Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat

11 december 2024 - 20:15:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of [...] Full text...

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Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat: WHO

11 december 2024 - 08:36:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria [...] Full text...

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European Council, European Commission and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-host Gavi High Level Pledging Summit

05 december 2024 - 13:31:12
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union and the Gates Foundation, together with the close support of other Gavi donors [...] Full text...

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Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023

15 november 2024 - 13:30:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from [...] Full text...

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Cases of measles surge by 20 per cent in 2023

15 november 2024 - 06:03:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A surge in measles cases has reached 10.3 million worldwide in 2023, marking a 20 percent [...] Full text...

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WHO identifies 17 pathogens as top priorities for new vaccine development

06 november 2024 - 05:19:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) lists 17 bacteria, viruses and parasites that [...] Full text...

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War reflects negatively on child vaccination in Sudan, UNICEF

25 october 2024 - 18:26:22
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that war in Sudan has hit the children section [...] Full text...

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Three men die of liver cancer every week in Gambia - Health official

21 october 2024 - 11:04:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Professor Ramou Njie, a liver specialist at the University of The Gambia, has disclosed that liver [...] Full text...

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End ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says WHO

09 october 2024 - 17:03:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Our “collective amnesia” about how bad the COVID-19 pandemic was should not prevent us from protecting [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone safely moves Ebola samples to secure central biobank

04 october 2024 - 10:00:15
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA)  – With the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and international and national partners, Sierra [...] Full text...

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Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan

17 september 2024 - 08:01:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target

03 september 2024 - 16:43:38
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been [...] Full text...

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UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries

02 september 2024 - 05:01:16
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Chidrlen's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender for the procurement of mpox [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations

31 august 2024 - 07:20:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza [...] Full text...

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African health ministers, partners urge equitable access to critical tools to curb cervical cancer threat

29 august 2024 - 18:45:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Inequitable access to vaccines and high-performance screening tools is hampering efforts to effectively reduce the growing [...] Full text...

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UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine

28 august 2024 - 05:08:44
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered [...] Full text...

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UNICEF raises alarm over diversion of nutrition supplements in Sokoto

25 august 2024 - 14:58:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) recently frowned at the alleged diversion of nutrition supplements in [...] Full text...

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WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread

16 august 2024 - 05:14:24
Brazzaville, DR Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb [...] Full text...

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Gaza remains at ‘high risk’ of polio virus spread, warn UN aid teams

14 august 2024 - 12:48:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The risk of polio spreading in Gaza remains high unless there is an urgent and comprehensive [...] Full text...

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WHO invites mpox vaccine manufacturers to submit dossiers for emergency evaluation

10 august 2024 - 12:47:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an invitation for manufacturers of mpox vaccines to submit [...] Full text...

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WHO-warns of surge in polio, mpox infections

07 august 2024 - 19:47:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday announced the passing of Aidan O’Leary, the Director of the [...] Full text...

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Mozambique introduces R21 vaccine, bolstering malaria control efforts

06 august 2024 - 16:21:45
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique on Monday reached an important milestone in malaria prevention among children with the introduction of [...] Full text...

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WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children

27 july 2024 - 05:55:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio [...] Full text...

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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

19 july 2024 - 16:04:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans [...] Full text...

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Childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023: UN agencies

15 july 2024 - 05:04:12
New York, US (PANA) - Immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection [...] Full text...

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Shipment of newest malaria vaccine, R21, to CAR marks latest milestone for child survival

25 may 2024 - 10:32:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With two recommended vaccines and expanded supply, Gavi, UNICEF, WHO are working closely with governments and [...] Full text...

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Kenya aims to begin vaccine manufacturing in 2027

15 may 2024 - 17:10:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya will begin the mass production of vaccines, mostly those required for routine immunization and would [...] Full text...

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Major step in malaria prevention as three West African countries roll out vaccine

29 april 2024 - 09:35:51
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) — In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone—last week [...] Full text...

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Mpox deaths falling everywhere but Africa, says expert panel

21 march 2024 - 05:37:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cases of Mpox are falling everywhere except in Africa, a UN health agency expert panel has [...] Full text...

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Africa immunization advisory group urges single-dose HPV vaccine adoption

01 march 2024 - 10:24:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Cervical cancer poses a significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with 120,000 cases annually out of the global [...] Full text...

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Polio investment in Eastern Mediterranean nets nearly 39-fold return: WHO 

15 february 2024 - 05:49:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every dollar invested in fighting polio in the Eastern Mediterranean region yields a return of nearly [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan

14 february 2024 - 05:47:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...

