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African Leaders Urged To Build Capacity Of Healthcare Givers
By Alieu Ceesay
African leaders have been urged to focus on building the capacity of the healthcare sector by training more healthcare providers in different specialties to keep the citizens healthy and productive.
The…
GPU VP Calls On Health Ministry to Prioritize Journalists for Covid-19 Vaccine
By Buba Gagigo
The Vice President of the Gambia Press Union, Muhammad Ms Bah, has called on the Ministry of Health to put Journalist in the list of people that are prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine.
"We have…
Gambia Opens Houses of Worship after 10 Weeks of Covid-19 Lockdown
By Arfang M.S. Camara
The government of the Gambia has waived restrictions on congressional prayers at houses of worship after ten-weeks of lockdowns that followed the Coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, Muslims observed the Friday…
Gambian Artists Speak on Impact of Covid-19
In early March 2020, The Gambia Government declared a State of Health Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit The Gambia just as it has hit the rest of the World.
Therefore, meetings were organised as a communication…
Coronavirus fears spark panic buying and price gouging
By Arfang M.S. Camara
In many parts of the country, traders are charging exorbitant prices for essential items in times of high-demand, especially basic food items. This is sparked by panic buying triggered by consumer fears over…
One child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds, agencies warn
Pneumonia – a preventable disease – kills more children than any other infection
LONDON/NEW YORK/BARCELONA (November 12, 2019)—Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last year, or one child…
TRRC requests urgent medical board for victims
Acting in accordance with Section 15 (1a) and (4) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the TRRC has delivered an urgent request to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to set up a Medical Board to review…
‘Misreading of democracy’ hinders work on drug law enforcement—DLEAG boss
According to the statistics from Gambia's only mental health institution, Tanka Tanka, about 60% of their patients are suffering from drug related problems, said officials.
The Director General of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…
Scientists in Gambia, UK use sniffer dogs to fight malaria
It's suspected that dogs are picking up on the same odours mosquitoes do
Scientists in the England and The Gambia said they have the first evidence that dogs can sniff out malaria.
They have trained dogs to recognise tell-tale aromas…
Gambia tightens border surveillance in wake of DRC Ebola outbreak
Janko Jimbara, the deputy permanent secretary at the ministry of health and focal person for West African Health Organisation, told Kerr Fatou the country is not leaving anything to chance.
Despite the distance between the Democratic…