023, the Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Russia supports Burkina Faso in fight against dengue fever
13 november 2023 - 19:59:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Russian team led by the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Robert Kargougou, visited [...] Full text...
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WHO updates guidelines on COVID-19 treatment
11 november 2023 - 08:57:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines on COVID-19 treatment, with revised recommendations for [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Unfolding catastrophe’ makes humanitarian ceasefire more urgent
06 november 2023 - 19:30:51New York, US (PANA) - As the conflict intensifies in Gaza, with risk of spillover to the wider region, UN [...] Full text...
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One death and 10 confirmed cases of West Nile fever in Tunisia
01 november 2023 - 17:18:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Between 23 September and 26 October, Tunisia recorded one death and 10 confirmed cases of West [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Environmental degradation a serious challenge facing government now and when war is over (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
30 october 2023 - 19:51:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese environmentalists and poeliticians have warned that every possible ingredient for environmental catastrophe is now fermenting [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN agency urges Israel to protect all civilians sheltering in Gaza
15 october 2023 - 07:39:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) issued an urgent call on Saturday for Israeli Authorities to [...] Full text...
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TotalEnergies CAF AFCON: 100 days to biggest event on African soil
05 october 2023 - 09:02:32Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In 100 days from today, 5 October, 2023, Africa's biggest event: the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON will [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Epidemics hit Sudanese already exasperated by war (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
29 september 2023 - 10:00:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - While warplanes and mortars are hitting Khartoum inhabitants with fire from above, environmental degradation, brought by [...] Full text...
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Indian Ocean Ministers discuss “One health network”
16 september 2023 - 10:25:03Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Indian Ocean Ministers and representatives of Ministries in charge of health and livestock from the IOC [...] Full text...
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CAF Women’s Champions League/COSAFA Qualifiers: Semi-finalists confirmed
05 september 2023 - 06:34:22Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The CAF Women’s Champions League/COSAFA Qualifiers have reached fever-pitch, with the four semi-finalists of the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: More than two million children displaced as violence spreads to new areas
24 august 2023 - 11:51:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in [...] Full text...
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UN food aid hangs in the balance in eastern DRC amid severe funding crunch
23 august 2023 - 05:40:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Health crisis reaches ‘gravely serious levels’: WHO
28 july 2023 - 06:03:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has sparked a health crisis for the 3.4 million people forced to flee to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius takes action against the Dengue fever
25 july 2023 - 17:16:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday indicated that since June 2023, about [...] Full text...
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Mauritius introduces lethal ovitraps to prevent the spread of tiger mosquito
20 july 2023 - 08:02:46Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday introduced 200 autodissemination lethal ovitraps in the capital, Port-Louis, to trap [...] Full text...
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Health system at breaking point in eastern DRC warns WHO
30 june 2023 - 20:34:01Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Increased violence, natural disasters and disease outbreaks have fuelled a deteriorating health situation in the eastern [...] Full text...
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Mauritius detects 33 cases of dengue
29 june 2023 - 07:34:38Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities said on Thursday that they have detected 33 cases of dengue fever in [...] Full text...
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Tanzania declares end of Marburg Virus Disease outbreak
02 june 2023 - 13:08:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania on Friday declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Nigeria stun Argentina, secure quarter-final spot
01 june 2023 - 08:59:11San Juan, Argentina (PANA) - Nigeria shocked the host nation and tournament favorites, Argentina, with a sensational 2-0 victory on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: No need for more severe health restrictions -(Mauritius Health Minister
02 may 2023 - 13:59:21Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said here Tuesday that there was no need [...] Full text...
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African Vaccination Week, World Immunization Week kick off
24 april 2023 - 07:12:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...
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Burundian Health ministr calls for vigilance against Marburg virus disease
26 march 2023 - 18:21:51Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS has called for vigilance against [...] Full text...
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Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases
23 march 2023 - 10:30:30Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) – Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Health has confirmed eight more cases of Marburg, bringing the number of confirmed cases to [...] Full text...
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Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease
22 march 2023 - 05:08:21Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after laboratory tests were [...] Full text...
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Ghana confirms 12 additional cases of Lassa fever
01 march 2023 - 09:49:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has confirmed 12 additional cases of Lassa fever in [...] Full text...
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Mozambique targets 720,000 people in cholera vaccination drive
28 february 2023 - 05:39:48Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique on Monday kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720,000 people in eight districts as [...] Full text...
