Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over
20 december 2024 - 18:46:58Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was declared over on Thursday by the Government of Rwanda [...] Full text...
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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was declared over on Thursday by the Government of Rwanda [...] Full text...
Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says WHO
18 december 2024 - 05:31:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030
02 december 2024 - 05:26:02New York, US (PANA) - Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if [...] Full text...
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Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023
15 november 2024 - 13:30:08Geneva, 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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Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north
05 november 2024 - 05:21:06New York, US (PANA) - The UN-supported polio vaccine campaign concluded in besieged northern Gaza on Monday, with agencies inoculating [...] Full text...
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Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire
04 november 2024 - 04:52:22Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Attacks on a clinic and UN staff member were reported during a resumed polio vaccine [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Gaza: Strike hits health centre as polio vaccine campaign resumes in ravaged north
03 november 2024 - 13:24:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The long-awaited final phase of a UN-supported polio vaccine campaign began on Saturday in bombarded, besieged [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Final phase of polio vaccine campaign reaches ravaged north
03 november 2024 - 05:28:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The long-awaited final phase of a UN-supported polio vaccine campaign began early Saturday morning in bombarded [...] Full text...
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WHO lists additional mpox diagnostic tests for emergency use
30 october 2024 - 19:07:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As part of ongoing efforts to enhance quality-assured testing options, the World Health Organization (WHO) has [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Israeli strikes delay polio vaccine campaign in the north
24 october 2024 - 05:45:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza have forced the postponement of [...] Full text...
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Rwanda’s economic growth among strongest in Sub-Saharan Africa: IMF
23 october 2024 - 08:51:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Rwandan authorities have reached staff-level agreement on policies needed [...] Full text...
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Three men die of liver cancer every week in Gambia - Health official
21 october 2024 - 11:04:32Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Professor Ramou Njie, a liver specialist at the University of The Gambia, has disclosed that liver [...] Full text...
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WHO issues travel advice in context of Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Rwanda
11 october 2024 - 18:59:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO on 10 October issued advice against travel and trade restrictions with Rwanda in the [...] Full text...
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End ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says WHO
09 october 2024 - 17:03:43Geneva, 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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WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use
05 october 2024 - 05:20:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic [...] Full text...
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Ghana confirms first case of mpox
03 october 2024 - 13:27:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday confirmed the first case of mpox in the west [...] Full text...
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Nearly 70 million across East Africa need humanitarian aid - UN
03 october 2024 - 05:31:52New York, US (PANA) - New estimates from humanitarians in East Africa indicate that nearly 67 million people in the [...] Full text...
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Global immunisation coverage still below pre-pandemic levels: WHO
03 october 2024 - 05:27:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global immunisation coverage has remained below pre-pandemic levels and the number of children who have not [...] Full text...
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Rwanda Ministry of Health announces confirmation of Marburg virus disease
01 october 2024 - 16:00:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Rwanda Ministry of Health on 27 September 2024, announced the confirmation of Marburg virus disease [...] Full text...
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Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, 26 cases confirmed
30 september 2024 - 11:24:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying outbreak control efforts following the detection of Marburg virus disease, with 26 [...] Full text...
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WHO announces recommendations for influenza vaccine composition for 2025 southern hemisphere influenza season
28 september 2024 - 18:39:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Saturday announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines [...] Full text...
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Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa
20 september 2024 - 14:38:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to [...] Full text...
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WHO chief hails ‘massive success’ of polio campaign in Gaza amid tragic reality
14 september 2024 - 07:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around 560,000 children under-10 have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an [...] Full text...
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WHO updates influenza care guidelines, includes recommendations for viruses with pandemic potential
13 september 2024 - 20:22:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines for the care of patients with influenza. The [...] Full text...
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UNHCR launches $21.4 million appeal to support refugees in African countries to fight mpox
11 september 2024 - 18:50:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up [...] Full text...
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160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
07 september 2024 - 05:36:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a [...] Full text...
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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
07 september 2024 - 05:27:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target
03 september 2024 - 16:43:38Cairo, 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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UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway
01 september 2024 - 17:06:26Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO
29 august 2024 - 06:31:52Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) = Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming the first African country to obtain [...] Full text...
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Nigeria receives 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines
28 august 2024 - 11:06:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Tuesday received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines, becoming the first country in the African [...] Full text...