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Nearly 10,000 children vaccinated as malaria vaccine rollout in Africa expands

13 february 2024 - 09:11:18
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have now received the RTS,S malaria vaccine since [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative

25 january 2024 - 18:05:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The raging war in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at [...] Full text...

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Libya launches comprehensive national healthcare programme

08 january 2024 - 14:43:34
Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity has launched a health number system and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza war: Crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays, obstacles

04 january 2024 - 16:53:49
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

21 december 2023 - 06:46:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...

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Urgent help needed for millions of children affected by conflicts and disasters: UNICEF

15 december 2023 - 18:37:18
New York, US (PANA) - Protection needs for children in emergencies from Ukraine to Gaza and Sudan have never been [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

27 november 2023 - 14:53:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in [...] Full text...

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Diphtheria outbreak in Guinea

19 october 2023 - 06:54:35
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A diphtheria outbreak in Guinea has killed 58 people, amid hundreds of reported cases – many [...] Full text...

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Training more nurses to bring quality health care to hard-to-reach communities in Kenya- World Bank Blog (By Dr. Leah Chebet Bii)

12 october 2023 - 16:10:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Health workers are the backbone of health systems that meet the needs of their communities. In remote [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends vaccine against dengue, meningitis

03 october 2023 - 05:52:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine against dengue for children aged [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends second malaria vaccine for children

02 october 2023 - 18:26:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a second vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria [...] Full text...

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Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief

20 july 2023 - 06:23:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing spread [...] Full text...

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Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide (Embargoed until 00:01 GMT / 02:01 CEST 18 July 2023)

17 july 2023 - 18:48:47
Geneva/New York (PANA) -  Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as [...] Full text...

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Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote received by president of Niger

19 june 2023 - 16:07:27
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On Monday 19 June, 2023, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, received [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UNICEF says millions of children at risk or displaced

17 june 2023 - 17:06:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-  More than one million children have now been displaced by two months of conflict in Sudan while [...] Full text...

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WHO, Libyan health authorities organize joint polio epidemic simulation exercise

03 june 2023 - 15:54:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A polio outbreak simulation exercise involving experts and some Libyan health staff was organized by the [...] Full text...

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Gambia Ministry of Health receives $1.5 million in supplies from Japan and UNICEF

16 may 2023 - 20:18:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF and the Embassy of Japan in Senegal, accredited to The Gambia, handed over more than [...] Full text...

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Health systems show first major signs of post-COVID-19 recovery

03 may 2023 - 05:24:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three years [...] Full text...

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World Immunization Week: Libyans urged to immunize against COVID-19

25 april 2023 - 18:39:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has called on Libyans and residents in the country [...] Full text...

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WHO releases largest global collection of health inequality data

25 april 2023 - 16:31:38
Geneva, Switzerland PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday launched its Health Inequality Data Repository, the most comprehensive global [...] Full text...

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African Vaccination Week, World Immunization Week kick off

24 april 2023 - 07:12:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...

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2023 World Immunization Week to be celebrated 24 to 30 April

23 april 2023 - 06:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action [...] Full text...

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WHO makes key leadership appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives

18 april 2023 - 08:38:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...

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WHO concerned about rising measles cases in southern and western Libya

30 march 2023 - 15:07:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the increase of measles cases in the [...] Full text...

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Kenya begins provision of malaria vaccine around Lake Victoria region

06 march 2023 - 13:50:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is starting the immediate provision of a groundbreaking malaria vaccine to children especially those living [...] Full text...

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Mozambique targets 720,000 people in cholera vaccination drive

28 february 2023 - 05:39:48
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique on Monday kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720,000 people in eight districts as [...] Full text...

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African leaders call for urgent action to revitalise routine immunization

21 february 2023 - 06:18:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ‒ African heads of state have agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions

31 december 2022 - 05:19:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners on Friday kicked off a nationwide integrated measles [...] Full text...

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Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Kenya's Turkana County

28 december 2022 - 05:22:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the [...] Full text...

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Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report

01 december 2022 - 14:21:11
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is [...] Full text...

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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat

25 november 2022 - 14:45:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health [...] Full text...

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Nearly 40 million children susceptible to measles due to COVID-19 disruptions - Report

24 november 2022 - 05:07:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 40 million children are at risk of getting measles due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the [...] Full text...

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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO

03 november 2022 - 20:57:58
Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination rollout stalls in Africa, says WHO

21 october 2022 - 14:42:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the monthly [...] Full text...

