Reporters Without Borders calls for charges to be dropped against Cameroonian journalist

23 december 2022 - 16:10:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the charges against Amadou Vamoulké, a journalist and [...] Full text...

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Beaches in South Africa's Plettenberg Bay closed after fatal shark attack

25 september 2022 - 15:04:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – All beaches in the popular Western Cape Town of Plettenberg Bay have been closed [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 3 die of "Rift" fever

29 september 2020 - 18:17:46
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Three individuals died of hemorrhagic fever, commonly known as "Rift Fever", in the regions of Tagant [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition party says the country is unprepared to deal with coronavirus

13 march 2020 - 10:22:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), says the country was not prepared [...] Full text...

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Niger First Lady pleads for increased resource mobilization to fight cancer

05 february 2020 - 14:48:21
Niamey, Niger (PANA) -  Niger's First Lady,  Dr Lala Malika Issoufou on Wednesday appealed for a greater mobilization of resources [...] Full text...

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Rwanda set to inaugurate second cancer treatment center in Kigali

03 february 2020 - 23:45:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  The second cancer treatment center at a military hospital located at Kanombe, one of the suburbs [...] Full text...

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Liberia dedicates first-ever pathology laboratory

30 october 2019 - 22:04:20
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA)   -  The John F. Kennedy (JFK) Memorial Hospital, Liberia’s largest referral health center, Wednesday dedicated a state-of-the-art [...] Full text...

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Falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, says Ivorian doctor

05 september 2019 - 19:38:12
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Inferior or falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, Dr Siembou Koné, a [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso records first successful heart surgery

23 april 2019 - 23:24:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Burkinabe surgeons Tuesday successfully performed heart surgery on a seven-year-old girl, a first in a [...] Full text...

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Union holds sensitization programme on cancer for Media stakeholders in Mauritania

15 february 2019 - 22:16:02
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The local branch of the Francophone Press Union (UPF) of Mauritania, in collaboration with the Ministries [...] Full text...

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Researchers, producers and consumers discuss food toxins in Mali

25 december 2018 - 17:50:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Researchers, producers and consumers have met in Bamako to share information on food-related hazards in Mali, [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Cyril Ramaphosa elected new South Africa President

15 february 2018 - 13:12:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Parliament on Thursday elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's new president. He [...] Full text...

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South Africa salutes Zuma's departure

15 february 2018 - 10:39:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's mainstream media houses, numerous organisations and political parties have on Thursday hailed [...] Full text...

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US: UNFPA boss Dr Osotimehin passes away

05 june 2017 - 15:17:48
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Monday announced the death of its Executive Director, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Conference on innovative medical research in Africa opens in Mauritius

27 july 2015 - 17:50:48
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Education and Scientific Research Minister Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun on Monday said the presence of [...] Full text...

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Botswana: One-stop cancer healthy facility opens in Gaborone

19 may 2015 - 18:21:30
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has opened its first one-stop clinic for female cancer patients at the country's oldest medical [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: African pathologists discuss role of laboratory services in quality health care

21 august 2014 - 09:10:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The presently inadequate number of pathologists in the East, Central and Southern Africa region [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: No Ebola cases in Mauritania

19 august 2014 - 10:14:42
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - No case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been recorded in Mauritania, the Health Ministry said [...] Full text...

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Buildings around Nigeria plane crash site to be 'tested'

09 june 2012 - 15:13:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Structural tests will soon be carried out on about 30 buildings around last Sunday’s plane crash [...] Full text...

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Breast Cancer assuming alarming proportion in Mauritius

29 april 2010 - 15:43:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Breast cancer, which is the commonest cancer in w omen in Mauritius, is assuming an alarming [...] Full text...

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Move to raise number of agric researchers for Africa gathers steam

20 april 2010 - 12:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As Africa steps up efforts to increase the number of agr icultural researchers as part of [...] Full text...

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Leading health organisations launch accreditation process for labs across Africa

27 july 2009 - 12:16:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Government health officials from 13 African countries on Monday launched the first-ever push for accreditation of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to host Pan African 'Super Speciality' Hospital

13 july 2009 - 13:16:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has been selected to host the 'Super Sp eciality' Regional Hospital of the Pan African [...] Full text...

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Namibia 'detects' four suspected cases of Swine Flu

01 july 2009 - 08:23:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibian health authorities said Wednesday they have detected four cases of Swine Flu, which they said [...] Full text...

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Pan-African e-network project inaugurated in Addis Ababa

04 march 2009 - 17:35:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Pan-African e-Network Project was formally in augurated Wednesday at the Tele Education Centre of [...] Full text...

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