Pakistan Vaccinated Over 44 Million Children In Final Nationwide Polio Campaign Of 2025

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan has successfully vaccinated more than 44.6 million children, in its final nationwide polio campaign of 2025, the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), said, yesterday. The campaign, conducted from Dec 15 to 21, vaccinated nearly 22.9 million children in eastern Punjab province, around 10.6 million…

Egypt To Build 150-Million-USD Vaccine Plant In Suez Canal Zone

CAIRO, Dec 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, broke ground on a major vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals plant, in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, with total investments amounting to 150 million U.S. dollars, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said. The GENNVAX vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals project, will be established on an…

Ghanaian President Urges Private Sector To Co-Invest In Africa’s Health Industrialisation

ACCRA, Dec 10 (NNN-GNA) – Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, yesterday, urged private sector players to collaborate with African governments, in co-investing in the continent’s health industrialisation, to enhance healthcare and service delivery. At the opening of the two-day World Health Expo Leaders Africa Summit in Accra, the Ghanaian capital,…

Philippines Bans Pork Imports From Spain Amid ASF Outbreak

MANILA, Dec 8 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines has imposed a temporary ban on all pig and pork imports from Spain, following a confirmed African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in the European country, the country’s Department of Agriculture said, yesterday. Agriculture Secretary, Francisco Tiu Laurel, said, the import freeze, which covers…

Japan Began 17th Ocean Discharge Of Fukushima Nuclear-Tainted Wastewater

TOKYO, Dec 5 (NNN-NHK) – Japan yesterday began the 17th round of discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, into the ocean. The discharge operation, which started yesterday, is scheduled to run through Dec 22, and will release an estimated 7,800 tonnes of wastewater, according…

50 Tonnes Of Expired Medicines, Foodstuff Destroyed In W. Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 5 (NNN-BNA) – Authorities in western Afghanistan’s Farah province, set on fire 50 tonnes of expired medicines and food items, urging drug stores and shopkeepers, to avoid selling expired items, it was reported today. According to the report, the burned items had been collected from drug stores and…

E. Australian State Issued Health Warning Over Mosquito-Borne Viruses

SYDNEY, Dec 4 (NNN-AAP) – Health authorities in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), today, issued a warning over potentially deadly mosquito-borne viruses. The NSW Department of Health said in a statement, two mosquito-borne viruses that can cause brain swelling have been detected earlier than expected, in…

Pakistan Vaccinated Over 33 Million Children In Nationwide Measles-Rubella Campaign

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan vaccinated more than 33 million children, in its nationwide measles-rubella (MR) and oral polio vaccine (OPV) campaign, achieving over 95 percent MR coverage, the Ministry of National Health Services, said, yesterday. The drive, led by the Federal Directorate of Immunisation, was carried out across…

HIV/AIDS Killed 1,000 People In Cambodia Last Year, Down Nine Percent: PM

PHNOM PENH, Nov 29 (NNN-AKP) – HIV/AIDS killed about 1,000 people in Cambodia in 2024, down nine percent from 1,100, a year earlier, Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said. In a message, on Wednesday, and released to the media yesterday, Hun Manet said, the country recorded roughly 1,200 new HIV…

Japan’s Flu Cases Hit Warning Level At Fastest Pace In 10 Years

TOKYO, Nov 24 (NNN-NHK) – The average number of influenza patients reported at designated medical institutions across Japan has hit warning levels, at the fastest pace in 10 years, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. During the week from Nov 10 to 16, 145,526 flu patients were…
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