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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Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Indian Ocean Ministers and representatives of Ministries in charge of health and livestock from the IOC [...] Full text...
Protectionism can jeopardise health outcomes in countries spending more on global trade in health goods
15 july 2023 - 11:23:38Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global security has now assumed new dimensions, the latest being health security that reflects mounting [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 3 deaths in a week
18 april 2022 - 07:40:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has reported that three deaths were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 7-13 [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 illustrates ‘woefully under prepared’ world – UN health chief
19 september 2020 - 05:57:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite efforts to break the global cycle of panic and neglect seen throughout multiple disease outbreaks, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: China picks Egypt as future hub to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine in Africa
21 july 2020 - 19:02:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt has been selected by China to serve as a future hub for manufacturing a coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: More than 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility
15 july 2020 - 16:25:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Seventy-five countries have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through [...] 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: Not all Gloom and Doom (Feature by Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
11 april 2020 - 07:13:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The dates for the celebration of Easter, Ramadan, Passover and other religious feasts may vary from [...] Full text...
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WTO moves to monitor trade restriction practices amid coronavirus clampdown
26 march 2020 - 13:48:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has called on countries to share information on the trade barriers [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe doctors call for protection of health personnel against coronavirus
09 march 2020 - 12:12:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association (ZSDA) has called for seriousness in protecting health personnel in dealing [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court judge contracts swine flu in India
26 february 2020 - 14:19:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan Supreme Court judge has contracted swine flu while attending a conference of judges in [...] Full text...
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Five die from bird flu in Morocco
31 january 2019 - 22:01:25Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Five persons are reported to have died from bird flu (H1N1) in public and private [...] Full text...
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USAID, FAO working together to pre-empt the next global pandemic
09 march 2018 - 10:51:24Rome, Italy (PANA) - A United States-FAO partnership working to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of [...] Full text...
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Swine flu outbreak reported in Kenya’s Laikipia region
07 march 2018 - 14:48:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An outbreak of H1N1 virus, also known as Swine influenza, has been reported in Laikipia in [...] Full text...
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UN: Ebola Review Panel tasks WHO on global public heath response
07 july 2015 - 17:36:06New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the report issued on Tuesday by a panel [...] Full text...
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Mauritians express concern about H1N1 flu
24 august 2013 - 14:23:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – With two deaths reported in a week following complications linked to H1N1 flu and scores of [...] Full text...
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'Rising global meat consumption threatens personal, environmental health'
12 october 2011 - 07:55:39Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Global meat production and consumption have increased rapidly in recent decades, with harmful effects on [...] Full text...
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Zambia hosts five-nation meeting to tackle cross-border disease threats
14 march 2011 - 18:52:50Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A five-day cross-border meeting involving Angola, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Zambia [...] Full text...
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WTO says global tourism recovered `strongly in 2010
18 january 2011 - 17:45:23New York, US (PANA) - The World Tourism Organization (WTO) said Tuesday that international tourism recovered strongly in 2010, following [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe reports new H1N1 flu outbreak
09 november 2010 - 08:49:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's state radio Tuesday reported a fresh outbre ak of swine flu, saying five cases had [...] Full text...
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Cameroon launches vaccination campaign against H1N1 flu
26 october 2010 - 22:57:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Cameroonian Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday launched a nationwide vaccination campaign in Yaounde against [...] Full text...
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'How to deal with recurring epidemics in Africa'
01 september 2010 - 13:31:00Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- Africa's top health expert has proposed measu res for tackling epidemics which are recurrent in [...] Full text...
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Mauritania to vaccinate population against H1N1 flu
29 july 2010 - 20:15:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- – The Mauritania Health Ministry will carry out a vaccination campaign against H1N1 flu from 4 to [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu vaccination campaign targets 10% of Gambians
28 july 2010 - 19:29:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The country representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in The Gambia, Dr. Thomas Sukwa, [...] Full text...
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UN agency adopts new strategy to combat animal diseases
27 july 2010 - 18:34:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announc ed a new strategy to "more [...] Full text...
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H1N1 flu kills 2 in Mauritius
17 july 2010 - 12:04:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Two persons died this week of H1N1 flu in Mauriti us and more than a hundred [...] Full text...
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Mauritius declares war against influenza
13 july 2010 - 15:25:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister May a Hanoomanjee, briefed Parliament Tuesday of an on-going [...] Full text...
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Mauritius records 124 cases of influenza
12 july 2010 - 16:42:00Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has registered 124 cases of Influenza A (H1N1) since the beginning of the year, [...] Full text...