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UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine
28 august 2024 - 05:08:44New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered [...] Full text...
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Refugees and displaced in Africa face heightened threat from mpox outbreak
27 august 2024 - 18:58:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects [...] Full text...
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Evacuation orders in Gaza threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again
27 august 2024 - 13:03:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing [...] Full text...
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US holds special session on mpox
24 august 2024 - 04:47:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health [...] Full text...
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WHO seeks $135 million to defeat mpox
24 august 2024 - 04:22:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World [...] Full text...
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UN migration agency issues $18.5 million appeal to prepare for mpox ‘surge’
21 august 2024 - 13:12:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of mpox across the Horn, eastern and southern Africa has increased the risk of [...] Full text...
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Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines: WHO
20 august 2024 - 17:43:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Mpox is “not the ‘new COVID” and European governments need to show strong political commitment to [...] Full text...
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Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency
20 august 2024 - 06:03:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the [...] Full text...
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WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread
16 august 2024 - 05:14:24Brazzaville, DR Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb [...] Full text...
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WHO declares mpox virus public health emergency of international concern
15 august 2024 - 05:59:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the rise in mpox cases [...] Full text...
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Gaza remains at ‘high risk’ of polio virus spread, warn UN aid teams
14 august 2024 - 12:48:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The risk of polio spreading in Gaza remains high unless there is an urgent and comprehensive [...] Full text...
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Mpox is still being transmitted across the world, says UN health agency
14 august 2024 - 05:14:27Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Mpox has been confirmed in Burundi, one of four countries in Eastern Africa where the disease [...] Full text...
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WHO invites mpox vaccine manufacturers to submit dossiers for emergency evaluation
10 august 2024 - 12:47:54Geneva, 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 on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa
08 august 2024 - 18:28:04Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in [...] Full text...
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WHO regional chief voices grave concern over Middle East escalation
08 august 2024 - 07:58:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies [...] Full text...
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WHO-warns of surge in polio, mpox infections
07 august 2024 - 19:47:52Geneva, 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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COVID-19 making worrying comeback, WHO warns, amid summertime surge
06 august 2024 - 15:57:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases
03 august 2024 - 07:25:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warned on Friday of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases [...] Full text...
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WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
27 july 2024 - 05:55:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio [...] Full text...
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UNICEF chief calls for urgent security reset in Gaza amid ‘new horrors'
24 july 2024 - 18:27:19New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Wednesday for an immediate improvement [...] Full text...
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WHO reports of Dengue Fever outreak in Iran
23 july 2024 - 18:57:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On 14 June 2024, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of Iran reported the [...] Full text...
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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
19 july 2024 - 16:04:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans [...] Full text...
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Conflict escalation in DR Congo linked to deadly Mpox threat
13 july 2024 - 05:58:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 25 million people have been caught up in the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic [...] Full text...
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WHO prequalifies first self-test kit for Hepatitis C virus
10 july 2024 - 18:14:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it has prequalified the first self-test for [...] Full text...
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South Africa notifies WHO of 20 confirmed mpox cases
09 july 2024 - 16:33:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) of the Republic of South Africa [...] Full text...
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WHO supports polio vaccination campaign in Angola
02 july 2024 - 06:09:29Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The authorities in Angola, supported by UN agencies, have initiated a vaccination campaign to curb the [...] Full text...
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EC adopts recommendation to combat vaccine-preventable cancers
21 june 2024 - 14:30:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted a recommendation that aims to combat vaccine-preventable cancers in the EU [...] Full text...
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Gavi to boost access to life-saving human rabies vaccines in over 50 countries
14 june 2024 - 07:29:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with partners, is announcing support for human rabies vaccines for [...] Full text...
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No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief
09 may 2024 - 05:41:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human [...] Full text...
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Antibiotics 'overused' among hospitalised COVID-19 patients - WHO
26 april 2024 - 11:11:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, [...] Full text...
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Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans
18 april 2024 - 11:32:08Geneva, 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 - 15:42:27Geneva, 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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Mpox deaths falling everywhere but Africa, says expert panel
21 march 2024 - 05:37:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cases of Mpox are falling everywhere except in Africa, a UN health agency expert panel has [...] 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 - 18:55:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan authorities have issued an alert for the immediate vaccination of dogs for rabies after [...] Full text...
