Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans

18 april 2024 - 11:32:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals, including humans, is a significant public [...] Full text...

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US notifies WHO of outbreak of Avian Influenza A(H5N1)

11 april 2024 - 15:42:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The United States has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a laboratory-confirmed case of human infection [...] Full text...

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Senior officials call for action and solutions at UN Environment Assembly

29 february 2024 - 19:35:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leaders attending a major UN environmental conference in Nairobi must drive forward solutions to combat climate [...] Full text...

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Kenyan hyenas test positive for rabies, alert issued for mass vaccination of dogs, says Wildlife body

15 february 2024 - 18:55:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan authorities have issued an alert for the immediate vaccination of dogs for rabies after [...] Full text...

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AI will transform global economy. Let’s make sure it benefits humanity: IMF Blog By Kristalina Georgieva

15 january 2024 - 09:05:49
Washington, United States (PANA) - We are on the brink of a technological revolution that could jumpstart productivity, boost global [...] Full text...

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Argentina reports human case of Western Equine Encephalitis to WHO

28 december 2023 - 18:57:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Health Regulations National Focal Point (IHR NFP) of Argentina on 20 December notified the [...] Full text...

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A digital world needing more humanity (By Paul Ejime)

25 december 2023 - 07:10:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Our digital World with the accompanying advanced technology has unleashed innumerable benefits on humanity. Yet, our [...] Full text...

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Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO

22 december 2023 - 17:05:38
Geneva, 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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COP28: Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels

12 december 2023 - 05:32:34
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in Dubai on Monday evening dropped a [...] Full text...

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Five African countries report anthrax outbreaks, over 1,100 cases recorded

11 december 2023 - 11:44:24
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five countries in East and Southern Africa are experiencing anthrax outbreaks, with more than 1,100 suspected [...] Full text...

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Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organised crime

07 december 2023 - 19:24:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized [...] Full text...

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The AI awakening: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

01 december 2023 - 07:00:09
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Full disclosure: This issue of Finance & Development was produced entirely with human intelligence. [...] Full text...

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World’s diverse biospheres ‘making peace with the natural world’

04 november 2023 - 05:58:32
Paris, France (PANA) - Spanning from city to savannah, and from mountaintops to mangroves, the world’s 748 biosphere reserves were [...] Full text...

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Valuing ecosystem services for integrated landscape management in Zimbabwe: World Bank Blog By Ademola Braimoh and Easther Chigumira

01 november 2023 - 07:55:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Valuing ecosystem services –– the benefits humans obtain from earth’s many life-support systems –– is an [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking (A UN feature)

27 august 2023 - 05:52:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Truck drivers in southern Africa who have been recruited to traffic or smuggle people illegally are [...] Full text...

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AI tools like ChatGPT likely to complement jobs, not destroy them: ILO

23 august 2023 - 06:44:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - ChatGPT is not coming for your job and might even enhance it, experts from the International [...] Full text...

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Protectionism can jeopardise health outcomes in countries spending more on global trade in health goods

15 july 2023 - 11:23:38
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global security has now assumed new dimensions, the latest being health security that reflects mounting [...] Full text...

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Research agency assesses health impacts of Aspartame in humans

14 july 2023 - 15:10:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener - aspartame - were released here Friday [...] Full text...

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Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ends

09 june 2023 - 06:03:48
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended on Thursday with no new [...] Full text...

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Tanzania declares end of Marburg Virus Disease outbreak

02 june 2023 - 13:08:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania on Friday declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was [...] Full text...

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‘Toxic tidal wave’ of plastic pollution putting human rights at risk

02 june 2023 - 05:57:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - The world must combat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, two [...] Full text...

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UNESCO unveils new AI roadmap for classrooms

27 may 2023 - 14:25:47
Paris, France (PANA) - The UN has convened the first ever global meeting with education ministers from around the world [...] Full text...

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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

22 may 2023 - 16:18:40
New York, US (PANA) - The world is on Monday marking International Day for Biological Diversity on a theme, "Moving from [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas and gold

21 may 2023 - 05:48:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade [...] Full text...