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UN, WHO, African ministers meet in Morocco on swine flu
03 june 2010 - 19:17:00New York- US (PANA) -- African health ministers and representatives of international agencies Thursday gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, at a [...] Full text...
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'AH1N1 activity in Africa low, worst is over globally'
03 june 2010 - 14:38:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The pandemic influenza activity across the African conti nent is low or sporadic, WHO Director-General Margaret [...] Full text...
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H1N1 flu epidemiological situation stable in Angola
03 june 2010 - 11:35:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The epidemiological situation of the H1N1 Flu remains st able in Angola, with a total of [...] Full text...
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Angola to instal H1N1 flu control system in major land border
20 may 2010 - 16:07:00Ondjiva- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's Deputy Health Minister Carlos Alberto Masseca has announced that an H1N1 flu control system will [...] Full text...
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Two die of rabies in Angola
14 april 2010 - 08:47:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan health authorities have announced the death of two persons from rabies. Speaking at [...] Full text...
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Ghana H1N1 cases jump above 500
10 april 2010 - 09:08:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Cases of the H1N1flu in Gha-na have jumped to 513, with s ome 80 per cent [...] Full text...
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Mills' surprise visits, H1N1 spread get front-page treatment in Ghanaian n/paper
10 april 2010 - 09:04:00s Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" One of the most visible -scenes in Ghanaian churches when members dance is to wave [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian second cycle school students to be vaccinated against H1N1
07 april 2010 - 20:43:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- With several second cycle schools in Ghana recording cases of the H1N1 virus, the health ministry [...] Full text...
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Swine flu contained in Libya, says health official
14 march 2010 - 18:01:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Swine flu has been contained in Libya, despite the three new cases of infection with the [...] Full text...
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Over 1,000 Swine Flu cases reported in Libya
14 february 2010 - 19:10:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- About 1,005 Swine Flu cases, including one fatality, hav e been reported in Libya, according to [...] Full text...
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Over 400,000 Libyans vaccinated against swine flu
01 february 2010 - 08:14:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Some 403,000 Libyans have been vaccinated against the Sw ine Flu since 4 January under the [...] Full text...
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More than 100,000 Libyans immunized against swine flu
19 january 2010 - 23:27:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- More than 100,000 Libyan citizens have been immunized against swine flu since the launch on 4 [...] Full text...
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Tripoli holds swine flu awareness workshop
19 january 2010 - 16:15:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- An awareness-raising workshop on combating the swine flu opened here on Tuesday with opinion leaders, journalists [...] Full text...
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Nigeria records first confirmed flu death
19 january 2010 - 07:56:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria has recorded its first confirmed case of death f rom the pandemic H1N1 flu, according [...] Full text...
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Medical health care facilities created for CAN 2010
07 january 2010 - 22:26:00Luanda- Angola (PANA)- â" Angola has adequate medical facilities equipped to mee t the requirements of the Confederation of African [...] Full text...
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Libya to launch immunization campaign against swine flu
24 december 2009 - 23:19:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya will start in January launch an immunization campaign against swine flu, the Secretary of the [...] Full text...
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WHO says swine flu death toll hits 11,516
24 december 2009 - 20:44:00New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) said 11,516 people wor ldwide have been killed by swine [...] Full text...
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Mali installs infrared cameras to detect Swine Flu carriers at airports
10 december 2009 - 19:51:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Health ministry on Wednesday installed two ther mal infrared cameras at the arrival hall [...] Full text...
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Mali installs infrared cameras to detect Swine Flu carriers at airports
10 december 2009 - 19:50:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Health ministry on Wednesday installed two ther mal infrared cameras at the arrival hall [...] Full text...
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Mali installs infrared cameras to detect Swine Flu carriers at airports
10 december 2009 - 13:46:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Health ministry on Wednesday installed two ther mal infrared cameras at the arrival hall [...] Full text...
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'No swine flu among Mauritanian pilgrims'
08 december 2009 - 18:58:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Ministry of Health Tuesday denie d the existence of any case of swine flu [...] Full text...
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Anti-flu mechanism strengthened at Abidjan Airport
07 december 2009 - 22:09:00Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian authorities have strengthened the mecha nism intended to detect the A H1N1 cases after [...] Full text...
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Libya H1N1 flu cases rise to 84
01 december 2009 - 23:22:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan Supreme Committee to fight A H1N1 flu (swine flu) revealed on Tuesday in Tripoli [...] Full text...
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'Rinderpest to be eradicated soon'
30 november 2009 - 17:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- For the first time in history, humankind will succeed in killing off an animal disease when [...] Full text...