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Gambia begins nationwide campaign against Measles-Rubella

19 october 2022 - 11:40:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health on Tuesday started a week-long campaign to vaccinate children against measles-rubella. Aja Kandeh, [...] Full text...

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Libya's national unity government's crisis exit plan seeks international support

06 october 2022 - 20:35:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The government of national unity has refined since last February its plan to end the crisis [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres

24 september 2022 - 11:52:32
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...

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Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid - UNICEF

23 september 2022 - 13:49:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO expert group recommends second booster for vulnerable groups

19 august 2022 - 05:19:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster to older persons, pregnant women, health workers, [...] 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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UNICEF secures supply of malaria vaccine for million more children

16 august 2022 - 16:51:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of malaria vaccine to GSK valued [...] Full text...

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Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years: WHO

04 august 2022 - 17:32:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Advocacy day for vaccination against pandemic in Mali

25 july 2022 - 17:42:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The results of vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) are far below expectation in Mali, said the president [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk

15 july 2022 - 19:47:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...

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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO

13 july 2022 - 05:27:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio

10 july 2022 - 07:55:34
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique last week kicked off the third round of vaccination against wild poliovirus type 1 as southern [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO validates 11th vaccine for pandemic

19 may 2022 - 16:26:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for "CONVIDECIA", a vaccine [...] Full text...

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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique

18 may 2022 - 15:52:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia to embark on countrywide vaccination campaign

05 may 2022 - 14:21:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, has announced a countrywide coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination [...] Full text...

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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief

02 may 2022 - 05:27:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...

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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa, warns WHO

29 april 2022 - 05:42:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year, the UN World [...] Full text...

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Afreximbank calls on African governments to mobilise around AVAT compensation initiative

23 march 2022 - 15:57:23
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA)- Professor Benedict Oramah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Japan provides US$2.5 million to support Gambia efforts against pandemic

22 march 2022 - 12:09:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Japan has provided US$2.5 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support The Gambian [...] Full text...

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WHO targets children under-5 in southern Africa in mass polio vaccination drives after Malawi outbreak

22 march 2022 - 06:30:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A vaccination drive against wild polio type 1 has kicked off in five southern African countries [...] Full text...

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Gambia to launch polio immunization targeting 382,908 children

18 march 2022 - 18:26:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Ministry of Health announced Friday a launch of the second round of Polio Immunization campaign targeting [...] Full text...

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'Cancer care in Africa improves, but challenges persist'

15 march 2022 - 05:59:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Although cancer care has improved significantly in many African countries over the past decade, challenges in [...] Full text...

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USAID gives Nigeria $10.6 million aid

11 march 2022 - 04:45:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Agency for International Development  (USAID) has announced an additional $10.6 million in development assistance to Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected: WHO

05 march 2022 - 15:15:59
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Polio emergency response teams in Malawi are ramping up disease surveillance and deepening investigations after the country [...] Full text...

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Vera Songwé calls for making immunization a reality to achieve SDGs

04 march 2022 - 17:18:11
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Vera Songwé, has called on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 Immunization campaign targets mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border

18 february 2022 - 21:05:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - COVID-19 Immunization campaign, targeting  mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border, has vaccinated over 1,500 persons, according to [...] Full text...

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Japan offers financial support to Guinea's health system

25 january 2022 - 14:36:40
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The government of Japan has donated medical materials and equipment worth about US$1.5 million to Guinea, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over

19 january 2022 - 05:24:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists

23 december 2021 - 07:22:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO lists ninth vaccine for emergency use

18 december 2021 - 08:14:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization  (WHO) on Friday approved the Covovax vaccine for emergency use listing (EUL), elevating to nine [...] Full text...

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More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs

13 december 2021 - 05:50:25
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Chinese, American companies in the market for vaccine in Burundi

10 december 2021 - 13:35:55
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The anti-coronavirus vaccine of the Chinese pharmaceutical firm 'SINOPHARM' has been joined since last Monday by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine hoarding will prolong pandemic, warns WHO

10 december 2021 - 05:37:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Early laboratory data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron COVID-19 variant is useful, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 1.6 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya

27 november 2021 - 14:07:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,669,064 people have received a vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State Blinken to discuss situation in Horn of Africa with Kenyan president

17 november 2021 - 12:03:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kenya on Wednesday on an official visit to [...] Full text...