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New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution

17 may 2023 - 06:09:00
New York, US (PANA) - Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies [...] Full text...

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Narrow escape of civilian from death in Khartoum exemplifies ordeal of Sudanese in ongoing fight (A feature story by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent in Sudan)

24 april 2023 - 12:33:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For three long days, Salih Idris Ali (not his real name), 32, was trapped behind the [...] Full text...

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General Assembly votes to seek World Court’s opinion, in quest for ‘bolder’ climate action

30 march 2023 - 05:23:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly will seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [...] Full text...

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Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: WHO chief

30 march 2023 - 05:16:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the agency was [...] Full text...

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Stories of slavery must be told, says US Vice President

29 march 2023 - 05:37:17
Cape Coast, Ghana (PANA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday criticised the crime and atrocity of the slave [...] Full text...

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Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment

28 march 2023 - 05:18:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimise the [...] Full text...

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Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases

23 march 2023 - 10:30:30
Malabo, 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 - 05:08:21
Dar 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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WHO supports Equatorial Guinea in combatting country’s first-ever deadly Marburg virus outbreak

15 february 2023 - 05:52:34
Malabo, 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 - 05:52:15
Malabo, 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 - 10:18:05
Port-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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WMO unveils plans for sustainable monitoring of greenhouse gases

02 february 2023 - 05:56:30
New York, US (PANA) - A UN-led plan to tackle climate change by radically improving the way heat-trapping atmospheric pollutants [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 remains an international health threat, says WHO chief

31 january 2023 - 05:28:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is [...] Full text...

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International cyber security conference continues in Benghazi, Libya

23 january 2023 - 18:16:31
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The work of the international conference on cybersecurity continued on Sunday in the Libyan city of [...] Full text...

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2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’

27 december 2022 - 06:03:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In 2022 the UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, [...] Full text...

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Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans and need for better data

09 december 2022 - 16:02:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening [...] Full text...

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African health ministers take steps to curb Ebola disease outbreak

13 october 2022 - 06:21:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ministers of Health and government representatives from nine African countries on Wednesday agreed on joint measures [...] Full text...

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WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda, as seven cases confirmed

22 september 2022 - 12:03:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World [...] Full text...

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Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

20 september 2022 - 14:20:25
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The health authorities in Uganda on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of [...] Full text...

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Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

17 september 2022 - 05:42:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Friday declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly [...] Full text...

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WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences

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

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Mauritius to regulate and monitor use of pesticides

07 september 2022 - 07:52:25
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has taken several measures to regulate, control and monitor the importation and use [...] Full text...

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Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF

17 august 2022 - 05:13:31
New York, US (PANA) - The pharmaceutical company, GSK, has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria [...] Full text...

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Giraffes, parrots, and oak trees, among many species facing extinction: Report

07 august 2022 - 07:47:33
New York, US (PANA) - Around one million species are facing extinction, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform [...] Full text...

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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease

18 july 2022 - 20:08:23
Brazzaville, 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 - 14:29:23
Brazzaville, 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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Ghana detects two suspected cases of Marburg Virus Disease

08 july 2022 - 08:07:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if confirmed [...] Full text...

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Democratic Republic of Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

04 july 2022 - 12:44:46
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on MOnday declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months [...] Full text...

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Seven African countries report nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases: WHO

01 june 2022 - 06:54:34
Brazzaville, 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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UN chief calls to ‘build a shared future for all life’ on Biodiversity Day

22 may 2022 - 08:04:16
New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks International Day for Biological Diversity on Sunday, the UN Secretary-General has [...] Full text...

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World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN

13 may 2022 - 05:16:36
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of [...] Full text...

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World sees 'significant breakthroughs' in malaria prevention, control

25 april 2022 - 06:03:49
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year has seen “significant breakthroughs in malaria prevention and control”, [...] Full text...

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Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data (Emargoed for release at 14.00 CEST on 4 April 2022).

04 april 2022 - 10:51:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens [...] Full text...