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Ghana confirms two cases of Lassa fever
27 february 2023 - 12:49:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that two cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed [...] Full text...
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WHO supports Equatorial Guinea in combatting country’s first-ever deadly Marburg virus outbreak
15 february 2023 - 05:52:34Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed experts to Equatorial Guinea this week following confirmation [...] Full text...
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Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
14 february 2023 - 05:52:15Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) – Equatorial Guinea on Monday confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which is in the same [...] Full text...
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Mauritius using Sterile Insect Technique to tackle mosquito proliferation
06 february 2023 - 10:18:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is presently implementing a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) project which forms part of the integrated [...] Full text...
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Presidential party to hold 'ordinary' congress in Burundi
20 january 2023 - 19:26:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD, party-state) has [...] Full text...
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Prices of agricultural products rose by 5.8% in December in Burundi
16 january 2023 - 15:02:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The prices of agricultural products rose by 5.8% for the month of December 2022, against 0.04% [...] Full text...
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Burundi receives US$3.5 million from UN Emergency Response Fund
10 january 2023 - 15:20:49Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has released US$3.5 [...] Full text...
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WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics
21 november 2022 - 18:53:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to compile an updated list of priority pathogens that [...] Full text...
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Sudan battles dengue fever
11 november 2022 - 12:02:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan's Ministry of Health says its efforts are helping to control the spread of dengue fever [...] Full text...
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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO
03 november 2022 - 20:57:58Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...
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Uganda: 9 new cases of Ebola in Kampala, WHO calls for vigilance
25 october 2022 - 13:55:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As Uganda reported nine new cases of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, bringing the total [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response
27 september 2022 - 12:46:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged [...] Full text...
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WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda, as seven cases confirmed
22 september 2022 - 12:03:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World [...] Full text...
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Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak
17 september 2022 - 05:42:27Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Friday declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly [...] Full text...
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Gambia is investigating child deaths and paracetamol syrup
08 september 2022 - 16:40:27Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Dr. Mustapha Bittaye, Director of Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Gambia, has confirmed that his ministry is investigating [...] Full text...
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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease
18 july 2022 - 20:08:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ghana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after a World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Africa sees 63% jump in diseases spread from animals to people in last decade
14 july 2022 - 14:29:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as the monkeypox virus [...] Full text...
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Mystery child hepatitis outbreak passes 1,000 recorded cases, says WHO
13 july 2022 - 20:30:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In addition to tackling COVID and the monkeypox outbreak, the UN health agency has been keeping [...] Full text...
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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO
13 july 2022 - 05:27:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...
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Ghana detects two suspected cases of Marburg Virus Disease
08 july 2022 - 08:07:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if confirmed [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts could affect vital humanitarian flights to hard-to-reach areas in Guinea, Niger: WFP
15 june 2022 - 05:29:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that its UN Humanitarian Air Service [...] Full text...
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Seven African countries report nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases: WHO
01 june 2022 - 06:54:34Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Seven African countries have cumulatively reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases (1,392 [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained - WHO
24 may 2022 - 15:52:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world [...] Full text...
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Libya has no case of monkeypox , says National Centre for Disease Control
23 may 2022 - 11:18:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control announced on Sunday that no confirmed or suspected case [...] Full text...
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Guinea detects second case of Lassa fever
05 may 2022 - 12:37:15Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The locality of Tokounou in the Prefecture of Guéckédou, about 900 km from Conakry, the Guinean capital, has [...] Full text...
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WHO releases more than US$8 million for Sahel’s humanitarian response
30 april 2022 - 16:04:32Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released US$8.3 million from its Contingency Funding for Emergencies to assist [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls for release of illegally detained migrants in Equatorial Guinea
30 april 2022 - 10:03:11Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of four West African men who have been illegally detained [...] Full text...
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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa, warns WHO
29 april 2022 - 05:42:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year, the UN World [...] Full text...
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Lassa fever victim's contacts identified in Guinea
24 april 2022 - 17:07:32Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Some 34 contacts of a Lassa fever victim have been identified in the southern prefecture of [...] Full text...
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One case of Lassa fever detected in Guinea
22 april 2022 - 13:11:52Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - One case of Lassa fever was detected on Thursday in the sub-prefecture of Kassadou, in the [...] Full text...
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Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies: WHO
08 april 2022 - 11:53:58Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Climate-related health emergencies are on the rise in Africa, accounting for more than half of public health [...] Full text...
