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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…