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UNESCO Director General says humans are increasingly polluting or drying up existing water resources

21 march 2022 - 17:22:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay has stated that humans are increasingly polluting or drying up existing [...] Full text...

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UN Environment Assembly discusses ending plastic pollution

01 march 2022 - 05:55:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Delegates at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly under way in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, [...] Full text...

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Pope Francis: Fences and walls do not solve migration problems

06 december 2021 - 07:55:11
Athens-Greece(PANA)- Pope Francis on Sunday stressed that fences and walls did not solve migration problems. During his speech in migrant camps on [...] Full text...

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Climate change: UN Resident Coordinator says it is time to act on Kenya drought

01 october 2021 - 08:11:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Wajir county of northern Kenya on Thursday with Government officials, donor representatives and United Nations [...] Full text...

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Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

17 september 2021 - 08:19:46
Conakry, 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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Eating wild meat significantly increases zoonotic disease risk: UN report

16 september 2021 - 06:04:30
New York, US (PANA) - The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has  significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali receives 40,000 doses of vaccine

07 september 2021 - 21:45:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian minister of Health, Diéminatou Sangaré, Monday received 40,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Airlines fuel West African wildlife species trafficking to Europe

04 september 2021 - 17:07:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Commercial aviation has largely interfered with the conservation of wildlife species and promoted trade in rare [...] Full text...

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New test finds 'no evidence' of Ebola virus in Cote d’Ivoire case

01 september 2021 - 06:06:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The government of Cote d’Ivoire has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that a second laboratory has tested [...] Full text...

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Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years

15 august 2021 - 10:46:03
Abidjan, 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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Coronavirus: WHO urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies

13 august 2021 - 14:54:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Guinea after detection of first-ever case of Marburg disease

11 august 2021 - 18:52:37
Geneva, 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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Guterres: Desertification and drought destabilising well-being of 3.2 billion people

17 june 2021 - 06:21:52
New York, US (PANA) - Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure  “undermines the [...] Full text...

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Queen Elizabeth honours charity organization working for children in Darfur

14 june 2021 - 17:17:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A British national working to improve the lots of kids in war-ridden Darfur region was awarded one [...] Full text...

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Still time to reverse damage to ‘ravaged’ ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking Environment Day

04 june 2021 - 19:08:34
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, Secretary-General António [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges humanity to make ‘peace with the planet’

22 may 2021 - 06:46:19
New York, US (PANA) - Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, [...] Full text...

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WHO and partners urge countries to halt sale of wild mammals at food markets

13 april 2021 - 17:56:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called for countries to suspend the sale of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’ – WHO chief

31 march 2021 - 06:36:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to [...] Full text...

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Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears

25 march 2021 - 06:39:41
Paris, France (PANA) - As the living tissue of the earth, biodiversity is “intimately linked to human health” the head [...] Full text...

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ILO warns against worsening job inequalities from online digital labour platforms

24 february 2021 - 09:29:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned against the rising income inequalities caused by digital labour [...] Full text...

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Strengthen ‘One Health approach’ to prevent future pandemics – WHO chief

18 february 2021 - 05:27:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates “intimate” linkages between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, as zoonotic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘extremely unlikely’ to have come from a lab, experts say

09 february 2021 - 20:20:03
Wuhan, China (PANA) - The virus that causes coronavirus (COVID-19) probably jumped from animals to humans and is “extremely unlikely” [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambians cautioned against using Ivermectin for animals to treat infection

25 january 2021 - 23:08:50
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has cautioned the public against self-prescribing Ivermectin injection for the [...] Full text...

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Mali suspends poultry imports from Senegal due to bird flu outbreak

17 january 2021 - 11:48:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has since Thursday suspended importation and marketing of poultry from Senegal due to the outbreak [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: British American tobacco firm set to begin human trials on potential vaccine

16 december 2020 - 23:18:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British American Tobacco, a cigarette manufacturer, said Monday it had secured approval to test a coronavirus [...] Full text...

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People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme

15 december 2020 - 10:58:22
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce pressures exerted on the environment and the [...] Full text...