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Gambia to begin four days Polio Immunization campaign on November 20

16 november 2021 - 18:48:50
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with UNICEF-Gambia office, will start a four-day massive Polio immunization [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 190 new positive cases

14 november 2021 - 07:45:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Saturday recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement from the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus

10 november 2021 - 05:51:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccine production should be matched by access to the syringes needed to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO approves Indian vaccine

04 november 2021 - 05:11:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday approved an eighth vaccine against COVID-19, which follows a slight uptick [...] Full text...

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Coalition holds workshop on validation of technical documents on vaccine research, manufacturing in Africa

28 october 2021 - 21:17:06
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) Thursday began a two-day workshop to review and validate [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Less than 10% of African countries to hit key vaccination goal

28 october 2021 - 11:16:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Just five African countries, less than 10% of Africa’s 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end [...] Full text...

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Former Malian Health Minister elected to the US National Academy of Medicine

23 october 2021 - 19:36:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A former Malian Minister of Health and current Director General of the National Institute of Public [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO advisory group recommends booster shot for immunocompromised people

12 october 2021 - 06:52:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 69 new cases

08 october 2021 - 14:36:30
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded over the last 24 hours 69 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in [...] Full text...

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WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk children

06 october 2021 - 20:30:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: At least 460,000 get Covid-19 jabs in Tanzania

02 october 2021 - 10:16:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Within two weeks of a nationwide campaign led by health and government officials, at [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fifteen African countries hit 10% vaccination goal

30 september 2021 - 20:19:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Fifteen African countries, nearly a third of the continent’s 54 nations, have fully vaccinated 10% of their [...] Full text...

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WHO launches global road map to defeat meningitis by 2030

27 september 2021 - 13:55:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Tuesday launch Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Road [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana temporarily puts rollout of Sinovac vaccine on hold

13 september 2021 - 12:57:43
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Health authorities in Botswana have announced delayed rollout of the Sinovac vaccine due to  the "non-availability [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International says increasing number of children killed and recruited by armed groups in Sahel’s tri-border area

13 september 2021 - 05:27:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Increasing numbers of children are being killed and targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU to receive additional 10 million vaccines from French government

30 august 2021 - 18:04:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries will receive 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over [...] Full text...

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African countries commit to ending all forms of polio

27 august 2021 - 05:41:00
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Governments from the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region have committed to ending all remaining forms of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya goes for multiple vaccines to immunise 10 million in 2021

26 august 2021 - 21:40:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will continue to vaccinate the population with a target of reaching 10 million by December [...] Full text...

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Libya begins administration of second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

21 august 2021 - 10:33:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The administration of the second dose of AstraZeneca's anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Libya will begin on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic widens routine immunization gaps in Africa

29 july 2021 - 14:51:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – Around 7.7 million children in Africa missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New data indicate vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery

22 july 2021 - 15:43:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and [...] Full text...

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Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout

15 july 2021 - 05:37:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children worldwide [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guterres calls for global vaccine plan as pandemic death toll passes 4 million

08 july 2021 - 05:40:55
New York, US (PANA - The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million on Wednesday, marking yet [...] Full text...

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IMF calls on Guinean government to control inflation

02 july 2021 - 10:42:02
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In Guinea, inflation should remain above the single-digit target of the country's central bank during the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank props up Benin's vaccination campaign

01 july 2021 - 13:16:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Development Association (IDA), the aid arm of the World Bank, has  granted Benin US$ [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief expresses concern about Delta variant

26 june 2021 - 06:29:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency expressed concern on Friday over the COVID-19’s delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date.  Dr. [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR urges states to remove vaccine barriers for refugees

24 june 2021 - 10:57:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four months since the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, the global initiative [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Millions of stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs: UNHCR

23 june 2021 - 05:06:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO explains why vaccinating children is not a priority

11 june 2021 - 22:28:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  WHO's Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan Friday shed light on why vaccinating children against the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal

10 june 2021 - 21:02:07
Brazzaville, (Congo) - As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, [...] Full text...

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Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks- WHO

09 june 2021 - 23:48:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) will Thursday launch the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022 titled "Delivering on [...] Full text...

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​WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

01 june 2021 - 22:24:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization Tuesday validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Beijing-based pharmaceutical company [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU health ministers urge member countries to step up vaccination against the disease

18 may 2021 - 07:48:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Health Ministers have called upon all AU Member States to intensify their efforts for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO gives emergency listing to Sinopharm vaccine

07 may 2021 - 21:55:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Friday gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Bejing's COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth [...] Full text...

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Institutional mistrust retards child vaccination progress in Africa, new study

01 may 2021 - 10:07:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child [...] Full text...