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COVID risk still high, warns WHO
13 january 2024 - 07:33:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on [...] Full text...
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Argentina reports human case of Western Equine Encephalitis to WHO
28 december 2023 - 18:57:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Health Regulations National Focal Point (IHR NFP) of Argentina on 20 December notified the [...] Full text...
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Health services predict a rise in cases of coronavirus infections in Libya over coming period
26 december 2023 - 18:36:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday that it expected an increase in cases [...] Full text...
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Mali records more than 700 cases of dengue fever, 30 deaths
23 december 2023 - 13:46:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 700 cases of dengue fever, including around 30 deaths, have been recorded in Mali [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread
21 december 2023 - 06:46:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...
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DR Congo mpox spread accelerating: WHO
16 december 2023 - 06:53:28Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A deadly mpox outbreak in the DRC has been rapidly spreading across the country, raising concerns [...] Full text...
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Researcher from Burkina Faso among the 10 scientists of the year, British magazine
13 december 2023 - 20:40:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Professor Halidou Tinto is the winner of Nature'10, which rewards the ten scientists who made [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS prevalence rate below 1% in Burundi
01 december 2023 - 16:28:41Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0.9% [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
01 december 2023 - 06:58:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...
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WHO updates guidelines on COVID-19 treatment
11 november 2023 - 08:57:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines on COVID-19 treatment, with revised recommendations for [...] Full text...
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One death and 10 confirmed cases of West Nile fever in Tunisia
01 november 2023 - 17:18:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Between 23 September and 26 October, Tunisia recorded one death and 10 confirmed cases of West [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends vaccine against dengue, meningitis
03 october 2023 - 05:52:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine against dengue for children aged [...] Full text...
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Indian Ocean Ministers discuss “One health network”
16 september 2023 - 10:25:03Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Indian Ocean Ministers and representatives of Ministries in charge of health and livestock from the IOC [...] Full text...
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With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight - WHO chief
30 august 2023 - 05:15:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO DG says number of reported cases, deaths declining globally
09 august 2023 - 20:39:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Diretor General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Thursday said despite a decline in COVID-19 cases worlwide, [...] Full text...
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WHO releases New Model Essential List of medicines
26 july 2023 - 15:33:28Geneva, Switerland (PANA - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential [...] Full text...
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Mauritius takes action against the Dengue fever
25 july 2023 - 17:16:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday indicated that since June 2023, about [...] Full text...
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Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ends
09 june 2023 - 06:03:48Malabo, 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 - 13:08:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania on Friday declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was [...] Full text...
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After COVID-19, world faces threat of nuclear terror -Libyan newspaper
12 may 2023 - 16:03:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The Libyan newspaper "Alsabaah" avers that the world's population has just breathed a deep and unprecedented "Phew" [...] Full text...
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Mpox public health emergency declared over
12 may 2023 - 06:14:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as global health emergency
05 may 2023 - 15:58:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has declared "with great hope" an end [...] Full text...
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WHO launches new pandemic prevention plan, as COVID deaths fall 95 per cent
26 april 2023 - 17:25:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries’ ability to [...] Full text...
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World Immunization Week: Libyans urged to immunize against COVID-19
25 april 2023 - 18:39:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has called on Libyans and residents in the country [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to implement public health measures against the Marburg virus
15 april 2023 - 07:21:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities announced Friday that they would implement public health measures against the Marburg virus, [...] Full text...
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WHO enhances preparedness to tackle rising zoonotic diseases in Africa
05 april 2023 - 11:41:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ongoing Marburg virus disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are the latest of several [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 : The Gambia receives 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines from Spain
03 april 2023 - 11:33:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian Ministry of Health has received 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines from Spain, representing one [...] Full text...
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Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: WHO chief
30 march 2023 - 05:16:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the agency was [...] Full text...
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Burundian Health ministr calls for vigilance against Marburg virus disease
26 march 2023 - 18:21:51Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS has called for vigilance against [...] Full text...