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COVID cases surge as threat from antimicrobial resistance grows – WHO chief

21 november 2020 - 07:59:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first [...] Full text...

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The many sides of J.J. Rawlings: A tribute (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)

16 november 2020 - 08:46:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings, the late Ghanaian President, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief urges more countries to step up and fund global vaccine effort

01 october 2020 - 06:24:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 illustrates ‘woefully under prepared’ world – UN health chief

19 september 2020 - 05:57:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite efforts to break the global cycle of panic and neglect seen throughout multiple disease outbreaks, [...] Full text...

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UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented biodiversity loss’ and spread of disease

16 september 2020 - 04:57:29
New York, US (PANA) - The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals [...] Full text...

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Report reveals two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970

10 september 2020 - 08:27:21
Gland, Switzerland (PANA) – Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in [...] Full text...

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Togo eradicates sleeping sickness

25 august 2020 - 18:10:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has eradicated trypanosomiasis, commonly known as "sleeping sickness", following WHO certification, PANA learned from official [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fight against plastic pollution being hit by 'extraordinary increase' in disposable masks: UN

30 july 2020 - 05:02:12
New York, US (PANA) - The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use [...] Full text...

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UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment

13 july 2020 - 11:17:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Wildlife crime puts environment and health at risk - UN report

11 july 2020 - 09:52:54
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO to issue new brief on airborne transmission, after ‘active engagement’ with scientists

08 july 2020 - 04:06:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to issue a brief on the modes of transmission [...] Full text...

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Bubonic plague: Its symptoms, fatality rate and history

06 july 2020 - 14:24:57
Beijing, 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 - 13:59:25
Beijing, 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 crisis demands 'fundamental rethink' of relationship with natural ecosystems

06 june 2020 - 05:43:55
Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 health crisis should be seen as a clarion call to “fundamentally rethink our relationship” [...] Full text...

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Mali moves to redevelop Gourma biosphere reserve for elephant survival

28 may 2020 - 14:29:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has adopted a bill establishing the Gourma Biosphere Reserve, an area located near [...] Full text...

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Cold spell into Botswana from Atlantic Oceans

25 may 2020 - 16:31:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Cold front from the Atlantic Ocean is expected to pass over the southern half of Africa, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Build back better and preserve biodiversity after COVID-19 pandemic: UN chief

23 may 2020 - 06:17:55
New York, US (PANA) - Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must lead to countries uniting to preserve the natural world, [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Mauritian company launches human-safe disinfectant tunnel

21 may 2020 - 14:20:06
Port Louis, Mauritius PANA) - Mauritian company, Blychem, launched a human-safe disinfectant tunnel in Port Louis on Thursday to help [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)

12 may 2020 - 10:47:38
Abuja, 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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Ghanaian, Kenyan, South African finalists of Henrike Grohs Art Award 2020

08 may 2020 - 21:51:03
Paris, France (PANA)  -  Ghanaian Akwasi Bediako Afrane, Kenyan Jackie Karuti, and South African Sabelo Mlangeni are the three artists [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN virus hunters continue search for animal link to human COVID-19 infections

08 may 2020 - 17:00:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The key work of tracing the animal transmission source of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection in humans [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Global health experts advise WHO to identify animal source of virus

02 may 2020 - 09:33:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International experts have advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to work to identify animal origins of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘No evidence’ that recovered patients cannot be reinfected, says WHO ‎

26 april 2020 - 07:25:50
Geneva‎, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNESCO marks 50th anniversary of Earth Day despite COVID-19

22 april 2020 - 19:18:31
Paris, France (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic forces people into lockdown around the world and shutting down the global [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Not all Gloom and Doom (Feature by Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)

11 april 2020 - 07:13:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The dates for the celebration of Easter, Ramadan, Passover and other religious feasts may vary from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Drones to disinfect public places in Botswana

10 april 2020 - 10:05:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) have designed a [...] Full text...

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Nigerien MPs get briefing on the Coronavirus pandemic

08 april 2020 - 16:03:44
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Members of Parliament on Wednesday attended an information day on coronavirus, in the presence of [...] Full text...