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Ghana swine flu cases continue to climb
26 november 2009 - 21:10:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Thursday that con firmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 have [...] Full text...
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Ghana records major swine flu outbreak school
20 november 2009 - 22:43:00Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday announced a maj or outbreak of pandemic influenza H1N1 [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu claims first 2 casualties in Tunisia (Corrected)
16 november 2009 - 19:34:00Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia has recorded its first two deaths as a result of the A/H1N1 virus, popularly known [...] Full text...
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WHO, Glaxo sign pact for donation of 50m doses of H1N1 vaccines
10 november 2009 - 09:33:00Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) is to d onate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to set up high risk diseases surveillance centre
08 november 2009 - 12:02:00Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will establish a centre based on the mo del that exists in the United [...] Full text...
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Deregulation, confirmed swine flu case in Nigeria made headline news
07 november 2009 - 09:34:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second week running, the deregulation of the dow nstream oil sector and reactions from [...] Full text...
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Nigeria records first swine flu case, but...
05 november 2009 - 11:02:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Although Nigeria has now reported its first case of swin e flu, the country is yet [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu: WHO gives Kenya clean bill of health
24 october 2009 - 10:13:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given Kenya a clean bill of health over the swine [...] Full text...
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Swine flu stops 10,000 Tunisians from hajj
06 october 2009 - 21:39:00Tunis- Tunisia (PANA)- â" The Tunisian government decided on Tuesday it would no t to authorize any pilgrimage to Mecca, [...] Full text...
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Swine flu cases increase in Zambia
01 october 2009 - 08:31:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia has recorded more than 400 confirmed cases of Swi ne Flu countrywide, acting Health Minister [...] Full text...
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Experts meet to strengthen disease surveillance in West Africa
29 september 2009 - 12:25:00Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Experts from 13 West African countries and re presentatives of partners began a three-day meeting [...] Full text...
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Senegal prepares for possible swine flu pandemic
25 september 2009 - 15:25:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Director of Prevention at the Ministry of Heath, Pre vention and Public Hygiene in Senegal, [...] Full text...
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300 suspected swine flu cases recorded in Zambia
25 september 2009 - 09:46:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia has recorded 300 cases of suspected Swine Flu sin ce July this year, acting Health [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu: 500 confined, 9 new cases confirmed in western Uganda
24 september 2009 - 20:02:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Over 500 people, mainly students in two secondary schoo ls, are being quarantined for treatment following [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu: 500 confined, 9 news cases confirmed in western Uganda
24 september 2009 - 19:45:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Over 500 people, mainly students in two secondary scho ols, are being quarantined for treatment following [...] Full text...
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Ghana swine flu cases rise to 13
18 september 2009 - 20:26:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The total number of confirmed H1N1 2009 virus (swine flu) in Ghana now stands at 13, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan high school reports 11 more cases of swine flu
18 september 2009 - 18:40:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan High School, one of the few schools to record one of the highest infection [...] Full text...
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WHO hails swine flu vaccine donations for the developing world
18 september 2009 - 09:22:00Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed the announcement of donations of Swine Flu vaccine by [...] Full text...
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Africa registers 8,000 cases of swine flu, 46 deaths
17 september 2009 - 14:47:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Africa registered 8,000 cases of the H1N1 A flu, called swine flu, 46 of which resulted [...] Full text...
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Ghana swine flu cases rise again
03 september 2009 - 20:37:00Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" Confirmed cases of the pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine fl u) in Ghana have risen to 10, [...] Full text...
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Kagame calls for strong leadership, accountability to improve health in Africa
31 august 2009 - 15:47:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Afric a opened here Monday, with a [...] Full text...
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Namibiaâ?s swine flu cases swell to 40
31 august 2009 - 09:15:00Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia has confirmed six more cases of H1N1 influenz a, bringing the total number of cases [...] Full text...
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Ghana swine flu cases climb to eight
28 august 2009 - 20:23:00Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" Ghana's health authorities announced on Friday that a to tal of eight cases of the pandemic [...] Full text...
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Rwanda hosts 59th session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa
26 august 2009 - 11:39:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Afric a will hold 31 August to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius sensitises muslims on swine flu
25 august 2009 - 19:15:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Jummat Mosque, the highest Islamic authority in Mauritius, is sensitising the imams on the necessity [...] Full text...
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Mauritius closes schools for 10 days to fight swine flu
20 august 2009 - 20:06:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) â" The Mauritian gove-rnment on Thursday decided to close all schools from 21-31 August, because of the [...] Full text...
