WHA delegates approve groundbreaking new agreement on transplantation

31 may 2024 - 07:05:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) (with the initiation of Spain) have approved a [...] Full text...

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Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services

01 february 2024 - 17:34:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya begins administering fourth dose of vaccine

03 june 2022 - 16:00:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has announced the beginning of a vaccination campaign to [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean government adopts kidney transplant law

18 january 2020 - 18:18:00
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) -  Cape Verdean Minister of Health Arlindo do Rosário announced here Saturday a kidney transplant bill [...] Full text...

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Tunisia, Senegal to strengthen health cooperation

19 december 2019 - 22:33:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian director general of health and a delegation from the Senegalese national council for organ [...] Full text...

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Several successful organ transplants recorded in Tunisia in 2019

17 october 2019 - 15:01:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian National Center for the Promotion of Organ Transplant has revealed that four heart transplant [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to debate Human Tissue Bill in Parliament

21 may 2018 - 11:54:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As the Mauritian Parliament prepares to begin the second reading the Human Tissue (Removal, Preservation and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Govt calls for public referendum on Organ Transplant act in Mauritius

10 june 2015 - 13:17:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry has invited members of the public to express themselves on the Human [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 42,000 regular blood donors in Mauritius

14 june 2014 - 20:53:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 42,000 people or 2.5 per cent of the population donate blood voluntarily and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Around 10,000 people suffer from renal diseases in Mauritius

13 march 2014 - 13:32:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Renal diseases affect more and more Mauritians because of diabetes and hypertension, with around 1,000 patients [...] Full text...

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Shortage of organs leading to increased human trafficking, warns UN expert

26 october 2013 - 19:33:09
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Ms. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has warned [...] Full text...

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Mauritius introduces Human Tissue Bill to Parliament

25 june 2013 - 17:45:49
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, on Tuesday introduced the Human Tissue (Removal, Preservation and Transplant) [...] Full text...

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