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UN health agency launches bid to stop new global pandemic
01 april 2022 - 06:13:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion [...] Full text...
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Sudan records 15 attacks on health facilities and workers in two months
13 january 2022 - 05:35:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With the crisis escalating in Sudan, there have been 15 reports of attacks on healthcare workers and health [...] Full text...
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Malaria campaign launched in southern Libya
04 december 2021 - 12:58:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A campaign against malaria began here Saturday in several cities of southern Libya after the appearance [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African President Ramaphosa addresses concerns
01 december 2021 - 15:08:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a swipe at African countries which have implemented travel [...] Full text...
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WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk children
06 october 2021 - 20:30:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN [...] Full text...
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Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak
17 september 2021 - 08:19:46Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea has declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new cases over [...] Full text...
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Health leaders call for acceleration of vaccination globally, particularly in Africa
14 september 2021 - 21:26:24Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders Tuesday issued an urgent call [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: U.S./Nigerian military, USAID, others visit Benue, Northcentral Nigeria, over U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative
20 august 2021 - 21:13:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A United States delegation Friday joined their Nigerian counterparts in an advocacy visit to Benue State, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: West Africa deaths surge amid Ebola and other outbreaks: WHO
20 august 2021 - 08:03:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – West Africa has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began as several countries [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 170 new positive cases
18 august 2021 - 11:00:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they detected 170 new positive cases of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso detects one case of cholera
17 august 2021 - 11:43:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - One case of cholera was detected last Sunday at the Tanwalbougou health centre in eastern [...] Full text...
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Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years
15 august 2021 - 10:46:03Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday confirmed the country’s first case of [...] Full text...
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WHO supports Guinea after detection of first-ever case of Marburg disease
11 august 2021 - 18:52:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Guinea following a confirmed death from Marburg virus disease, the first [...] Full text...
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GuInea confirms outbreak of Marburg virus to WHO
09 august 2021 - 22:47:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Orgaization (WHO) said here Monday Guinea's ministry of Health had reported a confirmed [...] Full text...
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Resurgence of COVID-19 cases puts Guinea among high-rate infectious countries in SSA
06 august 2021 - 13:25:54Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea is now among 24 Sub-Sahara African (SAA) countries with a high rate of COVID-19 infections, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rising food price inflation in South Africa causes concern for consumers
18 may 2021 - 11:32:42Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Continued sharp increases in food price inflation from 3.4 percent in 2019, to 4.6 percent [...] Full text...
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DRC to vaccinate some 16.3 million people against yellow fever
28 april 2021 - 06:46:33Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday launched a preventive yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting [...] Full text...
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New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives
27 april 2021 - 05:15:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of risk of major measles outbreaks as countries delay vaccination drives
23 april 2021 - 05:14:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of risk of major [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC moves to advance vaccine manufacturing on continent
14 april 2021 - 14:14:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed an agreement with [...] Full text...
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Guinea has recorded six deaths related to Ebola fever
01 march 2021 - 11:58:10Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea recorded as of last Friday a cumulative total of 11 confirmed cases of Ebola virus [...] Full text...
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Sixth Ebola-related death recorded in Guinea
25 february 2021 - 10:28:41Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A suspected case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever died of the disease on Monday, bringing to six [...] Full text...
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WHO steps up efforts to curb Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and DR Congo
20 february 2021 - 07:13:36Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease spotted in Guinea
14 february 2021 - 16:13:07Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease were detected on Saturday in the Guinean southern region of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius starts national vaccination campaign
26 january 2021 - 13:38:15Candos, Mauritius (PANA) - Around 100 front-liners have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 on Tuesday at the start of a [...] Full text...
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Mali's Prime Minister launches 2020-2021 livestock vaccination campaign
25 january 2021 - 12:50:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouané on Sunday launched in Kati Drall, about 20 km from Bamako, [...] Full text...
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UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile
12 january 2021 - 07:02:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Government may ban public gatherings as Nigeria registers a record 1,145 new infections Thursday
18 december 2020 - 21:23:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria recorded an unprecedented 1,145 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections Thursday, compelling the federal government to consider [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius detects four new imported cases
24 october 2020 - 13:19:52Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Four new imported cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Mauritius on Friday on passengers coming [...] Full text...