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Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases
23 march 2023 - 10:30:30Malabo, 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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UN upholds fight for fairer world on anti-racism day
22 march 2023 - 06:05:08New York, US (PANA) - With xenophobia, prejudice, and hate speech on the rise, the UN community gathered in the [...] Full text...
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Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease
22 march 2023 - 05:08:21Dar 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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Burundi announces first polio outbreak in more than 30 years
18 march 2023 - 09:56:45Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in Burundi on Friday said they had detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data
18 march 2023 - 09:25:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to call for China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Urgent investment needed to improve conditions for key workers: ILO
16 march 2023 - 06:04:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Essential workers who kept families, societies and economies going while the world was on COVID lockdown, [...] Full text...
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Ghana confirms two cases of Lassa fever
27 february 2023 - 12:49:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that two cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed [...] Full text...
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Disease outbreaks underline critical need to ramp up health systems: WHO chief
16 february 2023 - 05:20:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Current disease outbreaks highlight the urgent need for every country to ramp up its care systems, [...] Full text...
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WHO supports Equatorial Guinea in combatting country’s first-ever deadly Marburg virus outbreak
15 february 2023 - 05:52:34Malabo, 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 - 05:52:15Malabo, 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 - 10:18:05Port-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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African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
02 february 2023 - 05:17:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 remains an international health threat, says WHO chief
31 january 2023 - 05:28:09Geneva, 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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COVID-19: Mauritius records one death
24 january 2023 - 06:29:36Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Monday attributed the death of a 65-year-old woman to COVID-19. They also indicated [...] Full text...
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WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines, hoping to save millions of lives
18 january 2023 - 05:45:05Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Libya records 4 new cases in one week
16 january 2023 - 14:10:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No new death linked to a coronavirus infection has been recorded in a week in Libya, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to extend HPV vaccination to boys aged 9 to 15 years old
16 january 2023 - 10:42:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Monday that for the first time the national Human Papilloma Virus [...] Full text...
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Uganda, WHO announce end of Ebola epidemic that has caused 55 deaths in four months
12 january 2023 - 15:49:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ebola epidemic in Uganda is over, the Ugandan health ministry and the World Health [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences
12 january 2023 - 05:21:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing [...] Full text...
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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak
11 january 2023 - 10:48:05Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less [...] Full text...
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Ebola outbreak almost under control in Uganda, says WHO
07 january 2023 - 14:01:08Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ebola epidemic is on the verge of being brought under control in Uganda, with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge
05 january 2023 - 05:18:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General, Dr. Tedros [...] Full text...
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UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness
28 december 2022 - 05:31:19New York, US (PANA) - Three years ago this month, the virus that causes COVID-19 was first detected, the UN [...] Full text...
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2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
27 december 2022 - 06:03:09Geneva, 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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Mauritius to reach targeted one million tourist arrivals in 2022
16 december 2022 - 09:02:45Pte aux Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – The Acting Mauritian Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Mr Louis Steven Obeegadoo, on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens first Community Sexual Health Centre
03 december 2022 - 06:29:41Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Friday opened its first community sexual health clinic in a bid to provide a panoply of services [...] Full text...
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Sudan hosts 48th IGAD Council of Ministers meeting
01 december 2022 - 13:00:31Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - East Africa's foreign ministers have concluded two days of deliberations in Khartoum focussing on security, economic [...] Full text...
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Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres
01 december 2022 - 05:04:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end [...] Full text...
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Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
30 november 2022 - 05:28:53New York, US (PANA) - Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends new name for monkeypox
29 november 2022 - 04:57:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, in [...] Full text...
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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat
25 november 2022 - 14:45:58Geneva, 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 - 05:07:39Geneva, 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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WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics
21 november 2022 - 18:53:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to compile an updated list of priority pathogens that [...] Full text...
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Uganda confirms 135 Ebola cases, 53 deaths
11 november 2022 - 14:25:26Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Uganda has reported 135 confirmed and 21 probable cases of Ebola in eight different districts, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccination rollout stalls in Africa, says WHO
21 october 2022 - 14:42:56Ouagadougou, 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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Coronavirus: Vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa
21 october 2022 - 10:48:05Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered [...] Full text...
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WHO chief says COVID-19 virus 'still continues to change'
20 october 2022 - 05:42:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that [...] Full text...