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Kenya confirms fourth coronavirus case, mulls blanket flights ban

17 march 2020 - 22:53:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has confirmed its fourth case of coronavirus from a woman who arrived in the country [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature on World Wildlife Day

03 march 2020 - 05:16:52
New York, US (PANA) - People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s human cradle archaeology puzzle attracts researchers

27 february 2020 - 12:53:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Studies on Botswana’s salt pan – Makgadikgadi as the cradle of human kind are expected to [...] Full text...

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Solution to illegal migration is in Libya’s stability, says PM

26 february 2020 - 05:25:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said on Tuesday that the solution to illegal migration is linked [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Indian Ocean Commission announces Coronavirus Emergency Plan

25 february 2020 - 15:59:11
Ebène, 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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Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes

24 february 2020 - 03:39:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS health ministers meet in Bamako on coronavirus

14 february 2020 - 10:51:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An emergency meeting of health ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on [...] Full text...

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Tunis launches regional platform against human trafficking

13 february 2020 - 19:42:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A platform to combat human trafficking was launched on Thursday in Tunis by the Tunisian National [...] Full text...

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak still an international public health concern

13 february 2020 - 07:21:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains an international public health concern, experts [...] Full text...

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Giant tusker elephant dies in Kenya's Amboseli park

05 february 2020 - 21:27:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The death of the world's most famous elephant, fondly known as Tim, the 'Big Tusker', has [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to benefit from first ever global deworming innovation fund

30 january 2020 - 17:31:42
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the US-based philanthropic Organisations, END Fund, has allocated funding to Rwanda, bringing together private [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus disease diagnosis is available in Burkina Faso - says Ministry of Health

29 january 2020 - 15:15:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The diagnosis of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) disease is possible in Burkina Faso at the National Reference [...] Full text...

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Nigeria; Importation of coronavirus into Nigeria high, says Health Minister

29 january 2020 - 15:00:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says that the risk of importation of coronavirus into [...] Full text...

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Kenya raises alert levels over coronavirus outbreak

26 january 2020 - 12:34:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Ministry of Health has enhanced Kenya's level of alertness in response to the outbreak of [...] Full text...

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No cases of coronavirus-related disease detected in Burkina Faso, health ministry says

24 january 2020 - 10:54:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA - Burkina Faso's ministry of health said on Friday that no cases of coronavirus-related disease have [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. announces measures to prevent outbreak of Chinese deadly virus in Nigeria

22 january 2020 - 17:28:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Wednesday said that it has taken preventive measures to prevent an [...] Full text...

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Botswana urged to control livestock manure methane emissions

20 january 2020 - 14:41:36
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has been challenged to promulgate a climate change policy, incorporating the mitigation and control of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius steps up fight against mosquito-borne diseases

17 january 2020 - 06:00:55
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is [...] Full text...

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Rwandan vet expert warns against "Rift Valley fever" - new disease that passes from animals to humans

12 january 2020 - 17:48:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Chairperson of the Rwanda Council of Veterinary Doctors, Dr. Charles Nkuranga, on Sunday stressed the [...] Full text...

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New Franco-South African laboratory set up in South Africa

10 december 2019 - 00:18:06
Paris, France (PANA)  -  An International Research Laboratory Rehabs, a hub for innovative research on socio-ecosystems and the biosphere at [...] Full text...

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Religious leaders urged to make climate change an 'evangelical issue' in Rwanda

27 november 2019 - 16:29:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's deputy chief of the environment management body has called on local religious leaders to make [...] Full text...

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UNEP says microplastics, microbeads, single-use plastics poisoning sea life

04 november 2019 - 13:04:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean – equivalent [...] Full text...

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Stakeholders urge private sector to address aflatoxins in ensuring food security in East Africa

09 october 2019 - 15:30:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  - With growing concerns on food security in the region, the East African Grains Council (EAGC) [...] Full text...

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Terrorist threat in Libya exacerbated by Tripoli war (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

23 september 2019 - 11:04:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last Thursday, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out an airstrike against elements of the Islamic [...] Full text...