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Prices of several staples up to multi-month highs in September – FAO report
08 october 2020 - 12:51:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - While new forecasts for global cereal output, utilisation, stocks and trade all point to well-supplied markets, [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: 3 die of "Rift" fever
29 september 2020 - 18:17:46Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Three individuals died of hemorrhagic fever, commonly known as "Rift Fever", in the regions of Tagant [...] Full text...
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Kenya wildlife investigators arrest two suspected rhino poachers
26 september 2020 - 19:25:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two traffickers of rhino horns have been arrested in Kenya after a three-month investigation into a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 176 new infections
23 september 2020 - 08:36:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 176 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday just as the country's Centre for Disease [...] Full text...
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UN seeks funding for humanitarian emergency relief to hundreds of thousands in Sudan
22 september 2020 - 08:09:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations in Sudan has said relief organisations and humanitarians are “now in a race against [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya's cured cases jump from 2,908 to 12,100 after adoption of new protocols
12 september 2020 - 19:36:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Center for Disease Control announced here Saturday 11,922 recoveries from coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the [...] Full text...
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Prominent Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono's health deteriorates in Zimbabwean prison
01 september 2020 - 17:35:05Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's jailed prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, is now unwell at the country's notorious Chikurubi Maximam Security [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 653 new cases, total hits 36,107
19 july 2020 - 09:46:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 58 new contaminations
12 july 2020 - 13:57:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 58 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after testing 2,676 samples in a "systematic, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
10 july 2020 - 09:08:33Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa has joined immunization experts in [...] Full text...
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Bubonic plague: Its symptoms, fatality rate and history
06 july 2020 - 14:24:57Beijing, China (PANA) - China has reported a bubonic plague infection — a bacterial infection that is transmitted by fleas. Fleas, [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Another pandemic looms as China issues alert over highly-infectious bubonic plague
06 july 2020 - 13:59:25Beijing, China (PANA) - Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Three "systematic" screening centres set up in Bujumbiura
04 july 2020 - 14:07:11Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Three systematic free testing centres for the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be set up here with effect [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's positive cases now 20,919 with 675 new infections
23 june 2020 - 07:34:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 675 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections [...] Full text...
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Typhoid fever cases rise in southern Tunisia
22 june 2020 - 15:58:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of people with typhoid fever in Ghannouch area of the southern Tunisia region of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's daily toll hits new high of 745; total infections now 18,480
19 june 2020 - 10:17:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s daily toll of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has hit a new high of 745 new infections, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana’s health service amends discharge policy
18 june 2020 - 23:00:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) said here Thursday it had amended its discharge policy for coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Increasing cases of dengue fever reported in northern Mauritania
03 june 2020 - 13:51:10Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - About 100 cases of dengue fever have been registered daily at Zouerate town hospital, over 600 [...] Full text...
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Burundi's communication chief 'satisfied with media coverage of' general elections
02 june 2020 - 15:49:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's president of the National Council for Communication (CNC), Nestor Bankumukunzi, on Tuesday praised the "high [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa must play central role in vaccine development - Africa CDC
29 may 2020 - 21:50:02Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Vaccine developers around the world must make African countries and scientists at the centre of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan health officials ‘conflicted’ after WHO stops virus 'drug'
27 may 2020 - 10:28:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Public health officials in Kenya have been puzzled after the World Health Organisation (WHO) suspended the [...] Full text...
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Election fever cools in Burundians after announcement of presidential poll results
26 may 2020 - 15:26:34Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Calm reaction characterised the political atmosphere in Burundi on Tuesday following the announcement of provisional results [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports two new cases after almost 30 days
25 may 2020 - 07:13:11Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius recorded two new cases of coronavirus on Sunday among a group of 149 passengers who [...] Full text...
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80 million children under one at risk of other diseases as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts
22 may 2020 - 18:36:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Cholera outbreak compounds response to coronavirus in Kenya
21 may 2020 - 19:06:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan health authorities have confirmed 80 new cases of the deadly coronavirus outbreak from some 3,102 [...] Full text...