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39 Ebola deaths recorded in Uganda, capital Kampala affected, says WHO
13 october 2022 - 15:59:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reported 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of [...] Full text...
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African health ministers take steps to curb Ebola disease outbreak
13 october 2022 - 06:21:10Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ministers of Health and government representatives from nine African countries on Wednesday agreed on joint measures [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nearly 4,000 people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya in one week
08 october 2022 - 15:43:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 3,967 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) this week, bringing the total number of [...] Full text...
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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update
05 october 2022 - 19:23:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 2.3 million people vaccinated in Libya
01 october 2022 - 14:14:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has announced that 2,304,757 people have received at least one [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response
27 september 2022 - 12:46:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged [...] Full text...
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Uganda's Ebola outbreak now in three districts, says health ministry
26 september 2022 - 06:35:28Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan Ministry of Health says the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the country is [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres
24 september 2022 - 11:52:32New 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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Uganda Ebola deaths climb to four; seven suspected deaths under investigation
24 september 2022 - 10:40:25Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan health ministry said here Saturday three more patients had died from the Ebola Virus [...] Full text...
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WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda, as seven cases confirmed
22 september 2022 - 12:03:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World [...] Full text...
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77th UNGA: As global economic crises ‘pile up’, Ghanaian leader says it's time for urgent attention
22 september 2022 - 06:20:01New York, US (PANA) - It was doubtful that any generation of Earth’s inhabitants has ever witnessed “such a perfect [...] Full text...
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Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak
20 september 2022 - 14:20:25Kampala, 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 - 05:42:27Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Friday declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly [...] Full text...
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President Barrow says Gambian economy, growth rebounded to 4.5 per cent in 2021-
16 september 2022 - 18:07:39Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has stated that despite the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: End of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight: WHO
14 september 2022 - 17:29:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 plunged to its lowest since March 2020, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF, USAID give Gambia supplies worth $500,000 for pandemic fight
06 september 2022 - 15:52:39Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have handed over more than [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Onset of northern winter could see spike in hospitalisations, deaths, sarns WHO
01 september 2022 - 05:11:59Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - Although COVID-19 deaths have decreased across the world, numbers could rise as northern countries head into [...] Full text...
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Mauritius sets up management plan to fight monkeypox disease
25 august 2022 - 09:05:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday said that a management [...] Full text...
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DR Congo declares Ebola resurgence in North Kivu as new case cinfirmed
23 august 2022 - 11:12:36Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola on Monday night, following [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo investigates suspected Ebola case in North Kivu
21 august 2022 - 13:38:38Brazzaville/Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus disease in [...] Full text...
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WHO: DR Congo investigates suspected Ebola case in North Kivu
20 august 2022 - 19:36:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus [...] Full text...
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WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola
20 august 2022 - 05:26:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO
18 august 2022 - 05:35:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports four deaths
13 august 2022 - 08:17:57Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday reported four new deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues in Burundi
08 august 2022 - 16:31:34Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has reported an average of 169 new community cases per day over the last three [...] Full text...
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Libya works on plan to prevent monkeypox
07 august 2022 - 15:24:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the National Centre for Disease Control, Haider Al-Sayeh, discussed with a number of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 1,452 new cases
04 august 2022 - 12:58:45Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi currently has 1,452 active cases of coronavirus, comprising 1,444 under home monitoring and eight in [...] Full text...
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Japan honours leading South African medical researchers
04 august 2022 - 09:16:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Japanese government has confirmed that it will award the prestigious fourth Hideyo Noguchi [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox concern heightened after becoming a ‘northern’ disease, says WHO
02 august 2022 - 19:34:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Countries need to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of monkeypox, “no matter [...] Full text...
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Over 2.2 million Libyans vaccinated against coronavirus
30 july 2022 - 14:39:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,295,317 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the national [...] Full text...
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More than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C: WHO
29 july 2022 - 10:29:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - More than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World Health [...] Full text...
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Some 4,403 people living with Hepatitis C in Mauritius
29 july 2022 - 08:08:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities said on Thursday that some 4,403 people were living with Hepatitis C, out [...] Full text...
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WHO supports new long-acting prevention HIV drug cabotegravir
29 july 2022 - 06:13:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly [...] Full text...