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Ghanaâ?s swine flu cases jump to six
20 august 2009 - 16:05:00Accra- Ghana (PANA)- â" Confirmed positive cases of the pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine flu) in Ghana have jumped to six [...] Full text...
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Ghana confirms two new cases of swine flu
20 august 2009 - 09:43:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The West African state of Ghana Thursday confirmed two new cases of the H1N1 virus (swine [...] Full text...
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Ghana media highlight swine flu, flouting of political parties law
08 august 2009 - 08:34:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The Ghanaian media this wee-k highlighted the first case of swine flu in the country and [...] Full text...
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Ghana announces first swine flu cases
06 august 2009 - 20:30:00Accra- Ghana (Ghana)- â" PANA â" Ghana on Thursday announced its first swine fl u cases when two siblings tested [...] Full text...
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WHO says swine flu claims 1,154 lives worldwide
05 august 2009 - 22:24:00New York- US (PANA) -- A total of 1,154 people have died worldwide from swine flu, also known as H1N1 [...] Full text...
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175 cases of H1N1 influenza reported in Africa
24 july 2009 - 21:33:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – At least 175 laboratories -have confirmed human cases of H1N1 influenza in 12 African countries. [...] Full text...
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WHO says global swine flu death toll exceeds 700
21 july 2009 - 17:45:00New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that t he swine flu death toll [...] Full text...
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Egypt reports first H1N1 death
20 july 2009 - 08:11:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt has reported its first death from Swine Flu, with th e country's health ministry reporting [...] Full text...
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New Swine flu case recorded in Cape Verde
19 july 2009 - 08:24:00Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Cape Verdean health services have confirmed the c ontamination of a new person by [...] Full text...
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Libya discovers 6th swine flu case
16 july 2009 - 18:20:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Two new cases of the A/H1N1 virus (the swine flu) infect ion have been discovered in [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde denies new swine flu cases
08 july 2009 - 18:51:00Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Cape Verdean health ministry has denied recording five new cases of the swine flu [...] Full text...
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Egypt reports new H1N1 cases, now totalling 74 nationwide
04 july 2009 - 15:47:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian health authorities on Saturday reported two more cases of the H1N1 influenza in the country, [...] Full text...
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East African states confirm more cases of swine flu
03 july 2009 - 18:11:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The East Afrrican Community (EAC) said Friday that Afric an states must step up public health [...] Full text...
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Mauritius moves to contain menace of Swine Flu
30 june 2009 - 18:12:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah, told Par liament on Tuesday that appropriate surveillance had been mounted [...] Full text...
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Kenya’s first suspected swine flu case turns negative, tests continue
27 june 2009 - 11:20:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s public health officials have returned a negative result for the dreaded H1N1 influenza, commonly known [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for multilateralism to fight global economic crisis
24 june 2009 - 18:33:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday in New York, US, called for renewed multilateralism to [...] Full text...
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Africa records first case of Swine Flu
19 june 2009 - 15:27:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Africa has recorded its first laboratory-confirmed c ase of H1N1 infection, after a 12-year-old patient from [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for continued investment in health
15 june 2009 - 18:48:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday in New York, US , called on governments to [...] Full text...
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U.S. company to release swine flu vaccine in July
13 june 2009 - 18:43:00New York- US (PANA) -- A U. S. -based pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, Baxter International Inc. , announced on Saturday [...] Full text...
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Swine flu cases in Egypt hit 18
13 june 2009 - 14:52:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) – Three new cases of the H1N1,- or swine flu, were reported b y the Egyptian health [...] Full text...
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Egypt announces 3 more H1N1 cases, total now 15
12 june 2009 - 14:36:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Egyptian health ministry announced Friday that three n ew cases of persons infected with the [...] Full text...
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‘Step up vigilance against swine flu’
11 june 2009 - 23:19:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Health minster Dr George Sip-a Yankey on Thursday called on security agencies at Ghanaian ports to [...] Full text...
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WHO declares swine flu a pandemic
11 june 2009 - 17:19:00New York- US (PANA) -- Swine flu, otherwise known as the H1N1 virus, reached pand emic status, the Geneva-based World [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu fear grips Egypt, quarantine on university hostel extended
10 june 2009 - 10:26:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The American University in Cairo (AUC) on Tuesday evening extended the quarantine on their student dormitory [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu: Egypt’s American university under quarantine
09 june 2009 - 09:04:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian health authorities have quarantined a dormitory o f the American University in Cairo after two [...] Full text...