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Child vaccinations down in DR Congo and COVID-19 is not helping matters - UNICEF
16 may 2020 - 07:29:31Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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An outbreak of African Swine Fever on a farm in south-west Togo
13 may 2020 - 17:20:20Lomé, Togo (PANA) - An outbreak of the African Swine Fever is raging on a farm in southwest Togo, PANA [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Niger reopens places of worship, lifts curfew in Niamey
13 may 2020 - 12:58:58Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government has lifted the curfew in Niamey, the capital, and reopened places of worship [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)
12 may 2020 - 10:47:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwanda introduces robots for COVID-19 screening
09 may 2020 - 13:47:27Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As a move to improve protection for healthcare workers and intensify screening processes, the Rwanda's Biomedical [...] 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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The 2020 rainy season is expected to be generally wet in the Sahelian countries
27 april 2020 - 15:41:33Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 2020 rainy season is expected to be wet overall, according to a press release issued [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Gabon records second death
24 april 2020 - 23:08:29Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The monitoring committee of the alert and response plan against the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic Friday announced [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Hard-fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO
23 april 2020 - 19:54:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Niger govt. reduces curfew hours in Niamey
23 april 2020 - 17:26:28Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Following a decision at their latest Council of Ministers, the Nigerien government has reduced the curfew [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVID-19 compounds malaria infections in Zimbabwe
20 april 2020 - 18:15:26Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has compounded increases in malaria infections by 44.7 percent to 170,303 with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe’s cases rise to 17
13 april 2020 - 22:48:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government Monday announced three new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, raising the total to 17 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinean President Alpha Condé says mentholatum, hot water can kill COVID-19
10 april 2020 - 17:12:24Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Head of State, Alpha Condé, advised his compatriots on Thursday to use mentholatum in [...] Full text...
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Niger has 410 confirmed cases of coronavirus
10 april 2020 - 14:35:32Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger has a total of 410 confirmed cases of coronavirus, of which 359 are being treated, [...] Full text...
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Nigerien MPs get briefing on the Coronavirus pandemic
08 april 2020 - 16:03:44Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Members of Parliament on Wednesday attended an information day on coronavirus, in the presence of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe records its second COVID-19 death
07 april 2020 - 21:08:14Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Health and Child Care Ministry Tuesday announced the country's second coronavirus- related death, the southern [...] Full text...
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Niger has 184 confirmed cases of coronavirus
06 april 2020 - 14:05:08Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger has 184 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 13 cured, ten deaths and 161 under treatment whose [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea registers more than 30 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours
05 april 2020 - 14:14:55Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Thirty-eight people tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday in Guinea, the National Agency for [...] Full text...
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Guinean doctors committed to fight against Covid-19
04 april 2020 - 15:37:51Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean doctors have vowed to serve their country and its people exclusively at the request of [...] Full text...
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Guinean President Alpha Condé tests negative for coronavirus
03 april 2020 - 14:03:44Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé and his aides have tested negative for coronavirus at the National Agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea records 31 new coronavirus cases
02 april 2020 - 17:28:50Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea recorded 31 new cases of coronavirus as at Thursday in the Guinean capital, PANA learned [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana confirms first COVID-19 death
31 march 2020 - 21:45:10Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has recorded its first death case from Coronavirus (COVID-19 ), from its fourth confirmed case. The [...] Full text...
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Lassa fever death roll climbs to 173 in Nigeria
27 march 2020 - 17:43:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As the world focuses attention on Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has [...] Full text...
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Mauritania registers third case of coronavirus
26 march 2020 - 17:56:32Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has registered a third sufferer of coronavirus fever, according to an announcement by Health minister [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: No case of coronavirus recorded in Burundi, says Health ministry
25 march 2020 - 23:51:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – In a new communiqué issued Wednesday, the Burundi ministry of Public health has reaffirmed that the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali seeks support from China, India and Japan in strengthening prevention measures
24 march 2020 - 20:23:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At the initiative of the Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin registers three new cases
24 march 2020 - 09:54:27Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin has registered three new confirmed cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus), bringing the total number to five, Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Second case discovered in Mauritania
18 march 2020 - 21:13:47Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian minister of Health, Mohamed Nadhiri ould Hamed, on Wednesday afternoon announced the discovery of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gabon confirms two new cases
18 march 2020 - 11:42:19Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon registered two new COVID-19 or coronavirus infections on Tuesday evening, bringing the number of people [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia confirms first case
18 march 2020 - 05:41:21Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia on Tuesday confirmed its first COVID-19 or coronavirus case. The Minister of Health Dr Ahmadou Samateh [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa bans public gatherings following COVID-19 infected UK traveller
17 march 2020 - 16:20:11Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned gatherings of 100 people or more for the next 60 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria begins secondary screening of travellers from eight COVID-19 endemic countries
16 march 2020 - 19:38:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday announced that it is to commence secondary screening at points [...] Full text...