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Children at risk of new ‘unexplained acute hepatitis’ outbreak – WHO
28 july 2022 - 19:23:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is currently facing a new outbreak of “unexplained acute hepatitis infections” affecting children, the [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
28 july 2022 - 05:14:54New York, US (PANA) - New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox: WHO urges countries to share data on effectiveness
27 july 2022 - 20:28:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As monkeypox cases reach over 18,000 in 78 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
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‘We believe monkeypox outbreak can be stopped’: WHO
26 july 2022 - 20:10:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak can be stopped “with the right strategies in the right groups”, the [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: WHO declares monkeypox global health emergency (Eds: Adds details of presser)
23 july 2022 - 17:06:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, on Saturday declared monkeypox a public [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO updates strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk
23 july 2022 - 05:53:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history, many people most at [...] Full text...
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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease
18 july 2022 - 20:08:23Brazzaville, 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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Coronavirus: Pandemic sees spike in Burundi
16 july 2022 - 15:30:42Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Health says the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the past [...] Full text...
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Africa sees 63% jump in diseases spread from animals to people in last decade
14 july 2022 - 14:29:23Brazzaville, 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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Monkeypox cases reach 9,200, says WHO chief
13 july 2022 - 05:37:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says that there are currently 9,200 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief reiterates that pandemic 'nowhere near over' as virus spreads ‘freely’
13 july 2022 - 05:18:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio
10 july 2022 - 07:55:34Maputo, 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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Ghana detects two suspected cases of Marburg Virus Disease
08 july 2022 - 08:07:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if confirmed [...] Full text...
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WHO chief expresses concern about 'scale and spread' of monkeypox
07 july 2022 - 05:52:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said he is “concerned by [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief urges Pfizer to make oral COVID antiviral available more widely
07 july 2022 - 05:51:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called on drug manufacturer Pfizer to do more [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over
04 july 2022 - 12:44:46Brazzaville, 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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Coronavirus: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases, says WHO chief
30 june 2022 - 05:42:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa reveals lessons for governance - IMF Country Focus
24 june 2022 - 07:21:39Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have made important strides in tackling corruption, with some outperforming emerging [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea confirms 15 new positive cases
22 june 2022 - 11:39:34Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's National Agency for Health Security (ANSS) has said it detected 15 new confirmed cases of [...] Full text...
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WHO supports leadership role of strong Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
17 june 2022 - 07:54:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the continental drive to strengthen the architecture of pandemic preparedness and [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries, warns WHO chief
09 june 2022 - 05:17:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO forecasts dramatic drop in deaths, but warns no time to ‘sit back and relax’
03 june 2022 - 05:21:05Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’ - WHO chief
02 june 2022 - 06:30:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the [...] Full text...
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Seven African countries report nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases: WHO
01 june 2022 - 06:54:34Brazzaville, 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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Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained - WHO
24 may 2022 - 15:52:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief warns World Health Assembly: 'COVID-19 is not over”
23 may 2022 - 05:25:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) told global health Ministers on Sunday that although [...] Full text...
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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
18 may 2022 - 15:52:19Brazzaville, 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: Low uptake of vaccines in Libya
14 may 2022 - 13:23:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Centre for Disease Control has announced that the country is among those with a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor
05 may 2022 - 06:04:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in [...] Full text...
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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa, warns WHO
29 april 2022 - 05:42:37Brazzaville, 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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World Bank warns of effects of disintegration of state institutions on Libyan economy
28 april 2022 - 18:00:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Bank (WB) has warned of the enormous challenges to the economy facing Libya, in [...] Full text...
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Ebola vaccination begins in DRC after latest cases
27 april 2022 - 13:27:38Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday kicked off Ebola vaccination in Mbandaka, the [...] Full text...
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UNICEF calls for renewed commitments to achieve polio-free world
27 april 2022 - 07:31:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced on Tuesday that it is seeking new commitments to fund [...] Full text...
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New Ebola outbreak declared in DRC
24 april 2022 - 04:55:12Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The health authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have declared a new outbreak of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Voluntary screening in Burundi drops
19 april 2022 - 13:01:10Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since the 9th week of this year, Burundi has recorded a "significant" drop in voluntary screening [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 3 deaths in a week
18 april 2022 - 07:40:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has reported that three deaths were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 7-13 [...] Full text...
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