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New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives

27 april 2021 - 05:15:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues to disrupt health services in 90 pct of countries -WHO

23 april 2021 - 21:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The second round of a World Health Organization “pulse survey“ reveals that over one year into the [...] Full text...

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WHO warns of risk of major measles outbreaks as countries delay vaccination drives

23 april 2021 - 05:14:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of risk of major [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic witnessing seven weeks of increasing cases, deaths -Tedros

13 april 2021 - 00:08:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday briefed the media on the state of the coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Morocco receives first allocation of Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX mechanism

09 april 2021 - 10:38:52
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has benefited from a first allocation of the Covid-19 vaccine under the COVAX mechanism, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Plausible’ link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots - WHO committee

08 april 2021 - 06:51:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR calls for equitable access to vaccines for refugees

07 april 2021 - 11:02:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, the UN Refugee Agency is calling for concerted international action and solidarity [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine given emergency use authorisation in Kenya

24 march 2021 - 18:08:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's pharmaceutical products regulator said on Wednesday it had authorised the use of two vaccines for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WB assessment shows gaps in countries’ readiness to deploy vaccines

18 march 2021 - 14:04:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As countries undertake the largest vaccination campaign in history, results of a World Bank [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Health experts give green light to Janssen jab, allay clotting concerns

18 march 2021 - 05:18:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by the board of UN [...] Full text...

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WHO reacts to suspension by some EU countries of COVID-19 vaccine, says safe to use

17 march 2021 - 21:31:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Wednesday that some countries in the European Union had [...] Full text...

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Countries gear-up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all

15 march 2021 - 09:49:21
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in African countries, a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO adds Janssen vaccine to list of safe, effective emergency tools against pandemic

13 march 2021 - 09:27:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine Ad26.COV2.S for emergency use in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia receives first consignment of vaccines under COVAX initiative

03 march 2021 - 09:47:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia has received its first shipment of 36,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COCAX Facility, [...] Full text...

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UN agencies support South Sudan's nationwide polio vaccination campaign

26 february 2021 - 05:17:30
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from [...] Full text...

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Ebola vaccination starts in Guinea to curb new outbreak

24 february 2021 - 06:20:40
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off on Tuesday in Guinea as the emergency response [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana to receive compensation for COVAX vaccine side effects

23 february 2021 - 21:57:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is to receive a no-fault compensation claim of serious side effects for people vaccinated with [...] Full text...

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Guinea launches vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis

20 february 2021 - 10:37:47
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A four-day national immunization campaign against polio in Guinea was launched on Friday in Upper Guinea, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief decries ‘wildly uneven and unfair’ vaccination

18 february 2021 - 05:15:10
New York, US (PANA) - International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines appealed on Wednesday for the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank announces its first support for vaccine rollout in Africa

12 february 2021 - 10:26:15
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank approved on Thursday an additional financing of $5 million from the International Development [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Using AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘right thing to do’ for everyone, says WHO

11 february 2021 - 06:10:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel countered concerns over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine on Wednesday, insisting that “it’s the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New variants raise questions around vaccines, WHO says

09 february 2021 - 07:02:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: COVAX expects to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February

04 february 2021 - 22:27:34
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVAX has notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: King Mohamed VI to launch national vaccination campaign

27 january 2021 - 23:21:30
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - King Mohamed VI will Thursday launch the national anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, a statement issued by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO panel issues key guidance on second vaccine doses

27 january 2021 - 05:28:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO clears BioNTech’s vaccine for emergency use

01 january 2021 - 06:43:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To speed up access to COVID-19 vaccinations in the developing world, on the eve of the new [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Stronger action needed as African countries see steady rise in cases - WHO

18 december 2020 - 05:23:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – COVID-19 cases in the African region have risen steadily over the past two months, underscoring the need [...] Full text...

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Kenya grants citizenship to stateless Zimbabweans at Independence Day fete

13 december 2020 - 12:16:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has taken an extraordinary step of granting citizenship to 1,600 stateless Zimbabweans from the Shona [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges stronger community role in vaccine rollout

11 december 2020 - 07:33:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – As African countries gear up for COVID-19 vaccination, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for increased [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Prioritise health workers, at-risk groups, for vaccines: WHO chief

08 december 2020 - 06:03:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, weeks and months, health [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges African countries to ramp up readiness for vaccination drive

27 november 2020 - 06:44:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the race to find a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is showing increasing promise, a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver vaccines

23 november 2020 - 11:31:22
New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 logistics partners, including major airlines, [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemic

07 november 2020 - 00:06:47
GENEVA, Switzerland  (PANA) - The UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for an urgent action to avert [...] Full text...