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. Covid-19: DRC health minister reassures about treatment of 2 confirmed cases in Kinshasa
14 march 2020 - 18:43:05Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo's health minister, Dr Eteni Longondo, has reassured the Council of Ministers that everything [...] Full text...
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Mauritania announces its first case of coronavirus
14 march 2020 - 11:07:25Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has recorded its first case of coronavirus, Health minister Mohamed Nadhiri ould Hamed announced on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nairobi Securities Exchange trading halted after massive drop
13 march 2020 - 18:36:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was halted on Friday after the index dropped by [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: 34 passengers from the most affected countries quarantined in Burundi
12 march 2020 - 20:47:20Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 34 passengers from the countries most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) were in “strict quarantine” [...] Full text...
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Mali announces measures to respond to coronavirus pandemic
12 march 2020 - 15:50:58Bamako, Mali (PANA) - To cope with the coronavirus disease, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DR Congo confirms first case in Kinshasa
11 march 2020 - 05:04:29Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Covid-19 coronavirus in the Central African [...] Full text...
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No new case of coronavirus detected in Togo - Official
10 march 2020 - 23:25:32Lomé, Togo (PANA) – No new case of coronavirus was detected in Togo after that of 6 March, according to [...] Full text...
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Passengers from coronavirus-affected countries to be quarantined on arrival in Burundi
07 march 2020 - 13:29:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Travellers from countries affected by coronavirus will be placed in "strict quarantine" for 14 days upon [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus surfaces in Togo
06 march 2020 - 20:13:11Lomé, Togo (PANA) – A case of coronavirus has been detected in Togo, official sources told PANA on Friday in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa’s first positive case of Covid-19 confirmed
05 march 2020 - 19:33:23Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa's first suspected case of Covid-19 has [...] Full text...
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South Africa confirms first case of coronavirus
05 march 2020 - 13:10:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Thursday announced that the country’s first suspected case of [...] Full text...
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Niger holds seminar on coronavirus
04 march 2020 - 21:46:17Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Nigerien government on Wednesday launched an information seminar on the COVID 19 to further sensitize [...] Full text...
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No coronavirus case in Niger, says Health Minister
03 march 2020 - 12:42:50Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Although the West African state of Niger has not yet recorded any case of covid-19 (coronavirus), [...] Full text...
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Congo: WHO urges Congo government to take necessary measures to prevent coronavirus
02 march 2020 - 17:52:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Faced with the risk of the Covid-19 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday advised [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus COVID-19 risk increased to ‘very high’, first sub-Saharan case in Nigeria
29 february 2020 - 05:03:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must act quickly and robustly to contain the coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring coronavirus, says WHO chief
28 february 2020 - 04:56:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and none should make [...] Full text...
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Case of coronavirus on Italian national confirmed in Algeria
26 february 2020 - 01:21:05Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Algerian ministry of Health, Population and Hospital reform announced here Tuesday a case of the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Indian Ocean Commission announces Coronavirus Emergency Plan
25 february 2020 - 15:59:11Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - A mission to support the management of Covid-19, led by the Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean [...] Full text...
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Mauritius bans travellers from South Korea, three Italian provinces
25 february 2020 - 07:14:58Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Monday announced that all foreign passengers coming from, or having stayed in South [...] Full text...
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EU pledges assistance to Nigeria Red Cross to help curb Lassa fever
21 february 2020 - 11:21:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Union says it would give the Nigeria Red Cross about $87,600 humanitarian aid to [...] Full text...
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No suspected cases of Coronavirus in Burundi
19 february 2020 - 15:45:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - No suspicious case of coronavirus has been identified so far in Burundi, Public Health minister Thaddée [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese Embassy reassures on safety of Burundian students
17 february 2020 - 17:11:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - China is a "hospitable" and "responsible" country which attaches "great importance to the health and safety [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Lassa fever outbreak in Ngeria climbs to 70
12 february 2020 - 17:10:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A total of 70 persons have been killed by the Lassa fever epidemic in Nigeria, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese suspected of the disease confined in Burkina Faso
06 february 2020 - 23:13:09Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Chinese who recently returned from his country and was suspected of being infected by [...] Full text...
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Gabon sets up surveillance system against coronavirus
06 february 2020 - 11:48:48Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekalé on Thursday made a field visit to assess the vigilance [...] Full text...
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Seven die following viral hemorrhagic fever in Malian central region
05 february 2020 - 22:44:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven out of 14 people suspected to have contracted the Crimee-Congo viral hemorrhagic fever have died [...] Full text...
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