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The Gambia joins global action against waste

19 september 2019 - 15:19:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia will participate in world clean-up day on Saturday, and millions of people in over [...] Full text...

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Congo: CSOs call for registration to appropriate insecticide-treated mosquito nets

18 september 2019 - 21:45:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -  The Platform of Non-Governmental Organizations and Associations Against Malaria in Congo Tuesday called on heads of [...] Full text...

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INDIA: IPCC told to strengthen scientific evidence of how to overcome barriers in reports

12 september 2019 - 21:41:54
New Delhi, India (PANA)    -   The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was Thursday urged to strengthen scientific evidence on [...] Full text...

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Gabon's livestock breeders get tips on biosafety in animals

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

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African health ministers adopt integrated surveillance and disease response strategy

22 august 2019 - 18:04:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Participants in the 69th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa (WHO-Africa), currently [...] Full text...

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Mauritius sets up desk to promote investment in Africa

22 august 2019 - 15:13:12
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade minister Nando Bodha on Thursday said that [...] Full text...

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Microplastic pollution 'not necessarily' a risk to human health

22 august 2019 - 05:26:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tiny plastic particles known as microplastics are “everywhere – including in our drinking-water”, but they are [...] Full text...

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World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact: UN report

08 august 2019 - 16:59:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, [...] Full text...

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Food safety at the centre of Abidjan Academy of African Sciences, Arts meeting

10 july 2019 - 11:17:34
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The biennial meeting of the Academy of African Sciences, Arts, Cultures and Diasporas (ASCAD) opened on [...] Full text...

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Tunisia ranked top Arab country in leishmaniasis research

06 july 2019 - 19:05:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The international journal "BMC" has ranked Tunisia first among Arab countries in the number of publications [...] Full text...

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Italian NGO criticises severely Italian government's migration policy

15 june 2019 - 10:01:03
Palermo, Italy (PANA)   -  The Italian NGO, Mediterranea Saving Humans, has severely criticised the Italian government's migration policy, saying ''the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo launches awareness campaign against chikungunya in Kinshasa and Central Kongo

27 may 2019 - 20:28:35
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The awareness campaign against Chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted to humans by an infested mosquito, [...] Full text...

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WHO certifies Algeria, Argentina malaria-free

22 may 2019 - 11:34:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) as malaria-free. The certification is [...] Full text...

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Senegal will not restore the death sentence, says official

21 may 2019 - 18:24:24
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal will not restore the death sentence which the country abolished in December 2004, the Secretary [...] Full text...

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UN experts condemn Italian bill to fine migrant rescuers

20 may 2019 - 12:42:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts on Monday condemned a proposed draft decree by Italy’s interior minister, Matteo [...] Full text...

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Feature: Plastic pollution and its many side effects on the ecosystem

17 may 2019 - 22:32:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -   Apart from sustaining a rich diversity of natural ecosystems, Botswana’s water resources are critical for meeting [...] Full text...

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Birds globally threatened by plastic waste - UNEP

10 may 2019 - 15:24:04
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - Plastic pollution poses serious health risks to wildlife globally, affecting a wide range of species including [...] Full text...

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Global investors, UN launch guidance, metrics to help industry assess impacts from climate change

10 may 2019 - 15:10:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Twenty institutional investors from 11 countries convened by the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) on Friday launched [...] Full text...

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Major UN report shows one million species face extinction

06 may 2019 - 20:03:35
Paris, France (PANA) - A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species [...] Full text...

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East Africans told to brace for heavy rains, disease outbreaks

07 march 2019 - 15:20:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The East Africa sub-region will be hit by above normal rains which will likely [...] Full text...

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New type of bird flu found in Egypt

04 march 2019 - 13:33:49
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of a new type of avian influenza  H5 N2, which [...] Full text...

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Guinean government allays fears of outbreak of Lassa fever

25 february 2019 - 22:08:03
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The director of Guinea’s National Agency for Health Security (ANSS), Dr. Sakoba Keita, Monday allayed any [...] Full text...