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‘Emergency action’ needed to prevent major polio, measles epidemics: UN agencies

06 november 2020 - 17:10:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Globally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles – dangerous but [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, WHO concerned about shortage of children's vaccines in Libya

06 november 2020 - 11:31:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have expressed "extreme concern" [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF to stockpile over half a billion syringes by year end

19 october 2020 - 12:05:23
New York, US (PANA) – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic and violence contribute to rising humanitarian needs in the Sahel

17 october 2020 - 06:00:09
Geneva, Switzerland  (PANA) - A surge in armed violence, coupled with the economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank approves $12 billion for vaccines

14 october 2020 - 12:55:33
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing [...] Full text...

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Babies now vaccinated against hepatitis B from birth in Benin

06 october 2020 - 18:13:09
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Babies born in Benin will now be vaccinated against hepatitis B within 24 hours of birth, [...] Full text...

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Conflict, climate crisis, threaten fragile gains to advance women, children’s health

26 september 2020 - 09:35:15
New York, US (PANA) - Fragile gains made over the past decade to advance women and children’s health are threatened [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Countries urged to act against pandemic ‘infodemic’

24 september 2020 - 06:34:43
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they [...] Full text...

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How Africa’s health systems gain from polio eradication experience

23 september 2020 - 10:38:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The polio response has brought many skilled technicians into Africa’s health systems as the Global Polio [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, UN agencies warn

09 september 2020 - 16:35:54
New York, US (PANA) - The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of COVID vaccines

04 september 2020 - 18:22:02
New York, US (PANA) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure [...] Full text...

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UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world

03 september 2020 - 20:53:06
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - UNICEF is leading efforts to procure and supply coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in what could possibly be the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African countries engaging in ground-breaking vaccine initiative

03 september 2020 - 15:16:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO survey says 90% of countries reported disruptions to essential health services since pandemic​

01 september 2020 - 04:12:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the coronavirus (COVID-19) caused disruptions to the [...] Full text...

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Polio cases reported in Sudan despite announcement of its eradication in Africa

29 august 2020 - 17:50:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported cases of [...] Full text...

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Africa declared wild polio-free after four years without a case

25 august 2020 - 18:03:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief reiterates warning against pandemic ‘vaccine nationalism’

19 august 2020 - 04:33:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning against “vaccine nationalism” in the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘No silver bullet’ to combat virus, says UN health agency chief

03 august 2020 - 19:57:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is “no silver bullet” to combat COVID-19, and there might never be”, the head of [...] Full text...

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Spread of hepatitis B in children under five, lowest in decades: WHO

28 july 2020 - 05:06:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five, dropped to under one [...] Full text...

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WHO aims at hepatitis-free world by 2030

26 july 2020 - 10:24:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on all countries to work together to [...] Full text...

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Congo receives motorcycles from UNICEF to boost immunization capacity

25 july 2020 - 16:02:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) handed over 50 motorcycles to Congo on Friday to boost [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: World Bank, UNICEF provide essential supplies for Niger's response to pandemic

17 july 2020 - 14:53:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday delivered drugs and equipment worth [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo launches emergency coronavirus response project

15 july 2020 - 16:47:00
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government on Tuesday launched the Coronavirus Emergency Response Project, and the activities of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF warn of decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

15 july 2020 - 16:11:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday of "an alarming [...] Full text...

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Guinea hit by measles epidemic

12 july 2020 - 16:11:06
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seventeen persons have died recently from a measles epidemic that hit Guinea for several months, reliable [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

10 july 2020 - 09:08:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa has joined immunization experts in [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso resumes polio vaccination campaigns under strict COVID-19 prevention measures

07 july 2020 - 10:16:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  Burkina Faso on Monday concluded a four-day mass polio immunization campaign, vaccinating 174,304 children under five [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari praises world leaders, Osinbajo, others for Polio-free Nigeria

03 july 2020 - 21:08:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Friday commended world leaders and partners for supporting Nigeria to attain a Wild [...] Full text...

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Libya-Germany trade rises by 16 per cent in 2019

30 june 2020 - 10:17:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The volume of trade between Libya and Germany increased by 16 percent in the year 2019, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO decries ‘negligent’ safety planning for African frontline health workers

25 june 2020 - 20:03:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has decried the lack of proper [...] Full text...

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Africa’s wild polio-free status to be determined in August: WHO

19 june 2020 - 20:40:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in [...] Full text...

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