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Libya creates Exclusive Economic Zone
27 may 2009 - 21:56:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya has created an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) following a declaration on Wednesday in Tripoli by [...] Full text...
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WHO declares 3 suspicious cases of A flu in DRC
25 may 2009 - 18:38:00Kinshasa- DR of Congo (PANA) -- Three suspicious cases of A/H1N1 flu have been highlighted in Goma, county town of [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde strengthens national swine flu control
19 may 2009 - 13:09:00Paris- France (PANA) -- Cape Verde has strengthened its national swine flu contro l in sea ports, airports and hospitals [...] Full text...
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Africa ready to combat possible swine flu outbreak - WHO
15 may 2009 - 14:27:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Though Africa has not recorded any confirmed human c ase of swine flu, African countries, with [...] Full text...
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Swine flu continues to spread
15 may 2009 - 08:46:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The human case of swine flu which first broke out in Mex ico has continued to [...] Full text...
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Swine flu: Ghana lifts ban on import of pork and pork products
13 may 2009 - 21:10:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian authorities hav-e lifted the ban imposed on th e importation of pork and pork [...] Full text...
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Swine flu spreads to 29 countries - WHO
11 may 2009 - 07:32:00New York- US (PANA) -- Swine flu, caused by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, has spr ead to 29 countries [...] Full text...
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Swine flu: Mali trains health workers
08 may 2009 - 23:40:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Health workers at Bamako International Airport are being t rained on epidemiological surveillance aimed at providing [...] Full text...
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Swine Flu suspects in Africa reach 12
07 may 2009 - 12:45:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Some 12 suspected cases of swine flu are under in vestigation in Africa, though there [...] Full text...
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Zambia quarantines SA man over swine flu
06 may 2009 - 12:28:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Health authorities in Zambia have quarantined a South Af rican man on suspicion that he might [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for global solidarity to combat swine flu
04 may 2009 - 18:47:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday in New York str essed the need to [...] Full text...
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Kenya’s health officials warn swine flu outbreak inevitable
04 may 2009 - 17:41:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s top public health officials have warned that an outbreak of the swine flu cannot be [...] Full text...
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WHO may raise swine flu alert to highest level -- official
03 may 2009 - 15:50:00New York- US (PANA) -- A top official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on S aturday said the swine [...] Full text...
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WHO confirms swine flu worldwide tally at 615
03 may 2009 - 07:35:00New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday said that the number of laboratory-confirmed swine flu [...] Full text...
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Swine fever: Egypt culling hundreds of thousands of pigs
02 may 2009 - 18:51:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA)- – Controversial Egyptian government plans to cull hundreds of thousands of pigs as a precautionary measure against [...] Full text...
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Swine flu: Benin announces suspected case of swine flu
02 may 2009 - 18:28:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Benin Public Health minister, Mr. Issifou Takpara, o n Friday announced that health officials [...] Full text...
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Swine flu: Mauritius reinforces surveillance measures
01 may 2009 - 08:01:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has intensified surveillance measures i n response to the pandemic alert on swine influenza, a [...] Full text...
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WHO tasks governments on swine flu control
30 april 2009 - 14:40:00New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called all nationa l governments to intensify preparations to [...] Full text...
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UN slams Egypt's decision to cull pigs
30 april 2009 - 13:48:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The UN has slammed Egypt's decision to cull hundreds of th ousands of pigs as a [...] Full text...
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No swine flu in Africa - WHO
30 april 2009 - 12:43:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Despite the two suspected cases of swine flu that ha ve been reported in South Africa, [...] Full text...
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Swine flu: WHO raises global alert, pandemic imminent
29 april 2009 - 21:32:00Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) Wednesday raise d the global alert level for swine flu from [...] Full text...
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'No swine flu in Nigeria'
28 april 2009 - 13:11:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's health authorities have assured that swine flu has not yet spread to Nigeria, despite the [...] Full text...
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Zambia moves to check swine flu threat
28 april 2009 - 11:31:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Though Zambia is said to be at a high risk of the swine flu, which has [...] Full text...
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Authorities confident no swine flu in South Africa
28 april 2009 - 11:18:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African authorities said they were monito ring the spread of swine flu which [...] Full text...
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WHO raises global alert level on swine flu
28 april 2009 - 07:53:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the l evel of the influenza pandemic alert from [...] Full text...
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Ghana observing swine fever, preventive measures to be announced soon
27 april 2009 - 21:23:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Health authorities in Ghana are taking a close look at the outbreak of swine fever in [...] Full text...
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