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'No new case of Lassa fever in Guinea'

15 february 2019 - 12:25:59
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - No new suspected case of Lassa fever has been reported in Guinea where people being monitored [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Health authorities say no case of Lassa fever reported in the country

12 february 2019 - 20:02:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's health authorities have taken all necessary measures to prevent the outbreak of Lassa fever currently [...] Full text...

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WHO reports Lassa fever outbreak in five West African countries

12 february 2019 - 12:42:42
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Lassa fever is presently reported in five West African countries, according to a statement issued by [...] Full text...

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France does not plan to suspend military cooperation with Cameroon

08 february 2019 - 20:47:08
Paris, France (PANA) - France does not intend to suspend its military cooperation with Cameroon because it is bound by [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso faces 'extreme' climate conditions, says minister

06 february 2019 - 10:05:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is facing unprecedented "extreme, wide-scale and successive climate conditions" that affect the economy, [...] Full text...

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Togo health authorities declare passengers in contact with victim of lassa fever wanted

15 january 2019 - 18:04:11
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo health authorities say they are looking for passengers on a public transport vehicle which also [...] Full text...

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UN Assembly President launches new initiative to purge plastics and purify oceans

05 december 2018 - 04:58:26
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly launched a new global call to action on [...] Full text...

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Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN warns

13 november 2018 - 03:41:18
Rome, Italy (PANA) - By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance [...] Full text...

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Every bite of burger boosts harmful greenhouse gases: UNEP

09 november 2018 - 04:50:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Even though meat production is known to be a major contributor to climate change and environmental [...] Full text...

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UN committee recommends 4 hazardous chemicals to be listed

14 september 2018 - 11:51:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Rotterdam Convention’s Chemicals Review Committee has recommended that four hazardous chemicals recommended should be [...] Full text...

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Earliest known drawing found on rock in South African cave

13 september 2018 - 15:48:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The earliest known drawing in history – a red, cross-hatched pattern – has been [...] Full text...

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Countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease

08 september 2018 - 05:14:24
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries on Friday pledged to eradicate [...] Full text...

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Tobacco control, a ‘major component’ of environmental protection efforts – WHO official

05 september 2018 - 07:05:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From deforestation to soil degradation and pollution, tobacco production and its use by consumers, is “tremendously [...] Full text...

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Global fish production to continue to expand - FAO report

09 july 2018 - 07:37:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of [...] Full text...

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Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world's water - FAO

20 june 2018 - 08:37:46
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Water pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices poses a serious risk to human health and the planet's [...] Full text...

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Rwanda warns of Rift Valley Fever outbreak amid heavy rainfall

19 june 2018 - 15:55:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan authorities on Tuesday issued an alert following the outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley Fever [...] Full text...

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International partnership to address human-animal-environment health risks gets boost

30 may 2018 - 19:20:34
Divvonne-les-Bains, France (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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FAO chief warns against use of antimicrobial medicines to promote growth in farm animals

30 may 2018 - 11:55:10
Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on Wednesday that antimicrobials are [...] Full text...

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Keeping animals alive and healthy in South Sudan to hold hunger at bay (A feature by FAO)

21 may 2018 - 10:14:47
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is embarking on its biggest ever livestock vaccination [...] Full text...

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'Bees must be protected for the future of our food' - FAO

19 may 2018 - 16:48:44
Ljubljana, Slovenia (PANA) - On the eve of the first World Bee Day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...

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UNHCR chief calls for 'compassionate action' during Ramadan

17 may 2018 - 07:38:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At the start of the holy month, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, [...] Full text...

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Conference on green business development opens in Mauritius

10 may 2018 - 10:21:49
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Business, Enterprises and Cooperatives Minister Sunil Bholah on Thursday again raised red flags about the [...] Full text...

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'Soil protection and conservation starts with us' (A feature by FAO)

06 may 2018 - 04:08:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human [...] Full text...

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Stopping Avian Influenza in Togo (A feature by FAO)

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

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Rwanda bans imports of Burundian small ruminants' meat after detection of viral infection

10 april 2018 - 17:26:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Authorities in the Rwandan ministry of Agriculture and Animal resources, on Tuesday instructed all the Customs [...] Full text...

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FAO espouses agroecology for sustainable food systems (A FAO feature)

02 april 2018 - 09:35:05
Rome, Italy (PANA) - More with less. This is the challenge and the mantra for our future. There will be [...] Full text...

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FAO to host Second International Agroecology Symposium

27 march 2018 - 10:45:32
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will host the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology in [...] Full text...

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Poor rains, fall armyworm leave Southern Africa vulnerable – FAO

09 february 2018 - 11:22:41
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Prolonged dry spells, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and the presence of the voracious fall armyworm have [...] Full text...

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FAO points the way for low-carbon animal products to support nutrition, rural livelihoods (FAO feature)

22 january 2018 - 10:16:15
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The livestock sector is a mainstay for food security and rural livelihoods and the international community [...] Full text...

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Arctic forever changed by rapidly warming climate – UN weather agency

20 december 2017 - 22:27:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Arctic continued in 2017 to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase, [...] Full text...

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Army confirms death of 4 civilians, six terrorists in Boko Haram ambush of UN food convoy

18 december 2017 - 14:03:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army Monday confirmed that four civilians and six Boko Haram insurgents died when a [...] Full text...

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Uganda ends Marburg virus disease outbreak

08 december 2017 - 11:47:03
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda has successfully controlled an outbreak of Marburg virus disease and prevented its spread only weeks [...] Full text...

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UN designates 2021-2030 ‘Decade of Ocean Science’

06 december 2017 - 22:12:20
Paris, France (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday designated the years 2021 to 2030 as the ‘Decade of Ocean [...] Full text...

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Careless disposal of antibiotics could produce ‘ferocious superbugs’ - UNEP

05 december 2017 - 21:21:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to the discharge of drugs and some chemicals into the environment is [...] Full text...

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Antibiotic resistance is ‘crisis we cannot ignore,’ UN warns

14 november 2017 - 06:55:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As World Antibiotic Awareness Week began on Monday, the United Nations, through its Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends farmers stop using antibiotics in healthy animals

08 november 2017 - 05:45:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Farmers and the food industry should stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease [...] Full text...

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FAO tells G7 that 'urgent action needed to curb malnutrition globally'

06 november 2017 - 09:43:21
Milan, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has stressed the critical need to transform food systems to [...] Full text...

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Mexico: UN, partners launch plan to stop transmission of bovine tuberculosis to humans

13 october 2017 - 07:48:28
Guadalajara, Mexico (PANA) – Stressing the damaging impact on poor rural communities in Africa and South-East Asia of animal tuberculosis’ [...] Full text...

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US: Robot Sophia joins UN meeting on artificial intelligence, sustainable dev't

11 october 2017 - 22:44:25
New York, US (PANA) – Artificial intelligence has the potential to accelerate progress on global development goals, but also poses [...] Full text...

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US: Sustainable tourism can advance global development, UN agency highlights

27 september 2017 - 22:41:34
New York, US (PANA) – On World Tourism Day, the United Nations underscored the potential of sustainable tourism to advance [...] Full text...

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US: Ethiopia warns 'No time for scepticism, decisive climate action needed now'

23 september 2017 - 09:19:11
New York, US (PANA) – Like many other countries, Ethiopia is dealing almost every day with the adverse impacts of [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO says it's time for action to support and protect small-scale fisheries

24 august 2017 - 09:13:10
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Two-thirds of the caught fish that humans eat are taken by small-scale fishers, many using [...] Full text...

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Belgium: UNESCO, partners organize World Humanities Conference in Belgium

05 august 2017 - 09:35:26
Liège, Belgium (PANA) - The “World Humanities Conference. Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition” will take place in [...] Full text...

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US: UN Security Council expresses concern over threats of terrorism in West Africa

25 july 2017 - 05:44:23
New York, US (PANA) – The Security Council on Monday welcomed recent "positive political developments" in some West African countries, [...] Full text...

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